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[–] Heikki@lemm.ee 103 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Irony is dead with these morons

[–] nocturne213@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago

So is ethics.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

It’s all projection. Repubes are guilty of exactly what they accuse everyone else for.

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And am I the only one amused by the fact her name is Rona?

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

“The Democat Party is so spiteful they named their manufactured virus after me”

Sad this doesn’t seem like such a stretch

[–] neoman4426@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

She also got bullied into dropping the "Romney" from her name because Trump didn't like her uncle Mitt

[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 60 points 1 year ago

Gaslight ✅

Obstruct ✅

Project ✅

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The entire GOP is just one big criminal operation. They’re hardly even a political party anymore, they have no real political philosophy, no coherent platform, their entire strategy relies on obstruction and wrecking the entire process. Their arguments and deals are never in good faith, they’re essentially foreign agents working to paralyze American democracy.

[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

this is just describing the right. it's funny we call them right and left. when in reality 'mostly good' and 'mostly evil' would be far more accurate. however people don't want to be identified as openly voting for the mostly evil party. So it stays left and right.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

I think it's flipping from left vs right to reality accepting vs reality denying...

[–] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 42 points 1 year ago

At the recent national debate, the question was asked of the Republican candidates if they would support a convicted felon for president and almost every single one of them raised their hand. This lady's clown make up is applied a little too subtle.

[–] darq@kbin.social 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every conservative accusation is a confession.

[–] skellener@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago
[–] Reptorian@lemmy.zip 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the Republican is calling Democrats 'Pro-Criminal', that makes me think that Republicans are the Pro-Criminal Party as we all know they love to project their sins.

Nah, their criminals are some of the most amateurish I've ever seen.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“Trump voters, Republican voters – we want safety,” McDaniel explained. “We want fentanyl to be removed from the streets.

I mean Republicans did a great job eliminating marijuana, cocaine, meth, heroin, ecstacy, acid, salvia, shrooms, and peyote as well as dismantling the underground drug network. Can't see why they wouldn't be just as effective against a drug manufactured within the US and easily smuggled in through legal ports of entry.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Shows what you know. I've never been able to attain any of those drugs. Not even once. /s

[–] DrPop@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They believe the only way is to lock up the victims of drug addiction rather than going after the source. As long as they believe in punishment fixes problems we'll have a long tough road ahead.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They really do spare no effort manufacturing their own reality.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spared no expense!
-John Hammond

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Send in the clever girls!

-Nancy Pelosi

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Idiot probably thinks pro-rehabilitation is supporting criminal behavior. There is one type of criminal I think should recieve cruel and unusual punishment and that is corrupt traitor politicians. So basically the GOP.

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nobody should receive cruel and unusual punishment.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are you, pro-criminal?

[–] Nougat@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm anti cruel and unusual punishment.

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 year ago

Yes, we are pro-criminal Trump, instead of pro-president Trump.

[–] Binthinkin@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She probably takes money and gifts like a grifter, troll, fraud.

Oh wait she’s a Romney? She definitely takes money for favors.

[–] TunaCowboy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The Romney family has a rich history demonstrating a near prodigious ability for exploitation, any grift or side deals are pocket change in comparison.

[–] books@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Well if you want to spew bullshit unchecked, she was on the right program

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

If it weren't for double standards they'd have no standards at all.

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Ronald McDonald