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  A republican? Who could have imagined that.
context: A Republican arrested after winning his race for a seat in the Georgia House has decided to step aside instead of facing a possible suspension as soon as he was sworn into office later this month,
  The decision by Danny Rampey means a special election will be held on Jan. 31 to choose the new representative for the House seat based around Winder, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
  Rampey, 67, was arrested last month after investigators said he stole prescription narcotics at the retirement complex he manages. >
  
  Georgia sure loves its special elections. >
  
  Especially this one. No Democratic party nominees allowed cause they didn't have a candidate for this seat in November. >
  
  
  Especially this one. No Democratic party nominees allowed cause they didn't have a candidate for this seat in November.
  
  That seems quite unconstitutional.  
  EDIT: Am I understanding correctly that if he had waited until he had been sworn in, then the Dems would have been able to run a candidate?  So no different than McCain playing the rules by holding on until his death rather than retiring earlier, thus making it that the Arizona governor got to appoint his replacement rather than a special election being run to handle it. >
  
  That’s why the lionizing of McCain is always so fucking dumb. He knew what he was doing all the way until the end. >
  
  If Republicans were good people they wouldn't call themselves Republicans. >
  
  Or Christians >
  
  I would worship Satan before I called myself a christian. You can put that on my tombstone >
  
  Religion is used as a tool to control the masses. >
  
  Almost everything can be used as such a tool, patriotism, economy, military, sports etc >
  
  
  Rampey was charged in Barrow County with six counts of obtaining drugs by misrepresentation or theft, six counts of exploiting an elder or disabled adult, five counts of burglary and one count of drug possession.
  
  Paging George Santos... >
  
  The GOP is now just a criminal organisation masquerading as a political party. >
  
  Always was >
  
  “always” is a weird way to say since the 60s >
  
  They may have been different people and they may have had a different party name but they were doing the same thing; trying to strip rights from minorites, hating women, obstructing progress, etc. >
  
  I mean, disenfranchising minorities and women traces all the way back to the founding of America, so you don't even have to say trying >
  
  It goes back to the beginning of time. Women have always endured second-class citizenship or worse. >
  
  If it was a Democrat, it would have been in the headline and said democrats are in disarray. >
  
  Buried the lede...
  Rampey, 67, was arrested last month after investigators said he stole prescription narcotics at the retirement complex he manages. >
  
  This genuinely makes me wonder why he didn't just decide to hold on to his seat, double down, and easily get re-elected in two years.
  This is the type of shit that Republican voters want in their reps. >
  
  Seriously, it’s like he didn’t get the memo >
  
  He's 67, not gonna do well in jail. "Rampey and his family own a chain of personal care homes in northeast Georgia."  He just won an election.  
  Soooo many reasons not to be a low life shit heel, but some people just can't stop being shit heeler Republican. At least he couldn't.. >
  
  You think rich white men go to jail? Lol.
  Rich men don't go to jail, especially rich, white, connected men in the South. (For reference see Alex Murtaugh and Murtaugh family in SC) >
  
  If he was that connected, he would have fought the charge and not resigned.  But you're right.  Rich white men seem to wear an invisibility cloak when they go about their shenanigans. >
  
  Conservatives were campaigning on the post pandemic Crime sprees to win the House. Turns out the crime spree was in the House. And the violent thugs were Conservatives. >
  
  Can’t be true, republicans don’t use drugs /s >
  
  Right ? They’re the party of law and order and traditional values >
  
  Where does that fit on the Santos scale? >
  
  Fails miserably because he admitted it >
  
  I seen the headline “…member steps aside….” and initially thought “must be a Dem if he is stepping aside.” >
  
  Yeah, honestly surprising. He must have not known he could have been a senator from this. >
  
  Its a good thing he didn’t lie about is religion, professional background, place of residence, and campaign expenditures; whew!! >
  
  He ran unopposed, so his replacement is almost guaranteed to be Much Much Worse. >
  
  Yeah it goes to a special where the Democrats aren't allowed to run a candidate, so basically the repubs get to hand pick a scumbag here >
  
  How did I know it was a republican before opening the article. The law and order party >
  
  Unspoken media rule is when a politician breaks a law, etc, if it's a democrat they'll say it was, if it's a republican they don't say the party. >
  
  We noticed that too - >
  
  Felony jail time >
  
  Lol, he’s a rich Republican, he ain’t going to prison. >
  
  Another Republican. Shocker. >
  
  Conservatives on Reddit have told me that it is a liberal when the affiliation isn’t mentioned in the headline. Oh…. >
  
  wanted to make a cocaine sex party joke based on the headline but 
  
  Rampey, 67, was arrested last month after investigators said he stole prescription narcotics at the retirement complex he manages.
  
  fuck this guy. i wish him a life where he gets everything he deserves. >
  
  Republican corruption. But I repeat myself. >
  
  Republicans gonna republican. >
  
  Didn't have to look to know it was a Republican..... >
  
  Why is there no serious vetting being done by Republicans?
  They’ve got this loser & George Santos who apparently could never bring himself to tell the truth in any form & heaven only knows how many more are waiting in the wings.
  Can someone please explain to me why folks continue to believe this party is morally upstanding?
  In the short 4 years that trump was in office Republicans embraced the idea of Poverty to be a crime.
  Feeding the homeless to be a crime.
  Likewise, Christian conservatives also embrace the idea of being poor as being ungodly. 
  Going against the very teachings of the Bible they invented the fictitious Prosperity Gospel & preached it as if it were the gospel truth.
  There’s no repairing the GOP & their Partner in Crime, Evangelical Conservative Ministers.
  Hatred is too engrained into their Psyche! >
  
  The leftists are just as corrupt and perverse. >
  
  Keep telling yourself that I’m sure it gives you some sort of comfort.
  Say what you will, but Democrats have never attempted to overthrow Democracy, whereas Republicans were caught with their pants down doing exactly that, attempting a Coup because they didn’t like the results of the election.
  Well, when all is said and done, it’s the radical right wingers who give lip service to wanting freedom and all their rights under the Constitution.
  But the fact is they applauded women losing their rights to body autonomy.
  They applauded making poverty a Crime.
  They applauded the criminalization of feeding the homeless.
  You cheered when immigrants, legal or illegal, were shipped to the VP’s home on Christmas Eve.
  That’s not to say there aren’t Democrats who are just as complicit.
  The fact is that 2 wrongs don’t make a right.
  Here’s the clear difference between Democrats and Republicans.
  When a Democrat conducts themselves against the very tenets of democracy, like Sinema & Manchin have done, We publicly call them out.
  When a Republican conducts themselves in a Selfish, Corrupt manner, Republicans close ranks and defend that individual regardless… trump & all his co-conspirators immediately come to mind.
  Bark all you want, the facts betray you in every way!