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Golf? Seriously? WTF?

12 Wednesday Jul 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, US Senate

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China, clown, Fascist pig, golf, insurrectionist, Josh Hawley, PGA, seditionist, social media, U.S. Senate, Virginia, WTF?

Yesterday, from Josh Hawley (r):

Senator Josh Hawley
[July 11, 2023]
We can’t afford to let Communist China co-opt American institutions.
“It worries me when I see the PGA doing business with the Chinese gov’t…a gov’t that is attempting to use American institutions as a megaphone for their own totalitarian, dystopian & frankly evil policies.”

Some of the responses:

but chain saw saudis are ok… got it..

How about when farmland in the state you claim to reside in is sold to Chinese citizens? You seemed OK with that… but you live in Virginia and really don’t care…

Better start with James Comer since his committee was collaborating with a spy for the Chinese.
You colleague, Tuberville, is also weakening our military readiness.
Repugs are traitors.

China was one of the first that you identified as ‘the enemy”, along with Democrats, immigrants, teachers, the government, LGBTQIA+ people, women who do not want children or who have at-risk pregnancies, others. You sued that country and lost.. Have you investigated schmitt for his part in selling Missouri land to China. Clean up the mess in your own house before you start messing in other’s.

But Josh loves the Saudis.
They funded the attacks on 9/11.
They murdered a Washington Post American journalist.
They bribed Kushner w $2billon for…?
Yeah, the Saudis are great for America/Republicans.

Hey, talk about Jared Kushner and your orange overlord, Haulin A*s Hawley!! They’re totally in bed with the Saudis.

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

WTF Josh. The PGA is now owned by the Saudis who just made a deal to enrich Trump. Get a clue Tiny Fist Man.

Then why aren’t you concerned about the PGA doing business with the Saudis?
You know, the same guys that helped fund the 9-11 attacks against America, and who kill America journalists, and who raise oil prices to hurt western countries like the US, AND who arrest Christians in Saudi Arabia for practicing their faith!
You’re not a serious elected official, you just do things for the camera. SMH

Resign, seditionist, and do so with exceeding haste.

So, Mr. “The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming! The Chinese are coming!” how upset are you at your House colleagues for colluding with a Commie spy?
[….]

But Joshie … Capitalism and free markets … or only when you approve?
Run along Joshie … literally run along.
[….]

29 consecutive months of job growth, inflation steadily declining, durable goods having been up for three consecutive months, 35,000 new infrastructure projects, an extended period in which real wages exceeded inflation and outsize gains for lower wage-earners.
Economic transformation in little towns, rural areas and aging metro centers brought about by new investment in plants, infrastructure projects and green energy related to the Chips Act.
Limiting China’s access to U.S. technology that has military applications and bringing supply chains homeYellen told U.S business leaders: “I have made clear that the United States does not seek a wholesale separation of our economies. We seek to diversify, not to decouple. A decoupling of the world’s two largest economies would be destabilizing for the global economy, and it would be virtually impossible to undertake.”
Biden’s policies have wiped out a quarter of the inequality built in the previous forty. And at the same time that Biden’s resurrection of the liberal consensus of the years from 1933 to 1980 is illustrating that the economic problems in the country were the fault of Republican policies rather than of marginalized people, the extremism of those angry Republican footsoldiers is revealing that they are not the centrist Americans they have claimed to be.
The Republican embrace of Moms for Liberty illustrates dramatically and to a wide audience how radical the party itself has become, threatening to turn away all but its extremist base. A strong majority of Americans oppose book banning: about two thirds of the general population and even 51% of Republicans oppose it, recognizing that it echoes the rise of authoritarians.
-Excerpts from Heather Cox Richardson’s fact checked weekend report.

Resign you pandering hack

Whatever you say traitor.

saudis…. ????

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

That didn’t age well

12 Wednesday Jul 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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8th Congressional District, clown, Jason Smith, missouri, right wingnut

Clowns.

