Burning the GOP

https://xcancel.com/TheRoot/status/2054698203489214848

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A Louisiana resident who identified himself as Marshawn delivered a fiery, emotional speech to lawmakers during a state Senate hearing over redistricting Monday, accusing Republicans of trying to “cheat” Black voters out of political power.

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“I have no doubt in my mind that the map’s going to pass, if y’all could give us less than zero seats you would do it. 

Y’all do this under the orders of someone who says the civil Rights act was harmful to white people, that it caused Reverse racism. 

RFK [Jr.] said that black children are overfilled on antidepressants and that they need to be re-parented on different forms, all of them. 

Pete Hegseth constantly brings Doug Wilson to the Pentagon to give a prayer service. Doug Wilson is the same pastor that said slave owners were on strong spiritual ground.

I don’t have no belief on no morality on anybody that follows Donald Trump.

If you wasn’t with this map, you wouldn’t be underneath this President, you wouldn’t be in your party.

You would stand up, you would stand against it, you would speak out about it. 

So as far as I’m concerned, if you here as one of these Trump Republicans, you already showed us who you are. You showed us what you want to do. And I believe the country as a whole is rebuking your party.

Y’all are in a death spiral. That’s why you have to redistrict. That’s why y’all have to cheat. That’s why Trump got to go to Texas and say he entitled to five more seats. It because y’all know what y’all is doing is abhorrent. 

We letting our people die in Iran based on false pretense, that Tulsi Gabbard and Joe can’t say it ain’t real. 

Y’all okay with all that. So I’m positive that y’all goin’ be ok with the map. But the beautiful thing is, the children that y’all have made, and the people that’s younger than y’all, don’t support none of this racism that y’all want.

The MAGA party is the last breath of the Confederacy, and I’ll be happy to see the millennials and gen z bury y’all. There will be no more of your party. The midterms gonna come and y’all gonna get wiped out. 

Trump gonna get dragged out of the White House, and I’m gonna love every second of it. Because y’all loved every second of the suffering that he caused to everybody in this country, and worldwide.

We starvin’ Cuba. We bombed Nigeria. We holdin’ Zimbabwe and Zambia hostage for they minerals. We don’t want to give them AIDS support. The pro-lifers that say “all life is special,” y’all letting kids die of AIDS. What part of your Bible say that? Point out the scripture. I think everybody would love to see it. And we would love to see y’all in the midterms.”

After this powerful speech, the Republican in charge tried to hit back with this weak-sauce “neener neener” response: “Your hat says, ‘Trump was wrong about everything.’ It should say ‘You are wrong about everything.’ “

Marshawn clapped and said, “Adorable. Burn!”

The desert of the alt-right’s soul

This excellent analysis at Vox highlights the viciousness and classlessness of the alt-right.

“In a politicized and misleading tweet, Benny Johnson wrote, “BREAKING: Woke US Women’s Soccer Humiliation … After winning back-to-back World Cups the heavily favored Team USA has been ELIMINATED by Sweden in the 16th round. Team USA’s downfall was delivered by anti-America, anti-woman activist Megan Rapinoe’s EMBARRASSING free kick …”

Benny Johnson, a right-wing commentator who was fired from Buzzfeed following revelations that many of his published articles were plagiarized, is an asshole who probably doesn’t remember (or care about) Roberto Baggio’s disaster… 猿も木から落ちる as the Japanese say… “Even a monkey will fall from the trees.” In other words, even experts can make a a mistake. And Baggio was one of the very best, and despite his heartbreaking loss in the World Cup, is still remembered as one of the greatest soccer players of all time.

So, Benny, shut the hell up about Ms. Rapinoe, who has more talent and guts and grit in her little finger than you have in your entire shriveled, twisted soul, and the rest of the amazing US Women’s Soccer Team. Seriously, sod off to wherever no one will ever listen to you again.

The Old Wolf has spoken.