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Conservatives have killed more Americans with there anti-science bullshit than any foreign country has in the last 7 years.  They need to STFU and stop sabotaging America. >

But that’s literally what they get paid to do. They aren’t there to actually govern >

The first question of every interview of a GOP congressperson should be "Why isn't there a national GOP platform?" or "What are the specific agenda items your party has?" >

"Make the rich richer, kill people, and entrench one-party rule. Now, about that laptop..." >

"Make women, minorities, and LGBTQ+ people miserable" >

"Make gay male escorts in the vicinity of our conventions RICH." >

If he blew it up earlier over land they would be still complaining it potentially had bioweapons that could have hit populated areas and that it was a careless mistake to make without knowing its contents. >

Or that the federal government came in and confiscated the "salvage" from a Montana rancher, depriving him of his rights as a landowner. >

The only thing probably acceptable would be Joe, upon learning of the balloon,  conferencing in the Republicans   in congress and asking them for advice. >

False.
There's nothing Biden could have done that would've been acceptable to Republicans, because Republicans just want to own the libs, and that means saying anything Biden did or does is wrong, no matter what it is, including coming to them.
They'd just call him weak, not a leader, etc. Look what happened when Obama tried to get Congress to declare war or otherwise give some explicit authorization before he would act on Syria.
Everything Republicans do is in bad faith.
Edit: added "nothing" >

I, unfortunately, read an opinion piece from Fox News earlier that absolutely lambasted Biden for his handling of this. Yadda, yadda, yadda, I'm sure you can imagine it. The disgrace, the weakness, if he can't handle this how can you handle all of China, bullshit, bullshit, bullshit. 
Curiously enough, there was not a single mention of the three fucking balloons that meandered their way through our territory under Trump's watch without being noticed. Fancy that. 
There's nothing Biden can do that'll elicit any type of positive reaction from the GOP. He could cave tomorrow and give them every single thing they want, no questions asked, and Fox would be publishing stories about how weak he is. 
The GOP is incapable and uninterested in governing. >


He could cave tomorrow and give them every single thing they want, no questions asked, 

Like McCarthy in his quest for being Speaker.
"His mistake was convincing himself that a party obsessed with dominance would reward submission." >

I really don't know why she didnt follow up with:
"You mentioned Wuhan and bioweapons.  It's now been reported that 3 similar Chinese balloons passed over the USA during Trump's administration.  Do you wonder if Trump ignored COVID releases by Chinese balloons in 2020, resulting in a million American deaths?  What steps  are you taking to find out?"
F'ing putz. >


Wuhan and bio weapons.

But also, he should have shot it down over the American population. >

...with a nuke. >

Arguable. We’re talking about a balloon, here, not a hurricane. >

That’s right. Nukes are for hurricanes. Everyone knows you use a giant dart for a balloon. Then you pick one prize from the bottom row. >

Particulate released at 60,000 feet has little to no chance of going anywhere you want it to go. It could be stuck in the atmosphere, floating around the earth until we all die of old age. >


Particulate released at 60,000 feet has little to no chance of going anywhere you want it to go. It could be stuck in the atmosphere, floating around the earth until we all die of old age.

Not exactly relevant, but interesting to me. During world war 2 the Japanese harvest fleas from rats carrying the Bubonic plague, and dropped them over china. The fleas were light enough that they were not harmed by the fall and they caused a plague outbreak once they landed. I am pretty sure they weren't dropped from 60k feet, but your comment reminded me of that bit of history >

You realize that you could put a virus in a tube of toothpaste and fly into NYC without customs ever checking.  You could fly in from Paris and there would be no traceability offering a potential nuclear war. 
Balloons?  LMAO  Unless they know that we know that they know that we know that we would think they wouldn't use a balloon because they could fly in from Paris.  Ah let me get back to r/conservative with this one... >

the rube goldbergish quality to a lot of the right wing conspiracies truly confuses me. it's like, the more unnecessary steps the plan has the more reasonable it seems to these rubes. >

exactly.  Kaos in Get Smart >

perfect example. i wish mel brooks was writing this shit, at least it would be funny. >

I'm sick to death of seeing that hayseed on TV every single day. >

Shhh 🤫 If we give him attention he’ll be in our lives like Ted Cruz and them >


The top Republican declared he was merely asking questions before insisting he “never said” there were bioweapons from Wuhan in the surveillance craft.