Two weeks ago:

Smith, Comer, Jordan: Congress Investigating DOJ & IRS Misconduct With Respect to Hunter Biden Allegations
JUNE 28, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), and Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), today issued the following statement on their commitment to pursue a thorough inquiry into misconduct at the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with respect to the Hunter Biden investigation:

“Politicization and misconduct at the Department of Justice and IRS during the investigation into Hunter Biden reveal a two-tiered system of justice and unequal application of the law. According to whistleblower testimony, the Justice Department refused to follow evidence that implicated Joe Biden, tipped off Hunter Biden’s attorneys, allowed the clock to run out with respect to certain charges, and put tax-cheat Hunter Biden on the path towards a sweetheart plea deal. This is a mockery of the core American value of equal justice under the law.

“This weaponization of the federal law-enforcement power to benefit the Bidens adds to Americans’ growing mistrust in our institutions. If we are to remain a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, Congress has a duty to conduct rigorous oversight of this abuse of power and hold bad actors accountable. Our committees are pursuing a thorough investigation into this misconduct to deliver the transparency and accountability that the American people demand and deserve.”

Jason Smith (r) [2022 file photo].

On Monday, the “source” who they “lost”:

Co-Director of Think Tank Indicted for Acting as Unregistered Foreign Agent, Trafficking in Arms, Violating U.S. Sanctions Against Iran, and Making False Statements to Federal Agents (July 10, 2023)

[….]

…Luft agreed to covertly recruit and pay, on behalf of principals based in China, a former high-ranking U.S. government official (Individual-1), including in 2016 while the former official was an adviser to the then-President-elect, to publicly support certain policies with respect to China without Luft or Individual-1 filing a registration statement as an agent of a foreign principal with the Attorney General of the United States…”

[….]

The right wingnut controlled House of Representatives is a freakin’ clown show.

Previously:

Now what? (July 10, 2023)

They went to Jared

27 Tuesday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, meta, social media

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4th Congressional District, clown, former newsreader, MAGA, Mark Alford, meta, missouri, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

$2,000,000,000.00 from who for which family?

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
We have a sitting United States President who has potentially taken bribes to further his family’s business deals.

Arguably the most serious accusations ever placed on a White House.

What is going to take for the mainstream media to actually cover this???
8:42 AM · Jun 26, 2023

Missed it by so much.

Some of the responses:

Just Janet @JanetMoses17
From someone who rails against the mainstream media Mark Alford sure spends a lot of time trying to get on their shows
[….]
12:03 PM · Jun 26, 2023

Uh.

Mark Alford @markalfordkc
Great photo thanks
5:14 PM · Jun 26, 2023

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Well, okay, I guess. Heh.

More responses:

Probably some solid proof instead of all this “potential” crap you and your ilk keep spewing to try and divert attention from your Mango Messiah.

The problem isn’t the MSM.

It’s the Republicans lying about it.
[….]

Mark, you’re so incredibly tone deaf after all of the deals (bribes) Trump and his family made or took during his time in office. And while we’re on it, what’s it going to take for FOX or any of the other right wing media outlets to cover him accurately?

Of course you mean that twice impeached traitor trump.
Please try some research and it’s not hard to find all the treasonous things that he and his family have done.
If u can’t do that u r one of many we know as hypocritical uninformed people called trumpers

Congressman, Most serious accusations ever? Have you full on drank the koolaid. We’ve had backdoor deals for Iranian arms, watergate, Russian interference, cherry picked wmd info, political insurrections, quid pro quo’s and your saying unsubstantiated bribes is the most serious?

GQP MAGA clown show is why. It’s all LIES.

Attempting to overthrow our government comes in 1st place, Pal. You need to be more responsible with your accusations.

There’s that.

Mark Alford is, quite simply, a lying turd.

The mainstream media should cover him with the ridicule he deserves.

But they won’t, because the mainstream media is pro-Republican.

Mark, NEWS FLASH…trump is no longer president. He lost the 2020 election.

Heh.

Once again no proof or evidence. How much more BS do we need to come out of you?

Ok then, you know and I know this is worse than stupid, MarkAlford you really need better material, it is understood that you have no plans to actually help the folks of the 4th district, you take your mandate to entertain, but this is not even that, this is a snipe hunt

How the hell did get elected. Everybody hates you.

