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What are you letting Tommy Tuberville (r) continue to do?

12 Sunday Nov 2023

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

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Eric Shmitt, Fascist pig, gaslighting, missouri, national security, Obstructionism, performative bullshit, right wingnut, Senate, social media, U.S, useful idiots

Do tell. Do explain.

Yesterday, from Eric Schmitt (r):

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Eric Schmitt
[November 11, 2023]
[….]
A big thank you to all the veterans out there on this #VeteransDay . Thanks for your sacrifice and your service to this great country. We appreciate you!

Some of the responses:

And yet you endorsed the orange turd.

Resign you pandering lying hack

Eric. You and your party have consistently left veterans out in the cold quite literally.
Go shove your flag waving and go do your job. [….]

Honor our veterans by strengthening our military. Actively work to stop tuberville’s blockade. It is easy to say thank you.

People are noticing.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

Three Day Weekend

11 Saturday Nov 2023

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

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4th Congressional District, former newsreader, Mark Alford, missouri, performative bullshit, right wingnut, social media

Mark Alford apparently thinks he has nothing better to do. Yesterday:

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Congressman Mark Alford
[November 10, 2023]
Hey folks, welcome back! Our Capitol Recap is in full swing, and I want to update you on the important work happening in DC.
In DC, and in the district, we’ve been working hard for the people of Missouri’s fourth district.
[….]

Some of the responses:

So, we are one week from a government shutdown & you know where “Speaker” Mike Johnson is right now? PARIS, FRANCE. That’s right. He’s abroad to headline a far-right global conference, instead of working on a bill that would fund our government. The @GOP could not care less about this country and is incapable of governing.

[….] Just keep the misinformation stream coming, Mark.

One week from shutting down the government and you are tooting your horn? You should all be forced to sit in your seats until you put together a plan that will pass the Senate. How dare you do anything else until then. Active duty military will go without pay, federal workers will go without pay. Our Nation’s debts and commitments will go unpaid.
All while you continue to snag a paycheck, for doing nothing.

Well, he did make this video.

The new Speaker of the House isn’t even in the U.S. He’s off speaking at a convention in Paris. It’s apparent this group isn’t capable of doing the job they were elected to. Do they even understand what that job is?

no, they don’t.

Important work, like your 3-day weekend with government funding set to expire in 6 days? Just how many of those appropriations bills have passed Congress and been signed into law? We need results, not bombastic rhetoric.

actually it’s a 4 day weekend !

Have yet to see anything you’ve actually done for this state or this district. Except spew nonsense on faux “news” channrls.

Defund the FBI and the CIA

that would please the criminals and terrorists, and repubs.

Putin loves you

So I’ve listened to your most recent BS, and like others have asked, “what are you and your fellow Republicans actually doing? Your recent video is filled with empty double speak.
Instead of passing asinine bills that you know the Senate won’t approve, why not finishing the Budget Bill McCarthy had approved back in May? You and the House majority need to quit grandstanding, and do actual work for the People and the Country.
Also, why are the House Republicans so out of step with the Senate, and most Americans?
You have yet to give honest answers to my questions, here, in emails, and through your Aides in DC. I’m sure I am not alone.

MARK thank you for the information and we MUST stay out of ISRAEL business and let them finish the war without OBIDENS interference. No one ever pays and when no one pays what’s the point of it all

Same planet, different worlds.

Mark Alford (r) [2023 file photo].

Alford (r), Burlison (r), Graves (r), Luetkemeyer (r), and Smith (r): The Five Missouri Wingnuts of Performative Bullshit

08 Wednesday Nov 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress

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Blaine Luetkemeyer, circus, clowns, Eric Burlison, HR 4664, Jason Smith, Mark Alford, performative bullshit, right wingnuts, Sam Graves

Today 106 right wingnuts in the House of Representatives voted to defund the office of Vice President Kamala Harris (D):

The Recount @therecount
322-106: An amendment to defund Vice President Kamala Harris’ office fails in the House.

114 Republicans voted with Democrats to reject the proposed amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act.
[….]
House Doesn’t Pass Amendment to Defund VP Kamala Harris’ Office
2:50 PM · Nov 8, 2023

The recorded vote:

FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 633
H R 4664 RECORDED VOTE 8-Nov-2023 3:16 PM
AUTHOR(S): Collins of Georgia Part B Amendment No. 44
QUESTION: On Agreeing to the Amendment

—- AYES 106 —

Alford
Burlison
Graves (MO)
Luetkemeyer
Smith (MO)

—- NOES 322 —

Bush
Cleaver
Wagner

—- NOT VOTING 10 —

[emphasis added]

Missouri managed to contribute five clowns to the right wingnut circus.

Because they have nothing better to do.

You don’t say?

26 Monday Jun 2023

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

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

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo]..

Yesterday:

Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford
“The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”

— President George Washington
12:39 PM · Jun 25, 2023

Some of the responses:

Can you introduce a bill for the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights to be read out loud annually in Congress for all able all Representatives to attend?

Because they can’t read, or what? You’d think they’d already done so before they got there.

