This woman IS deranged. Itā€™s hilarious that sheā€™s demanding a timetable for anything from anyone and assuming she is a person of any consequence.

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I donā€™t get it. I do not frigginā€™ understand how these nutjob ppl get elected. Wait. I can do the calculationsā€¦ but good lord. Itā€™s bleak when you see this stuff.

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If history is any example, it can get much, much worse than this. This is our early shot at holding the line against the nutjobbery fully taking over.

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The reason why people like this keep getting elected is because people will go into the voting booth and vote strictly on party lines. They donā€™t consider the platform of any given candidate they just go down the line and check all the boxes that say Republican/Democrat.

Thatā€™s how these idiots keep getting elected.

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You forgot the part where theyā€™re actual representations of the people who elect them. People want people like MTG in government, because thatā€™s what they believe too

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Youā€™re right of course but Iā€™m choosing to believe that most people are good and the ones that vote in the way you describe are few and far between.

I realize that that stance may not be true but it helps me sleep at night so I hold onto it.

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I blame the alternative media sources that have been constructed in the wake of Ronnie Raygunā€™s destruction.

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Mr. Darwin, first thank you for your contributions to the realm of science and specifically biology. Without your ground breaking Origin of the Species I wouldnā€™t have the ability to watch all the nut jobs on YouTube deny evolution.

Second, youā€™re absolutely right. Sometimes Iā€™ll catch Piers Morgan and it makes my skin crawl. Or God forbid a Jeo Rogan podcast.

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She is a representation of the best and brightest people in her district, and I think she dose a good job representing the armed clown population.

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There are a lot of people out there who see all this and say to themselves, ā€œwell, sheā€™s not a filthy Dem.ā€

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Yeah, I see a lot of that locally where Iā€™m at. That line of thinking. I donā€™t think the average voter actually checks voting records of the candidates and sees if they align with what is good for them, their neighbour, community, etc. They just assume that ā€˜theirā€™ party are the good guys. Itā€™s likeā€¦ okaaaay, but can you articulate why? And not talking points either. Are you struggling with health care costs? Whoā€™s actually voted for stuff that would help you.

Sorry, longer response than I anticipated. I agree with you completely, so thank you for posting.

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Thatā€™s exactly right. Per relatives and such who vote that way.

So far: Jan 6 was just bad players, not an insurrection. Trump did nothing wrong. Trump had the documents ready to go, waiting for a pickup, but they were dramatic about picking them up. And heā€™s not great but heā€™s good about showing the dem double standard. On what, exactly, Iā€™m not sure.

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Iā€™ve been trying for months to get the sources out of these relatives and finally scored on that last week. Glen Beck and Ben Shapiro. I didnā€™t even know Beck was still out there doing his batshit crazy schtick.

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Every discussion turns into a game of ā€œyou need better sourcesā€ constantly being thrown in both directions. Trump broke facts back in 2016.

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Glen Beck

I only know him as a weepy concern troll. No idea how the party of ā€œsuck it up, snowflakeā€ can stand him.

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Republicans are right. Dead people vote, that is how. But the dead people are voting for the Republican Party and still breathing.

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Dumb people electing dumb people

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