You’re confusing Biden with Trump.

The lady doth protest too much, methinks

21 Wednesday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, meta

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clown, Eric Schmitt, ignoranimus, maroon, meta, right wingnut, sycophant, troll

It’s always too easy.

We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

An attempted trolling comment submitted today in response to Eric Schmitt (r) believes he’s a witness or something, apparently (June 20, 2023):

This article and the comments are all BS. You are a bunch of liberal trolls who know nothing, care nothing for our country, and are worthless.

Show your work.

“…You are a bunch of liberal trolls who know nothing, care nothing for our country, and are worthless.”

Every right wingnut accusation is a confession.

Maroon.

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

What color is the sky in your world? – part the infinity

21 Wednesday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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campaign finance, clown, meta, reading is fundamental, troll

It’s always too easy.

We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

Attempted trolling comment submitted today in response to Campaign Finance: “Oil, that is…” (June 20, 2023):

You just listed the SAME donation 6 times. I checked the registration numbers. What kind of inflated reporting is this? The same information listed 6 times is just inflammatory reporting .

Read the following SLOWLY so you can try to understand it. SOUND out the words, if that helps:

There were six different receiving entities, each with a unique Missouri Ethics Commission ID, each receiving $15,000.00, each reporting separately on June 20th.

C190996 06/20/2023 Conservative Leaders of Missouri
C171235 06/20/2023 Missouri Senior PAC
C131007 06/20/2023 Missouri Growth PAC
C151156 06/20/2023 MO Majority PAC
C171229 06/20/2023 Missouri C PAC
C141393 06/20/2023 Missouri AG PAC

[emphasis added]

There was one contributing entity, which made six separate contributions in the amount of $15,000.00 each to different receiving entities. If you need help with the math, that’s $90,000.00 total on June 20th.

Warrenton Oil Company 2299 South Spoede Truesdale MO 63380 6/20/2023

[emphasis added]

Interestingly, the reported address of the contributing entity has the same typo for five of the six reporting receiving entities:

Warrenton Oil Company 2299 South Spoede 2299 South Spoede Truesdale MO 63380 6/20/2023

[emphasis added]

What’s with that?

“…I checked the registration numbers…” No, you didn’t.

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

Upholding the hostage-taking principles of Kakistocracy

01 Thursday Jun 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, clown, Debt ceiling, former newsreader, kakistocracy, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

Last night, on the debt ceiling.

Voting on the rule:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 241
H RES 456 YEA-AND-NAY 31-May-2023 4:25 PM
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Resolution
BILL TITLE: Providing for consideration of H.R. 3746, the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

—- YEAS 241 —

Alford
Graves (MO)
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NAYS 187 —

Burlison
Bush
Cleaver

[emphasis added]

Voting for the rule allows the resolution to pass.

The final vote on the resolution:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 243
H R 3746 RECORDED VOTE 31-May-2023 9:21 PM
QUESTION: On Passage
BILL TITLE: Fiscal Responsibility Act

—- AYES 314 —

Cleaver
Graves (MO)
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)
Wagner

—- NOES 117 —

Alford
Bush
Burlison

[emphasis added]

Yes and no, Mark (r). Such strong principles.

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Meaningless babble:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
Tonight, I have voted “NO” on the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
[….]
8:13 PM · May 31, 2023

Some of the responses:

WE KNOW the former🍊(that you still defend [….]) did NOT give tax breaks to the working poor, He gave them to the RICH.. Is THAT what you’re hoping to accomplish as a Representative Mark??? Because that’s the way you are headed. CANNOT WAIT until YOU ARE VOTED OUT.

I can’t wait until Alford and Hawley are both in the unemployment line !

You voted yes on the rules though.

He knows most of his constituents won’t see that.

Thoughts and prayers…

Heh.

You should’ve stuck to reading news from a teleprompter, Mark.

Mark, you are just another MAGA Republican who is willing to see the United States default on its debt just to harm the Biden Administration.

Loud and clear – you don’t support honoring debts.

This is sad. MO needs to do better.

You are against fiscal responsibility. So sad.