“It is far better to be alone, than be in bad company” George Washington, MarkAlford you only associate with bad company, that is why District 4 is losing hospitals, shuttering schools, and has a dramatic increase in maternal death and death from gun violence

Mark your moral compass disqualifies you from quoting George Washington. Maybe you should be quoting Benedict Arnold instead

Good thing we changed that document 20 some times.

Way past time to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.

You shouldn’t be quoting anything.

How ironic you post this yet have pledged your full support to another president who basically tried to wipe his ass with the same constitution. Didn’t the Mango Tinted Moron even suggest we “suspend” constitution because it is interfering with his fascist take over?

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

Kevin’s (r) World

07 Tuesday Feb 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, social media

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Congress, Fascist pig, Kevin McCarthy, performative bullshit, right wingnut, social media

…Otto West: Don’t call me stupid.

Wanda Gershwitz: Oh, right! To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people! I’ve known sheep that could outwit you. I’ve worn dresses with higher IQs. But you think you’re an intellectual, don’t you, ape?

Otto West: Apes don’t read philosophy.

Wanda Gershwitz: Yes they do, Otto. They just don’t understand it. Now let me correct you on a couple of things, OK? Aristotle was not Belgian. The central message of Buddhism is not “Every man for himself.” And the London Underground is not a political movement. Those are all mistakes, Otto. I looked them up….

Today:

Kevin McCarthy @SpeakerMcCarthy
Today, for the first time in years, the Constitution was read aloud in Congress—now that Republicans are back in charge.

I led things off with the Preamble:
[….]
3:48 PM · Feb 7, 2023

“…They just don’t understand it…”

Nothing was stopping you before, Kevin (r).

The Union Makes Us Strong

05 Monday Sep 2022

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

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Fascist pig, insurrectionist, Josh Hawley, performative bullshit, right wingnut, social media, U.S. Senate, Virginia

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Late today:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
On this Labor Day, thanks to the working men and women who built this country – and who deserve better than the condescension and dismissive arrogance this Administration shows them every day
6:12 PM · Sep 5, 2022

6:12 p.m. – you think he almost forgot?

Seriously, champion of the working person?

Some of the responses to Josh Hawley (r):

Do you support unions? Do you oppose “right to work” for less?
Do you never cross picket line?
Do you support OSHA, a raise in the minimum wage, the NLRB?
Provide evidence of your support for working people.

Heehaw Hawley went to a private Jesuit high school then Stanford and Yale Law but he wants you all to think he’s a humble working guy.

If and when you do actual labor in your life, I’d love to hear about it. And running out of the senate chamber in fear is not labor, it’s just your cowardice showing.

Thank your banker father and the privilege of all your private school experiences and educational tourism.

So, basically this tweet has nothing to do with hard working women like me, one of your constituents( not by choice) but a dig at the man who has had some of the highest jobs numbers and done more for the the working class than you ever will. #HawleyIsNoMO

Once again, @HawleyMO is a faux populist who masquerades as a faux Teddy Roosevelt populist. He will never go into the Arena and fight for the working people of Missouri. He has distain for them. Boycott @HawleyMO

You must be a real joy at birthday parties.

Democratic s express strong support for the labor movement. The party platform notes that “when workers are strong, America is strong.

GOP sees unions as a threat to “freedom in the workplace” & urges elected officials to pass laws which limit collective bargaining rights.

You tried to overturn an election for a self-proclaimed “billionaire” who didn’t pay the working men and women who built his businesses.
Carpenters, waiters, waitresses, bartenders, construction workers, plumbers, piano tuners, painters…
He stiffed them all.
But ok, fist pumper.

Thanks to the unions for 5-day weeks, paid vacation & better wages. Unfortunately, Josh & his party have done everything they can to undermine unions.

If Josh had his way, there would be no minimum wage, no right to collective bargaining & nothing but at-will employment.

Yet you voted against everything that could possibly help the American worker. We see you.

This is some hyper inflationary “irony”with a gob of condescension…about as precious as it gets. Bravo.

Democrats support workers.

Republicans stoke cultural resentment.

I have seen no condescension or arrogance from the current administration. I have only seen them continue to make change that will better Americans’ lives, and they have done so in a pressure cooker created by you and other MAGA extremists who push lies and hate constantly.

So, really just another grievance?

So glad you’re pro-union now!

It’s not that hard to be a decent person or at least not be a jerk, but yet you seem to really struggle.

We will never run out of Josh Hawley jokes.


.

Insurrectionist says what?

Josh Hawley is anti-union.

But please go on.

You mean how they encourage unions so that workers have the power to bargain?

The only condescension here is from the Yale elitist pretending to care about the working men and women of Mo, some of whom believe your drivel. However, less of them from 2018 believe, or trust you now.

Couldn’t even do a tweet about Labor Day without making it a political statement huh?
How’s this working out for you Joshy?

Malarkey! The GOP sees working men and women as wage slaves and oppose Unions, minimum wage increases, and laws that protect workers.

Once a fascist, always a fascist.

“Every Republican accusation is a confession.” You can count on it like you can count on gravity.

Um, that sounded very condescending and dismissive.

Yes, it is.

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