Oh that racist shit again. >

Merely asking questions…what a dumbass.
Is the balloon filled with bio weapons?
Is the balloon carrying COVID?
Does the balloon have a family?
Does the balloon speak Mandarin only?
Is the balloon aware of Jewish space lasers?
Has the balloon communicated with Comer?
What did the balloon say to Comer?
Did the balloon ask Comer about his sexual preferences?
Does the balloon think Comer enjoys beastiality?
Look, I’m just asking questions here… >


Is the balloon carrying COVID?

I assume this is what he was trying to imply by bringing up Wuhan.
Has the balloon seen the Hunter Biden dick pics? Why is the balloon hiding them from us? >


Has the balloon seen the Hunter Biden dick pics? Why is the balloon hiding them from us?

I think you have solved it. The balloon came over to search our internets for Hunter Biden's dick pics, in order to turn his dick communist. >

Just because they admit it isn't true doesn't mean their base doesn't now worry about it, and assume it's true. >

Right, I think what folks are missing is that the GQP base  never watches CNN. The idiots that elected this loathsome moron will never see this clip, will never hear what he said. >

Yep. Their media will grab the sound bites and clips that push the fear, and chop off the part where he admits it's not real. >

I had to stop talking to relatives because of this tactic. They literally live in a fantasy land where they decide what is really real. >

Here's what I don't understand... if we dumb this all the way down... like all the way down. 
Congress is responsible for the budgets and creating legislation right? Like... the President can't go "abracadabra here's a new bill and I signed it and you guys don't get to vote on it neener neener neener"
So... when these people say things like "I'm worried our Federal Government is doing this." do they not understand, it is THEY themselves that are failing????? >

That sounds reasonable to a normal person but people who's personality leans more towards psychopath aren't usually very good at self-reflection. >

It’s so sad that these people are in positions of authority. >

Why hasn't Comer taken us to his secret place in the woods where he buries his victims?
I'm just asking a question. >

Jeeez, that dude sounds about as smart as a box of shit. >

Blow it up, it has bio weapons! Republican logic at its finest. >

Republicans are more than anti-science, they are anti-reality. How often are their most prominent members caught just absolutely making shit up? And like, not even in believable ways. >

The last time conservatives complained about a "chinese bioweapon", they proceeded to convince themselves it was fake and that the cure for it was the devil or something. >

Comer comes across as one of the biggest buffoons in the House GOP and that's saying a lot. >

One might say he is a balloon buffoon. >

You will be SHOCKED to learn he's also got a history of domestic abuse >

I just assume it's a republican requirement at this point to have either beaten or raped your spouse or children. >

Good.
These same idiots were denying that social distancing was an appropriate measure for pandemic mitigation three years ago.
If you want to spread a virus you use a body, not a balloon >

The entire GOP is a bioweapon. >

So he’s trying to make people think there bio weapons or something sinister on it, then asks why it wasn’t shot down over Alaska or Montana?…
I mean, yeah I wouldn’t be stoked about having a that floating over our heads, but I think I’d be even less stoked about them shooting it down while it’s over your land… rural/non inhabitable land or not. I think id rather it be shot down in the least likely area of it to spread anything by wind on your own fucking land.
Edit: I get questions like that need to be asked, but insinuating shit like that to the public when you don’t actually know shit is just fear mongering. >

Fear mongering is what they do best. >

GOP launches house investigations whether Hunter Biden covered up evidence of spy balloon bioweapons! >

Senator, do you know the definition of "a leading question?" It's a term used in courts a lot. Oh, you do; why did you ask if there were bioweapons in the balloon? Were you hoping the answer was yes? >

The entire conversation has shifted with the GOP propaganda machine in full swing. Right now Biden should be getting credit for bringing down the balloon safely and in a manner that gives us counter-intelligence value.
The entire GOP is jealous that their dear leader failed to achieve something similar. >

This discussion with Comer sounds a lot like Donald Rumsfeld's assertions back in 1990 or so regarding WMDs in Iraq. It's called an argument from ignorance, or an appeal to ignorance. 
When rebutting the lack of evidence for weapons of mass destruction ((WMDs)  in Iraq prior to the invasion, Rumsfeld said "Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist."
By the same token, we don't know that the balloon was not packed full of illegal aliens that were to be dropped into the US. >