As a MO constituent, you did not do what I would have wanted. You would rather put the economy in a recession and leave my mother’s ss income to be delayed. As for the 87,000 IRS agents, they were to be hired to process tax returns. You lie just like all the Republicans.

Why do you think China says: “the US government is broken”?
Is it because childish extremists would rather default the full faith and credit of the US rather than agree to a compromise?
I think it is- you’re playing right into China’s hands.

First paragraph – We have to keep up with China’s spending

Second paragraph – We need to cut our spending

Third paragraph – Other (not me) people to get spend money and that’s not fair.

Fourth paragraph – I’m trying to cut jobs

Fifth paragraph- I’m not a puppet (I’m a puppet)

Fat lot of good that did you.

Alford for default. Got it

You voted NO bc you have no backbone. You’d rather see the country go down in flames & blame the Dems instead of JUST HELPING PEOPLE. You’re afraid of China & yet you say you trust in God? You believe building up a war machine is as important as building a WALL? THAT’s NOT FAITH

You’re CHOOSING to let American kids go hungry! You’re CHOOSING for them to go without medical care! You’re CHOOSING to forget about Veterans & the elderly’s hard earned money taken for YOUR benefit..

You’re an irresponsible representative. You ran up the bill. Now pay it.

So you think sabotaging the world economy would’ve been a good thing? You need to find a new puppetmaster.

Reducing the IRS budget increased the debt because it means lower tax receipts. Hedge fund and venture capital people pay capital gains taxes on their income. The wealthy get tax deductions on private planes and yachts. Come on. Be serious.

Mark (r) missed that train a long time ago.

Such a Christian move. You and the rest of the #gop want to kill poor people, women, and seniors. #GOPwaronseniors

You voted to cut my healthcare, don’t pretend you care about veterans again.

No one’s reading all of that nonsense and your digital media team needs to replaced.

Without any irony whatsoever Mark had his staffer write some word vomit about why he’s a no vote the first line reads “After careful thought, deliberation, constituent consultation and prayer” What an absolute 🤡 does anyone believe he did any of those things?

What a piece of poop [….]! You rather see the US default and the American ppl suffer for your selfishness. You did not think about Voters and impact it will have on families and households not to receive their benefits/paycheck. Voters will not forget. #GOPClownShowContinues
[….]

Sad and pathetic but whatever I’m glad the bills will get paid without you buck passing hipocrites. You’ll be more than happy to deficit spend as long as goes to corporate greed or mililary grift.

Of course you did you useless tool. Only a fool like you would rely on ‘prayer’ to make your decisions instead of actual bona fide research.

Previously:

Oooh, pass the popcorn… (May 31, 2023)

Own goal!

24 Wednesday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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14th Amendment
[….]
Section 4.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned….
[….]

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

This morning:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
It’s simple — you take the loan out, you pay the loan back.

It’s time to overturn Biden’s student loan scam.
10:04 AM · May 24, 2023

“…It’s simple — you take the loan out, you pay the loan back…”

Clown.

Elect Mark Alford (r), expect a circus

26 Wednesday Apr 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, clown, former newsreader, Mark Alford, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat

Never got out of junior high school.

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

This morning:

[image cropped]

Mark Alford @markalfordkc
I challenge @POTUS to take and pass a Delaware drivers license test. If you can’t pass that, you shouldn’t be allowed to drive our great nation into the ground.
[….]
10:02 AM · Apr 26, 2023

Some of the responses to Mark Alford (r):

Do tweets like this get you in with ‘the cool kids’? And by kids I mean the extreme GOP’ers? And by GOP’ers, I mean insurrectionists? And by insurrectionists I mean.. you know EXACTLY what I mean! SO what EXACTLY have you done for your constituents since you took office Mark?? [….]

Don’t you need to sit on a phone book to see over the steering wheel?

Has trump ever driven himself anywhere? Does he even have a drivers license? Y’all are such jokes!

First, focus your constituency, second, no sitting president is allowed to drive on public roads.

Mark, are you this angry because you aren’t tall enough for the rides at Worlds of Fun? I’m seriously asking.

Did you ask DT the same question? Or will you? Asking for a friend.

You are worse than I expected you’d be. Congrats.

