GOP Senator Sends Menacing Gun Tweet To Biden

[TexasTowelie]

The Hill reports:

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) tweeted a photo of a statue of himself holding a gun on Thursday, addressing President Biden directly and daring him to “come and take it” amid a Democratic push for new gun control legislation. “Careful, she bites too,” Rounds said in the tweet accompanying the photo, which shows a dog at the statue’s feet. Rounds’s tweet sparked backlash online from some users who saw it as a potentially threatening message to the president.

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Read more: https://www.joemygod.com/2021/03/gop-senator-sends-menacing-gun-tweet-to-biden/

[BlueJac]

1. What an asshole

[JohnnyRingo]

33. We probably could have ended the thread right here.

I think you summarized it nicely.

[Celerity]

2. this fucker needs a visit from the Secret Service, and also needs to be censured

[Aristus]

22. I'm sure "Come And Take It!" boy would fall whimpering to his knees of the Secret Service showed up.

They're all cowards. It's why they need the guns...

[crickets]

29. Absolutely. Any other random citizen behaving this way would get that visit.

Also, it's strange that a man still living has a public statue of himself. Apparently this is a thing for all governors in SD.

Wikipedia - Trail of Governors (South Dakota)

[OhioChick]

3. What a jackass n/t

[DFW]

4. I don't want the Secret Service to come take this idiot Republican's gun away.

I want them to come take HIM away.

[Lochloosa]

5. This.

[lagomorph777]

20. 18 U.S. Code § 871 - Threats against President and successors to the Presidency

(a)Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b)The terms “President-elect” and “Vice President-elect” as used in this section shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained from the results of the general elections held to determine the electors of President and Vice President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2. The phrase “other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President” as used in this section shall mean the person next in the order of succession to act as President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 19 and 20.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 740; June 1, 1955, ch. 115, § 1, 69 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 87–829, § 1, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 956; Pub. L. 97–297, § 2, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1318; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

[TwilightZone]

6. Another Republican stuck at the age of 15.

Is there anyone in the party that isn't emotionally and intellectually stunted?

They all act like obstinate teenagers. Or, perhaps, toddlers.

[gab13by13]

7. Their mommies took away their binkies too soon.

[panader0]

9. I was a single dad. I never let my kids have binkies. They are all successful.

[NJCher]

30. maturity problem

I was just about to write that when I saw your post. It was my first thought when I read the OP.

I have a friend who is married to a psychiatrist and his area of expertise is maturity. My friend edited his books on the topic and through her, I learned of his take on maturity. One belief he had was that while as a society, we think people mature about the age of 20 or 21, that is actually far from the case. There are a lot of people who way behind the curve on maturity. Some people never mature. I know of someone who lived an entire life without maturing; died at 84.

I think this is one characteristic that is very common in their ranks: they have an inability to wait, to play by the rules to get what they want. Anger control seems to be an issue, too.

[boycott_gun_sellers]

8. Threatening the President

I don't remember the last time I heard someone refer to a dog as "it".

[spanone]

10. there are laws against threatening a sitting president. even if you're a 'senator'.

fuck you mike

[UTUSN]

11. 1-Is Secret Service visiting him? ---2-Is Senate disciplining?

[Boomerproud]

12. We'll be watching.

I wouldn't bet any money that anything other tsk tsk tsk will happen.

[George II]

13. Why are republicans so nasty and hateful? Surely the average voter in those states aren't....

....that way.

[DesertRat]

14. That's the most ridiculous statue I've ever seen

That's not the way to ever hold a gun. Who commissioned this thing?

[TheBlackAdder]

16. The statue is tucking. I guess will small shit, that's easy to do. The angle, placing the dog there.

.

The angle of the shot was purposely positioned to have the dog under his nethers.

.

[Harker]

17. Pierre features one of all former SD governors

at a cost of about $72,000. Each.

Reportedly paid for with "private donations", which, I suspect, were somehow dunned from the taxpayers.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. Another Overcompensating MAGAt.

[kacekwl]

18. Not that I condone vandalism but I'd

pay $$ to see video of someone snapping the rifle off that statue and petting the puppy. Extra points for wacking the guy in the head with the weapon.

[Midnight Writer]

19. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.

[lagomorph777]

21. 18 U.S. Code § 871 - Threats against President and successors to the Presidency

(a)Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b)The terms “President-elect” and “Vice President-elect” as used in this section shall mean such persons as are the apparent successful candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, respectively, as ascertained from the results of the general elections held to determine the electors of President and Vice President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 1 and 2. The phrase “other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President” as used in this section shall mean the person next in the order of succession to act as President in accordance with title 3, United States Code, sections 19 and 20.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 740; June 1, 1955, ch. 115, § 1, 69 Stat. 80; Pub. L. 87–829, § 1, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 956; Pub. L. 97–297, § 2, Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1318; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

May I also point out that this would cover an attack against the Senate, which was in session on January 6th, and it included the Vice-President Elect.

[gratuitous]

23. Don't quit your day job, Senator (if you have one)

I see a back-pedaling follow-up tweet along the lines of "Whoa, how did all you thousands of people come to the conclusion that this was a threat??? I was just funnin'! I apologize to any of you namby-pambies who might have been offended by my hilarious little tweet. You're the real threateners!"

[sarisataka]

24. If she bites, he is the one who should be careful

Or she'll run off with his kibble and bits

[BHDem53]

25. Lock him up!

[Geechie]

26. Gaddis's quote is the BEST

"What is happening in South Dakota that led to someone creating a statue of a dog sniffing your nuts while you smile and hold a shotgun?"

[TexasTowelie]

28. That's why I included it in the OP.

[Marcuse]

27. Background check.

[NBachers]

31. Recent history beckons

[JohnnyRingo]

32. The face must look like Pee Wee Herman.

He didn't include it, so it must be terrible.
I get that it's of a sportsman who is hunting, but this is how they honor him in South Dakota? What happened to the old fashioned intellectual statesman pose with a book?

This was probably commissioned by Rounds himself to say "I'm one of you".