Author Topic: USA Politics Thread |OT| Son of a bitch! (Read 487367 times)

J.D. Vance, the bestselling author and a Republican Senate hopeful, said on Monday that he regretted his since-deleted Twitter posts that criticized Donald Trump, amid accusations of flip-flopping as he vies for a seat in Ohio.

Vance, the author of the memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” launched his campaign last week. He has come under fire for deleting tweets from 2016 that were unearthed by CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski — including one in which he said he was voting for Evan McMullin, and another calling Trump “reprehensible” because of his views toward “Immigrants, Muslims, etc.”

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“Like a lot of people, I criticized Trump back in 2016,” Vance said. “And I ask folks not to judge me based on what I said in 2016, because I’ve been very open that I did say those critical things and I regret them, and I regret being wrong about the guy. I think he was a good president, I think he made a lot of good decisions for people, and I think he took a lot of flak.”

Vance added that he himself had been criticized for standing up for the former president’s voters and agenda, saying, “I think that’s the most important thing, is not what you said five years ago, but whether you’re willing to stand up and take the heat and take the hits for actually defending the interests of the American people.”

this guy

benjipwns · « **Reply #3368 on:** July 05, 2021, 10:35:47 PM »

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1412201906857025537

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3369 on:** July 05, 2021, 11:31:04 PM »

Glad my tax dollars could pay for that tweet storm.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3370 on:** July 06, 2021, 01:08:14 AM »

Quote from: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pence-2020-election-insurrection-capitol-2021-7?op=1&scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

Former President Donald Trump's weekly lunches with his vice president Mike Pence at the White House followed a familiar routine, according to a forthcoming book by journalist Michael Wolff.

"The lunches were specifically meant to be an opportunity for Pence to tell the president exactly how hard he was working for him," Wolff writes in excerpt of the book "Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency" published by The Times of London. "He usually got ten minutes to do this before Trump snapped on the television and launched into his current list of grievances."

Trump wondered how Pence "could be such a 'stiff' and a 'square,'' the book says, "and likewise, as though a corollary, he regarded Pence as someone not tough, as someone who, he increasingly pointed out, could be 'rolled'."

Uncle · « **Reply #3371 on:** July 06, 2021, 08:17:56 AM »

other observers in the room reported that upon uttering these judgements, the former president was, quote, "looking kinda dumb with his finger and his thumb in the shape of an L on his forehead."

zomgee · « **Reply #3372 on:** July 06, 2021, 11:43:39 AM »

They are milking the hell out of that book.

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #3373 on:** July 06, 2021, 01:30:57 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/SIGSYS/status/1412278516515852288

Nintex · « **Reply #3374 on:** July 06, 2021, 01:46:23 PM »

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #3375 on:** July 06, 2021, 01:52:39 PM »

They’re pulling an Amazon Nintex.

https://mobile.twitter.com/Kathygannon/status/1391665742341345283

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3376 on:** July 06, 2021, 02:13:45 PM »

Should have just shot it all off during one last really cool battle, like when the fireworks stand has left-over fireworks at 12:01am on July 5th.

Nintex · « **Reply #3377 on:** July 06, 2021, 02:19:54 PM »

“They destroyed our country and now they are giving us their garbage,” said gray-bearded Hajji Gul, another junk dealer.

Uncle · « **Reply #3378 on:** July 06, 2021, 03:15:10 PM »

Quote from: Skullfuckers Anonymous on July 06, 2021, 01:30:57 PM

https://mobile.twitter.com/SIGSYS/status/1412278516515852288

I am no military expert but I read this is just opsec

you don't tell people in advance the moment you're leaving because it makes you vulnerable, it's like intentionally signaling a free-for-all

plus they knew the US was pulling out for months now, just not the exact date

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3379 on:** July 06, 2021, 05:46:32 PM »

Probably wanted to avoid any kind of media spectacle, too.

