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What's the joke? That Republicans are all Democrat implants to make the Republican party look weak? Please explain the joke
I will remember for all time that when Biden talked about the need to protect democracy, the Republicans sat on their hands and refused to applaud. Republicans are literally against democracy. >

Other highlights:


McCarthy shaking his head angrily when Biden announced heavier penalties for corporate stock buybacks


The entire Republican aisle getting mad about limiting employment contract NDAs


Again the whole aisle mad (and maybe a bit confused) about capping insulin prices


If the average republican voter actually paid attention to these things, the response to all those should be "What in the actual fuck?" All of those things help people and only at the expense of megacorporations. Those are all things most people should agree with. >


If the average republican voter actually paid attention to these things

Big ask there >

due to budget cuts, many only have a 3rd grade education.  They're only capable of reading enough to see if the name in the voter booth has an "R" or a "D" next to it.  
But by golly, do they pay attention to that! >

In 6 GOP run states (including mine), they have straight ticket voting.  This saves them a lot of reading.  They can just vote for the R once >

Great.  How do we eliminate Straight Ticket voting? >

It might be possible in Michigan, but it won’t happen in Oklahoma. >

Remember that time Republicans banned straight ticket voting in Michigan in an attempt to hurt Democrats?
I remember. 
And why did Republicans ban it? Well per the judge:

Drain cited research finding African-American voters are more likely than voters of other races to cast a straight-ticket ballot and are more likely to vote Democratic than Republican.

Republicans don’t stand for anything really. They will fight to the death for straight ticket voting in scenarios where it helps them, and fight to the death to ban it when it doesn’t. Sort of like how they expand executive powers when they control it, and the neuter executive powers when they lose it, such as the case of North Carolina and others. >


Republicans don’t stand for anything really.

As epitomized by this quote:

"I don't stand by anything." - Donald Trump >

Reminds me of the idea that trump kept trying to interrupt him during the debates so he wouldn’t be able to get a footing and complete thoughts. Had the exact opposite effect though and Trump came out looking worse than usual >

"Will you shut up, man?" was Biden saying what at least half the country spent 4 years saying. >

A lot of Republicans were also desperate for Trump to shut up because every time he talked he'd embarrass them. >

Republicans are wholly incapable of being embarrassed or shamed. >

Oh I’m sure McCarthy was a bit embarrassed sitting up there watching his flock make absolute idiots of themselves. Him having to “SHHH” them was hilarious. Realistically there’s fuck all he can do about it because he gave away 99% of his power to even get the speaker position. >

For sure! Did you ever think you would see the day that MTG would be holding the speaker’s gavel? I felt physically sick and wanted to puke!! >

or maybe Biden is strong and it just unmasks how bad the GOP really is. >

Or maybe Biden is just normal and it shows even more how awful and abnormal the GOP actually is. >

This is correct. Biden isn't a particularly strong leader, but when juxtaposed against a side hell bent on conspiracies and infighting and performative outrage, he's eminently competent and poised. >

I think he’s a pretty strong leader. >

Anyone saying otherwise is just kidding themselves. The guys doing a pretty solid job considering the average intelligence of his opponents >

Or they have never watched him speak and get all of their info from 5 second Fox News clips of him stuttering with a word >

Grumpy Outflanked Pussies >

That would make a great name for a band. >

My midlife crisis accountant-core punk band >

That would be a banging name for a punk band. >


“I really do think that there is a plant inside the RNC [Republican National Committee]. And it is a Democrat that was planted in there somewhere in like 2013, 2014, with the sole purpose of making Republicans the dumbest political party that’s ever existed,”Scarborough quipped on Wednesday.

Hell no!  The R's did that all by themselves.  See: Newt Gingrich. >

I watch the show.  He was joking.  
There is his shit he is blind to (his role in getting Orange Horror-Clown elected), but this ain’t it. >

could you explain the joke? >

Well, have you considered behaving so as to not make Biden appear stronger?
Oh, that's right, you can't. >

And it will be so great to watch them continue these facades of governing for the next two years because the outcome in 2024 will be a blue tsunami. 
If they keep this shit up, 2024 could be the same shade as Neptune. >

I hate to say it, but highly doubt it. The election map is very much not in the democrats favor. >

That's what they said last year. >

the house was supposed to be dominated by the GOP in 2022. they won a narrow majority. >

Right, and they have majority nonetheless and have absolutely no interest in any bipartisan efforts with the Democrats, and a slim majority is a majority that confers with it strong administrative advantages over proceedings.
We can all agree the GOP had the worst performance in a midterm ever given the circumstances, but they nonetheless have majority and when push comes to shove they will use that majority to accomplish things that are not favorable to the common individual. They have administrative control of the chamber. They have administrative control of the committees. They can throw as many tantrums as they want and can still get concessions just purely because their colleagues on the other side of the aisle would rather give everyone a meal a day even though the ideal is three because the alternative is none when negotiating with the GOP.
The GOP fumbled their midterms and still have House majority. It is a sign of hopefully good things to come, but no one should see this now as a victory but rather a consolation prize. >

That’s what you get when you elect the schoolyard bullies to office; childish aggressive posturing covering deep-seated issues and/or low intelligence does not make for competent governance. >

He was looking pretty strong anyway >

He does the steel-eyed stare right at them as they try to heckle. He’s a fucking boss. >


“I think there is a plant somewhere in the [Republican National Committee]. And it is a Democrat that was planted somewhere around 2013, 2014, with the sole purpose of making the Republican Party the dumbest political party that’s ever existed,” Scarborough quipped on Wednesday.

Even now, he refuses to look in the mirror 🙄 >

Our stupidity is a liberal plot: the end point of conservatism. >

Personally for me, the biggest thing I like to see in a politician (or anyone really) is accountability. The GOP is completely devoid of it. I actually stopped talking to one of my brothers because of his complete lack of it. Closely following that is what they do after they own up to something. It blows my mind what the GOP does thinking it will win over votes. The majority of people in the US just want politicians that will represent us and do thier job. We dont care about "owning" the other guy. We have enough thungs to worry about in daily life. >

Same. Another for me is "yes I said and believed that at the time. I was wrong and I'll happily elaborate on what made me change my mind" . >

Let's remember one simple fact.  The GOP acts this way because they get elected for acting this way.  Republican Representatives in the House are elected in very local elections.  Often in districts that are so jury rigged by their party that the candidate would never lose.  Meaning that any action that lacks class is allowed.  This brings forth their lying, cheating, childish, and often boorish behavior.  Republicans aren't inherently stupid.  But they are inherently political.  And sometimes, like now, the two are indistinguishable..... >

In heavily gerrymandered districts the only competitive race is the primary.  Guess who votes in Republican primaries? >

The more the republicans act like jerk-offs, the more Biden appears to be the adult in the room, and the stronger he gets. 
Good. >

That's because the GOP is made up of stupid people. >

The idea that Republicans are bad because there must be a Democrat plant pushing them to be that way is like saying [some] men are bad/lonely/rapists because a woman made them that way... 
Like, maybe the lack of accountability is part of the problem, I dunno. >

I think it was a joke. They're so unspeakably dumb that them doing this to themselves is borderline unbelievable. I don't think he was being serious.