US Politics February 2019: This is one of the great losers of all time.

referendum? idgi

the downside is the GOP running Virginia, in this particular case.

Again, it also puts the lie to the GOP talking point that racism was solved in the 1960s.

do you seriously believe that if there was a pic of, say, Steve King in blackface he'd face no consequences because "the base loves that shit"?

Yeah, I would think Herring can still be governor. Who gets to appoint new Lt Governor and AG?

I feel like you guys want to think that I am saying these types behaviors by elected Democratic officials should not be brought to light and punished/reckoned with, which is not what I'm saying at all. I thought this was clear but idk. Blackface is wrong and worth losing office over. Same with sexual assault allegations.

The bigger picture is that the GOP over the last few years is weaponizing these things against Democrats far more successfully than Democrats have against the GOP, because their voting bases are different, and the latter just generally dgaf about how racist or rapey or corrupt their candidates are (and in some cases that makes them even *more* inclined to vote for them!) This is a problem for the party and I don't know what the solution is, as I've said repeatedly.

xp

I'm offended by orangeface.

Steve King in blackface he'd face no consequences because "the base loves that shit"?

Steve King was just re-elected btw, and then he went on to say even more white supremacist shit. for which he was punished by his caucus, but there's no one screaming for him to resign. so no, I don't think he would lose office.

he wasn't caught in blackface.
but I'll stop this cause you are prob the most hardheaded ilxor. love ya tho.

But is that really true? Roy Moore lost, the Kavanaugh hearing definitely damaged Kavanaugh, Rob Porter resigned. Steve King did eventually lose his committee posts. A lot of GOP politicians have been hurt by this. There's definitely a thing where the media goes crazy over anything bad that a Dem does, in order to be fair and balanced - I saw it pointed out on twitter that with these yearbook pages there were no media outlets who felt the need to say 'racially charged' or something like that - and that needs pushback. But I don't actually think the GOP is immune to this?

do you seriously believe that if there was a pic of, say, Steve King in blackface he'd face no consequences because "the base loves that shit"?

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, February 6, 2019 4:51 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I seriously believe this. I mean like a hypothetical Steve King blackface pic is arguably less offensive than some of the things he's already said.

The media would go nuts, dems would go nuts, but who's going to impose these consequences upon him?

If King resigned, wouldn't his successor pretty surely be Republican? I don't think his district is happy with him not being on any committee.

I'm not saying a GOP politician would definitely be allowed to just carry on as normal after video leaks of his Jim Crow-themed birthday party, but it's certainly conceivable that he'd coast to a relatively smooth reelection down the road.

Repubs have called for Northam to resign. They won't be able to avoid doing the same if same situation happens with a Repub.

Roy Moore lost

yes, highest profile instance of this for sure

the Kavanaugh hearing definitely damaged Kavanaugh

it didn't damage him at all. he got a lifetime appointment from which he can unilaterally get revenge on his perceived enemies, just like his fellow sexual assaulter Thomas.

Rob Porter resigned

replaced by a Republican. who is also probably as racist as every other Republican in Florida (which afaict is all of them, including my in-laws).

Steve King did eventually lose his committee posts.

this is an interesting and unexpected case. he is still in office, though he now has nothing to do, which is gratifying. he will probably be primaried from the right the next time he's up.

I have no idea what universe GD is living in tbh

Repubs have called for Northam to resign. They won't be able to avoid doing the same if same situation happens with a Repub.

lmao watch them

the one where you don't know everything ever

Steve King is an actual white supremacist, not a dumbass who posed for an offensive photo as an “edgy” joke

They won't be able to avoid doing the same if same situation happens with a Repub.

My impression is that if the cost of staying in power is to brand themselves as hypocrites, they'll choose hypocrisy every time.

and apparently where the GOP does not shy away from baldfaced hypocrisy for political gain

I wish I lived there tbh

xp

If repubs are fine with him and were fine with that ghoul in alabama bannon supported they’d be fine with anything

Their president is a career criminal. He ran a scam against people who wanted to become realtors through an online course.