Nintex · « **Reply #3380 on:** July 06, 2021, 06:29:52 PM »

The government virgin

The Taliban Chad

Rumor has it the Chinese want to move in to secure their 'interests'.
I wish Chairman Xi the undefeatable holy warrior luck and prosperity in his noble conquest of Afghanistan.

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #3381 on:** July 07, 2021, 03:50:43 PM »

https://mobile.twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1412476475236835331

Nintex · « **Reply #3382 on:** July 07, 2021, 06:00:14 PM »

Trump is filing a class action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their CEO's

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1412801016387485697

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #3383 on:** July 08, 2021, 12:18:17 PM »

Trump comics are back!

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Yes, I realize that the Don Quixote character from Cervantes’ novel attacked imaginary enemies as represented by the windmill, but Donald Trump Quixote’s enemies are not imagined.

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Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3384 on:** July 08, 2021, 12:33:53 PM »

I like how he added the little "Trump" in there so you wouldn't be confused about who it's supposed to be.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3385 on:** July 08, 2021, 12:54:21 PM »

Quote from: https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/714291/republicans-suppressing-their-own-voters-in-arizona-and-georgia/?unlock=U3B0L5KGFF05PT5W

“We’re asking [Republicans] to vote for us in an election system they don’t believe in anymore,” lamented one Arizona-based GOP strategist.

this one weird trick

Nintex · « **Reply #3386 on:** July 08, 2021, 02:49:17 PM »

https://twitter.com/newsmax/status/1413206133674856458

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1413185504699367435

Transhuman · « **Reply #3387 on:** July 08, 2021, 03:19:10 PM »

Can't believe it's been 20 years and I still don't know the difference between Iraq and Afghanistan.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3388 on:** July 08, 2021, 03:44:52 PM »

https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1413201144969564161

benjipwns · « **Reply #3389 on:** July 08, 2021, 03:45:14 PM »

Quote from: Skullfuckers Anonymous on July 08, 2021, 12:18:17 PM

Trump comics are back!

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Yes, I realize that the Don Quixote character from Cervantes’ novel attacked imaginary enemies as represented by the windmill, but Donald Trump Quixote’s enemies are not imagined.
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https://twitter.com/SwampCommunist/status/1413182237902839810

benjipwns · « **Reply #3390 on:** July 08, 2021, 03:47:18 PM »

https://twitter.com/PollTrackerUSA/status/1412806016526344201

DESANTIS IN COLLAPSE, CANDACE OWENS SURGING

BIONIC · « **Reply #3391 on:** July 08, 2021, 04:50:44 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 08, 2021, 03:45:14 PM

Quote from: Skullfuckers Anonymous on July 08, 2021, 12:18:17 PM
Trump comics are back!

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Yes, I realize that the Don Quixote character from Cervantes’ novel attacked imaginary enemies as represented by the windmill, but Donald Trump Quixote’s enemies are not imagined.
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https://twitter.com/SwampCommunist/status/1413182237902839810

Of course libtards don’t understand subversion

Nintex · « **Reply #3392 on:** July 08, 2021, 06:50:31 PM »

https://www.axios.com/kamala-harris-office-dysfunction-2024-e2f9a9c0-f391-4c1d-8042-aa4f24a292e3.html

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Yet many Democrats, including some current senior administration officials, are concerned she could not defeat whomever the Republican Party puts up — even if it were Donald Trump.

chronovore · « **Reply #3393 on:** July 08, 2021, 07:34:16 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 05, 2021, 10:35:47 PM

https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1412201906857025537

How the fuck did we elect the world's biggest Karen to our senate?

benjipwns · « **Reply #3394 on:** July 08, 2021, 07:52:53 PM »

She's just in the House, she's from a district* that's 75% Republican, so once she got 40% in the primary she won by default. She'll be hard to get rid of unless the GOP can somehow beat her in a primary. Last time the Democratic candidate just withdrew and in the recent past they haven't even bothered to run a candidate in that district.

I'd argue she's actually said more crazy stuff since getting elected than before when she was more of a mild conspiracy theorist. But maybe it's just that it gets more attention/actually reported/etc.