Unfortunately for you, that is not a qualification to be a TWO term president of the United States.

I’ve seen him drive his corvette. He can drive
[….]

I hear there’s an opening at Fox News. Maybe you should go back to being a third-rate newsreader, Congressman Burgundy!

What do you actually do other than tweet cringe?

I challenge you to take a citizenship test. You’re a failure

As my Papa used to say, Elect a clown, expect a circus. Those dad jokes you thought were funny when you were on the morning show, they really weren’t. Now that you’re representing a portion of Missourians, they’re even less so.

You aren’t qualified to challenge anyone on anything…except how to showboat.

Not sure the guy who dropped out of college and decided to sit at a desk on TV should be issuing competency test challenges. [….]

Shut up and do something useful you prick

1. Presidents don’t really drive themselves.
2. When he does, his cars are so much cooler than yours.
3. The Orange Buffoon y’all worship is only 4 years different.
4. Grow up and actually try to bring substance to your job representing MO. You are a do nothing hack.

President Joe Biden test drive of the Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric pick up at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, Dearborn, Michigan.
18 May 2021
The White House

Are you three years old Alford? You are an embarrassment

Of all the idiotic things you’ve vomited up on the internet, this is one.

The man has a drivers license, you fucking idiot.

We all challenge you to stop being an idiot.

By the way, where is the Republican spending bill?

I don’t think you want to challenge anyone to a test you fucking clown.

Every right wingnut republican accusation is actually a confession, Eric (r).

11 Saturday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, social media, US Senate

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climate change, clown, Dunning-Kruger Effect, Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, missouri, right wingnut, social media, U.S. Senate

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Yesterday:

[image cropped]

Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Climate Alarmism is a cult.
[….]
RNC Research
2:19 PM · Mar 10, 2023

RNC Research – that’s an oxymoron if we’ve ever heard one.

Some of the responses:

The GOP is a cult.

People sell their souls for a few extra bucks.

Is this why you were elected?

No, but it is a symptom.

Climate denier- asleep, bloated, mediocre male tries to be relevant so Orange Julius will notice him

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

Heh.

Election Denial is a cult.
[….]

Climate alarmism is science. Climate alarmism is caring for God’s creation. Climate alarmism is caring for the poor. Climate alarmism is the only sane response to the truth we must face. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow #ClimateEmergency

Tell me you’re in the pocket of big oil companies without telling me you’re in the pocket of big oil companies. [….]

Says a member of the Trump cult.

Did you fail all of your science classes?

So many questions.

Trump lost.

Says the guy who sold Missouri farms to the Chinese

Heh.

Climate denial is even worse.

Bless your heart.
[….]

Climate Change Denial should be labeled as Paid Programming.
You’re an embarrassment to the state of Missouri.

You Sir, are tragically misinformed.

He probably knows better, he just doesn’t care.

No, it is science. A lot of citizens still believe in science. I wish you did.

This is not going to age well, Senator

Fascist

It’s not “alarmism” if it’s happening, DS.

Yeah sure, scientific facts and current extreme weather are just not a problem.

You’re right Eric, I trust you over the worlds leading scientists on this subject… [….]

Probably sarcasm.

It’s the cultists who cannot differentiate science from the occult.

Climate denialism is a cult .. FIXED IT

Denying what is happening to our climate, especially by an elected official, who is supposed to be working towards the good of the people, should be a crime. #GOPCorruptionOverCountry

Climate change deniers are ignorant and dangerous

Says a science denying fascist cult guy.

Go look at independent research and analysis by insurance companies. You will find they have determined climate change is real and getting worse.

Cool. So does that mean red states will stop crawling to the feds to bail them out after extreme weather events?

Climate change denying is a cult

MAGA is a genuine cult. A fascist one!

Like the projection here lol

See above.

Not really, there is loads of proof. You’re just a loser hack.

Idiot!!

You could just say “I am anti-Science” and be done with it.

Nope – climate alarmism is based on science – have you heard about that?

Interesting how you hate anything that will make the world a better place.

The tRump cult you’re in is deadly

You would know what being in a cult is like

What a surprise a Republican would say that. Republicans lie about everything. Move on.

