• Optional@lemmy.world
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    No prizes for guessing this congresswoman’s party affiliation.

    Not that “Yahoo Entertainment” (news is dead, i know) even bothered to put it in the entire article, much less the headline.

    The congresswoman started by thanking Christian for writing. She said they agreed about the importance of innovation in the automobile industry.

    That was the last kind thing in the letter.

    Foxx told the 10-year-old that his request meant taking money out of the pockets of hardworking taxpayers who might not be able to afford an electric vehicle themselves. She told him the country was heading toward bankruptcy and economic failure. She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that “YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt.”

    She capitalized “YOU.” She was writing to a fourth grader.

    Then she linked him to six articles from Fox News, National Review, The Washington Times, and the Wall Street Journal editorial board — articles about the failures of climate change policy.

    And then she turned on his teacher.

    What a fuckwit piece of shit.

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      Cute, the National Debt that HER and HER generation allowed to run rampant so that SHE could make off with mad bank? Not to mention the debt that HER party has incurred the last few years alone?

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    She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that “YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt.”

    Nevermind that Trump and the rest of the congressional Republicans increased the national debt by 3 trillion dollars already, fuck you kid for wanting something good for everyone instead of only wanting good stuff for the Epstein class.

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      Fun fact:

      (Add 2 trillion to this pie… wait 3 trillion? No wait… almost 4, Now? Well, add 4 trillion to this chart for the ole pedophile just for good measure…)

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          His base: “we need a president to run this country like a business!”

          Their guy: bankrupts every business he runs… including 6 casinos. (CASINOS! Fucking literal money printers…)

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            The war is starting to be more than a drop in the bucket. It’s only one order of magnitude less than what is shown on the graph.

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        “10 year projection as of 2025”

        Huh? I doubt he will survive that long, let alone run for the fourth term

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          The party of ‘law and order’ and his super smart and loyal supporters will definitely support and vote for him the fourth time as well because they support ‘law and order’.

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    this is age-ism, but i really don’t think anyone past 80 should be in charge of anything beyond self-care

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    This bitch runs the district north of me. I say this a native of WNC. Fucking hillbillies are stupid. Edit— and me saying this is why I could never run for public office. I think my own people are mouth breathing morons who will vote for any dipshit that has a bible in their hand. This bitch is not even from WNC but yet but every Popcorn Sutton from the holler licks her festering taint.

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      She holds a Doctor of Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

      Just goes to show you that even higher education can’t overcome religious brainwashing. She’s deeply religious and dumb as a fucking rock. Dumb people sure know how to pull levers of power though, she’s in there doing a bang-up job and even has time to propagandize a child she doesn’t know (by claiming he’s a victim of propaganda, naturally, as projection in one form or another appears to be the sole play in their playbook).

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      No you should definitely run for office and keep saying what you’re saying. Just make sure to keep a Bible in your hand the entire time.

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    Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the US government.

    Cue sad applause

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    Over 20% of our reps are over 70 years old last time I looked, 120 or so.

    Mitch McConnell is absurdly impaired and still won’t step down.

    One our many problems in the USA, we are definitely long past our prime, so perhaps it’s suitable that Mitch stays in office. May as well elect him as President at this point, Maxine Waters can be VP, she’s almost 90.

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      I mean, she’s not letting the grass grow under her feet. Moscow Mitch is.

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      She really is a troll though, just rotten. She’s shitty to her neighbors, mean to those in her community, and cowardly to her constituents.

      I’m surprised the kid even got a response. I only ever get form letters, if that, when I’ve contacted her. I’ll again be voting against her in November.

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    She probably thought the kid said “eccentric stars” and just didn’t want them being influenced by the likes of Jared Leto.

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    Foxx told the 10-year-old that his request meant taking money out of the pockets of hardworking taxpayers who might not be able to afford an electric vehicle themselves. She told him the country was heading toward bankruptcy and economic failure. She wrote that 2038 is only 12 years away, and that “YOU and your classmates will be responsible for paying down the national debt.”