Here is how the two-party system works in the US: both sides agree to a game of checkers, and one side truly believes that they're playing a game of checkers and generally tries to maneuver within an accepted set of rules, and the other side pays ample lip service insisting that they are playing the fairest and most god-fearing game of checkers ever even as their every crooked move reveals nothing but abject contempt for the game of checkers. And the first side will haplessly sputter 'b-but the rules!' while the second solemnly insists that they're following the rules to the letter even as they're very overtly pulling extra checkers out of their pockets and painting red squares black and slipping revised rulebooks into the box. And each side is behaving exactly as their supporters would have them behave.

p much

Deleting this tweet because the reaction proves me wrong and that's a good thing. But the more I think about it the more I think it is wrong to push anyone out of office for a 35 year old incident when his present life suggests he's not that guy anymore. pic.twitter.com/vVVp6UIrpc

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) February 2, 2019

Repubs are basically already being hypocritical about it, so, they'll have no problem doing that again.

ugh I hate Checkers burgers

Scrolling through Ericksons feed to find that tweet, yuck.

Repubs are basically already being hypocritical about it, so, they'll have no problem doing that again.

― Frederik B, Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Rich LOLwry aligned with Erick Erickson on a Sunday talk show, and you know what? For once I took him at his word. As a Beltway guy, he does worry about the NRO racists with college photos in the Reagan White House wearing blackface.

He probably feels differently now that Virginia is in a pickle.

actually, GOP's position: INFANTICIDE IS FINE, BLACKFACE ISN'T

My impression is that if the cost of staying in power is to brand themselves as hypocrites, they'll choose hypocrisy every time.

FOX NEWS HOST TO @tedcruz: You cool working with alleged child molester Roy Moore if he's elected?

CRUZ: Sure, no problem, that's up to the voters.

FOX NEWS HOST: And what about alleged groper Al Franken?

CRUZ: Now that's a very serious problem. I'm extremely concerned. pic.twitter.com/1QzMq0Hud5

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 30, 2017

The GOP's whole infanticide song and dance routine is so, so gross. I could barely even explain it last night to my spouse, who was so confused, without sighing myself into oblivion.

Ugh, NPR is all *affects serious voice* "These incidents have shone a spotlight on Virginia's complex racial history." Virginia's? Um, NPR, maybe try "the whole country's racial history."

They are colonially fucked up.

And all the military families gives it a dependa patriot give me my tricare and housing subsidies but down with socialism good tidings.

this shit is infuriating to me

More than 60% of the vote in Nov.; a victory in the state Supreme Court yesterday; and still Idaho's Medicaid activists must fight to protect their referendum victory: https://t.co/zQsUTfyk6r

— Taniel (@Taniel) February 7, 2019

good news today

all these states need to put real legal force behind referenda, utah's GOP government refused to enact medicaid expansion too

Paul Erickson, the longtime Republican operative who had a multiyear romantic relationship with accused Russian agent Maria Butina, was indicted on 11 counts wire fraud and money laundering charges by a federal grand jury in South Dakota, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

The indictment alleges, according to the Justice Department press release, that between 1996 and 2018 Erickson "knowingly and unlawfully devised a scheme and artifice to defraud and to obtain money from many victims by means of false and fraudulent pretense, representations, and promises." The charges are not related to Butina’s case or the broader investigation of Russian influence in the 2016 election.

good morning!

Oops!

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-prayer-breakfast-speech-abolition-civil-rights-today-video-a8768101.html

lol Cindy McCain busting human traffickers otherwise known as a mother and her child at the phoenix airport

meanwhile right wing heads are exploding after hearing about AOC's Green New Deal proposal.

https://media.giphy.com/media/GXqVqbbIjX1AI/giphy.gif

just lmao if AOC single handedly saves the planet

Woah now

lmao this thread

Ummmmmm the Green New Deal outline that AOC's office released says her plan is to "upgrade or replace" EVERY BUILDING IN THE COUNTRY https://t.co/sjBy6ammGX

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 7, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

Re: the New Green Deal, I mean...why the fuck not? Aim for the stratosphere with the expectation that you aren't going to get everything you want but that you might at least have a seismic impact on the conversation.

This is how you open, President Deals.

xp: "When I was growing up in the Soviet Union the government upgraded my house to be more green. The neighbors complained that we had a shower and they did not. So the govt. came and sealed ours off. Now nobody could take a shower and the earth was greener."
AOC: No Showers in 2020