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chronovore · « **Reply #3395 on:** July 08, 2021, 08:10:39 PM »

Thanks for the details.

My impression was that, prior to being elected to office, she was up front about believing in QAnon. To me, that stuff's crazier than just the overt, racist and nationalist stuff she's been regurgitating on the reg since taking office.

benjipwns · « **Reply #3396 on:** July 08, 2021, 10:17:11 PM »

benjipwns · « **Reply #3397 on:** July 09, 2021, 12:20:57 AM »

https://twitter.com/jolson321/status/1413195772712062979

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #3398 on:** July 09, 2021, 09:03:27 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on July 08, 2021, 07:34:16 PM

Quote from: benjipwns on July 05, 2021, 10:35:47 PM
https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1412201906857025537

How the fuck did we elect the world's biggest Karen to our senate?

She's a rep.

Nintex · « **Reply #3399 on:** July 09, 2021, 09:40:53 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on July 08, 2021, 07:34:16 PM

Quote from: benjipwns on July 05, 2021, 10:35:47 PM
https://twitter.com/mtgreenee/status/1412201906857025537

How the fuck did we elect the world's biggest Karen to our senate?

The same way y'all elected Ted Cruz

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #3400 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:40:10 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 08, 2021, 03:45:14 PM

https://twitter.com/SwampCommunist/status/1413182237902839810

You got owned.

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Apparently nobody read my post about Trump charging a windmill. They said I didn’t understand the Don Quixote metaphor. In my post I explained I did indeed understand it, but as an artist I’m free to take liberties with any metaphor I like.

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Transhuman · « **Reply #3401 on:** July 09, 2021, 08:46:01 PM »

4chan was giving shit about the cartoon? I thought 4chan was "pro-lulz"?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3402 on:** July 09, 2021, 09:35:15 PM »

Quote from: Skullfuckers Anonymous on July 09, 2021, 08:40:10 PM

Quote from: benjipwns on July 08, 2021, 03:45:14 PM
https://twitter.com/SwampCommunist/status/1413182237902839810

You got owned.

(Image removed from quote.)

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Apparently nobody read my post about Trump charging a windmill. They said I didn’t understand the Don Quixote metaphor. In my post I explained I did indeed understand it, but as an artist I’m free to take liberties with any metaphor I like.
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"Jokes on you, I was only pretending to be stupid!"

Nintex · « **Reply #3403 on:** July 10, 2021, 05:24:34 AM »

4chan and the other libtards need to learn how to stay calm like Donald Trump

<- Trump

<- 4 chan

communists ->

<- The Taliban

benjipwns · « **Reply #3404 on:** July 10, 2021, 02:13:19 PM »

Quote from: https://www.axios.com/anti-woke-democrat-8a192166-3240-410d-8b2a-074e8013be66.html

A growing number of Democrats are ringing the alarm that their party sounds — and acts — too judgmental, too sensitive, too "woke" to large swaths of America.

These Democrats warn that by jamming politically correct terms or new norms down the throats of voters, they risk exacerbating the cultural wars — and inadvertently helping Trumpian candidates.

Top Democrats confide that they're very aware of the danger. Already, we've seen a widespread pullback in the "defund the police" rhetoric.

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Moderate and swing-district lawmakers and aides tell Axios' Margaret Talev and Alayna Treene that the party could suffer massive losses in next year's midterms if Democrats run like Sen. Elizabeth Warren is president.

One former Senate aide said it's "bye-bye majority" if Democrats run on "extreme wokeness."

benjipwns · « **Reply #3405 on:** July 10, 2021, 02:16:22 PM »

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1413595082238873607

Nintex · « **Reply #3406 on:** July 10, 2021, 07:19:42 PM »

https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1413999686172610560

This is how you poll at 4%

https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1413912736187265029

Uncle · « **Reply #3407 on:** July 10, 2021, 07:54:48 PM »

edit: o shit I didn't realize that's actually the joke well done cruz got me

Nintex · « **Reply #3408 on:** July 11, 2021, 06:12:58 PM »

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1414343984265060361

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1414348303031017475

Nintex · « **Reply #3409 on:** July 12, 2021, 08:37:05 AM »

Quite a shift in the 'conservative' wing.