Yes we should believe thought leaders like you instead 🤡🤡🤡

Consider the source.

Unbelievable that you would feel that way given all the scientific evidence we now have plus what’s happening right in front of us. Are you blind?

No, sir, he’s a republican.

All of science is a cult, really. Right? Not like it’s ever produced anything useful.

RNC Research-an oxymoron if ever heard one.

Heh.

Meanwhile your cult is flipping out over drag queens, cat boxes and books.

Actually, a cult would be a subset of the electorate that storms a nation’s capital and attempts to overthrow the government.

YOU are in a cult, skippy.

Everything about you bums me out. You are such a tool.

Ignoring climate change is short sighted and foolish, there is no Planet B.

There is no Planet B.

Aren’t you the Eric Schmitt that voted twice to sell land to the Chinese? Didn’t you once help over ride a veto to force the Governor to be able to do that? How’s that kind of thinking working out for you now that you’re in DC? Are you in a cult?

More science deniers, never underestimate the power of stupidity!

Climate Change Denialism is a cult. We’re already paying tens of billions per year because of it. Look beyond your radical right bubble to what’s going on globally in crop loss, mass migration.

Send in the clown (r)

07 Tuesday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri House, social media

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7th Congressional District, clown, Eric Burlison, guns, HB 85, Missouri General Assembly, SAPA, supremacy clause

Eric Burlison (r) [2016 file photo].

Today:

Rep. Eric Burlison @RepEricBurlison
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON SAPA DECISION:

As the sponsor of the Second Amendment Preservation Act, I am disappointed but not surprised by the decision from an Obama-appointed, district court judge to unilaterally strike down a pro-Second Amendment law. (1/3)

The State of Missouri, not a federal judge, should determine how it spends its resources. That’s what SAPA does. I fully support Attorney General Bailey’s announcement to appeal this decision. (2/3)

I will continue to fight to protect Americans’ constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms, just like I did in the Missouri State Legislature. (3/3)

Clown.

Clown hardware.

What’s up? From 2021:

SS SCS HCS HBs 85 & 310 — THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
The bill establishes the “Second Amendment Preservation Act”,
which:

[….]

(1) Declares that laws, rules, orders, or other actions that collect data, restrict or prohibit the manufacture, ownership, and use of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition exclusively within this state exceed the powers granted to the federal government except to the extent they are necessary and proper for governing and regulating land and naval forces of the United States or for organizing, arming, and discipling militia forces actively employed in the service of the United States Armed Forces. Infringing actions would include any registration or tracking of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition or any registration or tracking of the ownership of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition;

(2) Declares that all federal acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, and regulations, whether past, present, or future, that infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution must be invalid in this state, including those that impose a tax, levy, fee, or stamp on these items as specified in the bill; require the registration or tracking of these items or their owners; prohibit the possession, ownership, use, or transfer of a firearm; or order the confiscation of these items;

[….]

What else could anyone think would happen?:

March 7, 20233:34 PM CST
U.S. judge rules Missouri state gun law is unconstitutional
By Sarah N. Lynch and Nate Raymond

WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) – A Missouri state law that declared several federal gun laws “invalid” is unconstitutional, a U.S. federal judge ruled on Tuesday, handing the U.S. Justice Department a victory in its bid to get the law tossed out.

At issue was a measure Republican Governor Mike Parson signed into law in 2021 that declared that certain federal gun laws infringed on the rights of individuals to keep and bear arms under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.

U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes in Jefferson City, Missouri, said the state’s Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) violates the U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, which holds that federal laws take priority over conflicting state laws.
[….]

Previously:

HB 162: Tenthers and guns, what could go wrong? (January 16, 2013)

HB 2174: Guns, check. Sort of nullification, check. (March 25, 2014)

HB 2196: blah, blah, guns, tenther drivel, blah, recycle, blah, stir… (January 13, 2016)

SS SCS HCS HBs 85 & 310 – wasting time (March 15, 2021)

Useless platitude (May 25, 2022)

The Supremacy Clause don’t mean shit (June 20, 2021)

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