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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Santos Bails on GOP to Run as ‘Ultra MAGA’ Independent

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Santos Bails on GOP to Run as ‘Ultra MAGA’ Independent

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jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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On Friday, the disgraced ex-congressman announced he would leave the GOP and make his quixotic congressional comeback attempt as an independent.
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    LOL, go for it, spoiler-boy.

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      He’d have trouble spoiling meat sitting in the sun. He out-crazied MAGA, no one wants anything to do with him.

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        He out-crazied MAGA, no one wants anything to do with him.

        I’m not yet convinced such a thing is possible.

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        No, his scamming was just second class, and we know how much the GOP feels about people being bad at scamming.

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          Great observation! MAGA likes to be blindfolded when they’re being fucked.

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          And having class

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        He out-crazied MAGA

        No, he fits perfectly within the MAGA crazy.

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        Mad Margie would take issue with that statement.

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    If this weren’t real life that it’d make a great premise for a comedy show.

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      I hate the guy, but he was hilarious.

      Where did you get that baby, George? Whose baby was that?

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        whose

        • gregorum@lemm.ee
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          Stupid autocorrect. I swear, it’s getting worse, correcting words that are spelled correctly. It’s driving me crazy.

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            I went and disabled it. Still annoying but easier to see my mistakes thanks to the red squiggles.

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    This isn’t what we meant when we asked for a three or more party system.

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      If this is how we get ranked choice voting and more than 2 options… fuck it, I’ll take it!

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      But it is what he thought you said, and really that is all that matters to him.

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    Hey it’s that one drag queen!

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      Don’t be mean to drag queens! His defining feature is “criminal and scam artist”

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        It’s such a shame that we are making fun of a WW2 veteran instead of providing him the mental help he needs

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          Probably the trauma of losing his mother in 9/11 that really did him in

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            As a qualified doctor ans psychiatrist, you’d think he would have recognised the signs.

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        True it’s not fair to the drag queens to be in the same group as this bozo

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        OP simply fell victim to autocorrect. He meant to say dead queen as he is in fact the late Queen Elizabeth.

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        Being a criminal fraud and scam artist is what makes him appealing to maga republicans. Wearing pretty dresses and makeup makes him unacceptable to republicans.

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          They don’t seem to care as long as he acts like a piece of shit

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    This guy may be one of the few people I’d trust the Republican party over when they start pointing accusationary fingers at each other claiming the other is a fraud and a lier.

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      I’d trust him to pull some hilarious stunt, like run down the main corridors of the Capitol building carrying a tiger cub, screaming, “NO COMMENT! NO COMMENT!” then run into an elevator, dodging shocked reporters, or something crazy-ass shit like that, lol.

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        You mean to tell me he didn’t do that already?

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          He did it with a human baby. Whose baby remains unknown.

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    Is he growing out that neck beard to look the part?

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    I for one think we should support our three time hackeysack world champion who also invented biscuits and gravy.

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      Don’t forget world champion underwater basket weaver

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    Watch him be the one that starts the electoral schism of the Republican party

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    Isn’t he going to be too busy defending himself against the Feds? I’m pretty sure he will be in Federal pound me in the ass prison before long.

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    So when the election results come in, we’ll get detailed, specific numbers on exactly how much people don’t like him. Cool.

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