2016 it was Ted

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2015 it was Rand

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benjipwns · « **Reply #3410 on:** July 12, 2021, 09:35:03 AM »

https://twitter.com/AnthonySabatini/status/1414404737240272898

benjipwns · « **Reply #3411 on:** July 12, 2021, 11:29:15 AM »

Meanwhile, in Virginia:

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Former Carlyle Group co-CEO Glenn Youngkin may have earned Donald Trump’s endorsement in the Virginia governor’s race, but now he’s the one trying to tie the former president to his opponent.

After former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe ran an ad highlighting Trump’s endorsement of Youngkin, the Republican’s campaign responded with its own ad highlighting McAuliffe’s past ties to Trump.

chronovore · « **Reply #3412 on:** July 12, 2021, 11:34:29 AM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 12, 2021, 09:35:03 AM

https://twitter.com/AnthonySabatini/status/1414404737240272898

Can you imagine if any foreign politician postured an equivalent tweet at one of ours?

Nintex · « **Reply #3413 on:** July 12, 2021, 03:28:56 PM »

Quote from: benjipwns on July 12, 2021, 09:35:03 AM

https://twitter.com/AnthonySabatini/status/1414404737240272898

https://twitter.com/pitbull/status/1414642768912130071

https://twitter.com/NikkiHaley/status/1414654535507714049

The coalition of the willing

https://twitter.com/ReaganBattalion/status/1414644232778813443

FREE CUBA BUFFERING

who is ted danson? · « **Reply #3414 on:** July 12, 2021, 05:55:39 PM »

Cuba needs to learn that if you want to oppress your people, you need to pay the USA their tribute first.

1. Pick up the golden telephone in the revolutionary museum.
2. Call Uncle Joe.
3. Privatize everything, using US banks & PE firms.

Nintex · « **Reply #3415 on:** July 12, 2021, 06:21:14 PM »

https://twitter.com/ScottGordonNBC5/status/1414678383544442884

https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1414636022378360835

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1414658292333350919

lmao the libs are at it again

benjipwns · « **Reply #3416 on:** July 14, 2021, 11:09:21 AM »

https://twitter.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1414641797003980806

benjipwns · « **Reply #3417 on:** July 14, 2021, 11:28:33 AM »

https://twitter.com/wakeari60/status/1415291581746323461

Cauliflower Of Love · « **Reply #3418 on:** July 14, 2021, 12:44:09 PM »

Desantis in april : Protestors will be arrested and prosecuted!

Miami PD yesterday: *lets hold up one of the main highways in miami for cuban protestors.

GG

benjipwns · « **Reply #3419 on:** July 14, 2021, 01:11:38 PM »

FACT CHECK:

Quote from: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article252763763.html

Here’s what the governor said when he signed the blatantly un-American bill into law: “Just think about it, you’re driving home from work and, all of a sudden, you have people out there shutting down a highway, and we worked hard to make sure that didn’t happen in Florida.”

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But it did happen in Florida, Gov. DeSantis. Demonstrators shut down State Road 826 in both directions Tuesday in solidarity with their counterparts in Cuba. Police obliged and redirected traffic. Mercifully, no one roared through the crowd in a vehicle.

Everything was as it should be in a country that has a high tolerance for free expression. But, unfortunately, for the governor, the reporter’s question trapped him in the hypocrisy of his law, likely to be arbitrarily enforced.

Honestly, we would have been more impressed if he had just responded: “Nah, the Miami-Dade demonstrators seeking human rights in Cuba have nothing to fear from my anti-riot law. We created it to subdue Black folks seeking human rights in the United States.”

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Author Topic: USA Politics Thread |OT| Son of a bitch! (Read 487367 times)