Who are the dumbest politicians in D.C.?

[drhook94]

this one right here from Arkansas, "Tom Cotton"
his name even sounds like something from a fukkin antebellem era novel

 

[Hoshi_Toshi]

Gotta go with Mo Brooks because I hate that mf’er

 

[Doctor Wily]

Anyone who quotes or uses the Bible As a political tool is.

 

[MrRDU]

If they're dumb wtf does that say about us

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

They all suck

And give nothing specific to black Americans or ados

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Coming from the state that produced David Clarke and Scott Walker, I can attest to Ron Johnson's idiocy. But the fukked up thing is he's arguably not the worst from the state delegation in stupidity - just look up Glenn Grothmann and Tom Tiffany.

I've never been to Wisconsin but I've never understood how a state that seems pretty middle-of-the-road and elects some fairly decent politicians also goes 50-50 for Trump and produces some of the most unhinged extremists we've seen in state office.

 

[Don De Dieu]

I've never been to Wisconsin but I've never understood how a state that seems pretty middle-of-the-road and elects some fairly decent politicians also goes 50-50 for Trump and produces some of the most unhinged extremists we've seen in state office.

I'll do some cliffs because I can get kinda long-winded on this:

There are a few blue pockets around the major population centers - namely Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, La Crosse and Eau Claire. The rural/suburban pockets surrounding those areas are almost universally red. There's a bad and misguided split between the urban population centers - especially Milwaukee (mostly because that's where the Black folks are) - and outstate. The state is actually purplish in its voting trends, but gerrymandered to the point that the legislature and state Supreme Court will be GOP controlled for a long time. It's also worth noting the state Democratic party was inept for multiple election cycles, which partially led to this.

As GOP goes, of course, so do those red voters. Most of those red voters are straight-up hayseeds or suburbanites terrified of Milwaukee and Madison. Right now, it takes any combination of Trump-style rhetoric, using Milwaukee as a boogeyman/racism and dark money (depending on the race) along with help from the state Supreme Court and legislature to elect and keep those extremists in office. That's how an idiot like Ron Johnson who has no business being elected can beat like a statesman like Russ Feingold and hold office so long. He married into money, but rubes will eat up that "aww shucks, I'm a patriot like you" act. Ditto for Scott Walker - he made a career out of sucking the government tit, but these goofies ate up his good 'ol boy routine.

Interestingly enough, there's a good shot a brotha (Mandela Barnes) might end up as the Dem senatorial nominee against Ron Johnson. We'll see how that turns out.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I don't think this thread has enough material.

MTG from today:

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The far-right House member, who in a text brought up the possibility of Donald Trump imposing martial law to keep himself in power after the 2020 election, said on “The Ingraham Angle” that...well, her answers were so convoluted we’re not sure what she said.

“Those are reportedly my text messages,” the Georgia Republican told Ingraham. “I think if people read them for themselves, if those are my text message, they clearly say that I wasn’t calling for that. I actually said that’s something I don’t know about.”

Ingraham asked if she advocated for martial law. Greene again obfuscated, saying she didn’t remember doing so and questioned if the message was hers.

At a hearing earlier, she took a similar tack while being questioned about whether she supported martial law, saying she didn’t “recall.”

“In our private chat with only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to call for Marshall law.” the spelling-challenged Greene wrote to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Jan. 17, 2021.

“I don’t know on those things,” she added. “I just wanted you to tell him. They stole this election. We all know. They will destroy our country next. Please tell him to declassify as much as possible so we can go after Biden and anyone else!”



I got a fukking headache trying to read that.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

More from MTG:


Says that Pelosi has "gazpacho police":

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Appears to believe cancer is a communicable disease that kids catch at school:

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Believed in QANON

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Said White privilege isn't real, Black folk are just held down cause they do drugs and join gangs:

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Thinks Pizzagate is real and Charlottesville is a false flag.

GOP candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene spread conspiracies that Charlottesville was an 'inside job' and 'Pizzagate' was real



Claims Obama uses MS-13 gang members as foot soldiers to assassinate political targets while Clinton crashed JFK Jr.'s plane:

Marjorie Taylor Greene: The Obama administration used MS-13 to assassinate Seth Rich



Pushed a video claiming that Jews were funding the spread of non-White immigrants to replace White populations across the world:

Marjorie Taylor Greene shared antisemitic and Islamophobic video



Claimed the Parkland shooting was a false flag:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Facebook in 2018: Parkland school shooting was a false flag planned event



And, of course, a conspiracy between Jerry Brown, PG&E, and the Rothschilds to burn down California with blue space lasers:

GOP Congresswoman Blamed Wildfires on Secret Jewish Space Laser