Well Rumsfeld knew something. There were things he knew he didn't know. Things that were known to others that he knew. Known things that were unknown. Known unknowns that could be known. Unknowns that were known to be unknowable. Known unknowns that were known to be unknowable to people who were known to not know anything knowable. Etc. >

Well if it did we'd all could just shove orange lights up our ass to cure them. >

What’s infuriated me is that CNN has seemingly had ONLY Republicans talking about the balloon and they’ve all spewed stupid bullshit that’s not anywhere close to based in fact or reality.
Despite dumping fuck tons of money on DoD they can’t believe at all that the DoD could have possibly made an informed decision to let this thing fly. They can’t fathom that agencies like the NSA and the CIA could possibly be intercepting and jamming the signals on this thing. They won’t believe that there’s intelligence value in all of that that we can exploit.
No, instead they say we are weak and feed the Chinese narrative to the public. >

CNN is now run by the brilliant minds behind Milf Manor. They have fired most of the folks with any sense of journalistic integrity. They also cut out the drinking for the New Year coverage. Some fucked up shit. >

Yet, he will be making this very same claim tomorrow. Next, the GOP will be claiming that the balloon was trying to drop drag queens on the Midwest. >

“Did James Comer ever stop molesting his children and grandchildren?  How many people did he kill just to watch them die?  I’m just asking questions without any evidence to back up their presumptions.” >

So the GOP thought that the balloon had bioweapons and yet they demanded that Biden shoot it down while it was over US land and civilians. No wonder they were against masks, social distancing and vaccines! >

If they were concerned about it having bio weapons why did they want it shot down so quickly? >

Because their base has the critical thinking skills of a pinto bean and they knew that they wouldn't be able to understand such things. >

Wait. When and who said it had bioweapons? TF! The photos showed antennas, clearly antenna. Bioweapons have tanks and barrels, BUT antennas have tubes, meshes, grids. Ergo... antenna! Their base is that stupid!!!
Just remind them, it was the figher jets that were spraying chemtrails as the baloon was shot down. "You can see it in that there video, chemtrails. Even fighter jets spray us when they defend us. RAAAHHH!" >

The amount of BS “work” these grifters do is incredible. Fix healthcare, poverty, inflation etc. who gives a shit about wasting their time on the spy balloon. >

All Republicans had to do is let this play out in the media, but oh no, the least liked Republican senators rush out to attach their toxic brand and the story becomes about Republican untruths.
Give Republicans an inch and they'll happily give you a yard in a couple of days. >

And she didn’t hold him accountable for 3 balloons flying over our airspace during Trumps reign of terror >

This one didn't,  but what about the three Trump failed to stop? >

Now you’re just giving them ammunition for Chinese covid balloon conspiracies >

Like they need me when they're pulling theories out of their ass. >

Lol, the first thing I thought when I heard about the balloon was the conspiracy theories are gonna be nuts. >

Well, we all know there’s nothing more important to conservatives than evidence. >

GOP do not operate in good faith.  Which sucks cause as a left leaning cat, I actually want an opposition party to keep the left honest.  But when the GOP lie about everything, it doesn’t work.  Our country is currently broken in my eyes. >

To be honest they are all corrupt narcissists.  Both sides don’t seem to care about the truth at all, it’s a smear fest at best. >

Those giant weather balloons can not carry enough weight for an effective bio weapon.  And at all 60000 feet with no guidance system (which would probably be way too heavy as well) you could not accurately hit any target. >

We could also say, comer could be a pedophile and murderer and terrorist, I’m just asking the question. >

Could have contained bioweapons, but your party was "livid" that President Biden didn't immediately shoot it down over Montana???? >

There was a much greater threat to the homeland when the last Administration believed in herd immunity and intentionally held super spreader rallies among themselves and ones where they targeted People of Color with free travel. >

The GOP is the foreign bioweapon. >

Could have been filled with the cum of 1000 Trans males, couldnt it? >

Did they slam him? >

Pretty overbearing title ("forced") for what actually happened.
Pretty typical reporter/subject interaction.