Rep. Raskin to Marje: "We are not communists as the gentle lady from Georgia suggested..."

[demmiblue]

Greene: *calls Democrats communists*
Raskin: We are not communists as the gentle lady from Georgia suggested, that’s just the friends of the former President who you lionize like the dictator of North Korea and Vladimir Putin..so those are your friends, don’t put them on our side

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[malaise]

2. Ha - get the to the greatest page

That is all

[evolves]

3. Oh,

SNAP!

[Harker]

4. "Gentle lady."

Decorum for one who has none.

[Mr. Evil]

15. I don't know...

Sarcasm? Intentional disingenuousness? Freudian slip, if he had only said 'gentleman?' Now that would've split my gut!

[Harker]

18. The frigging moron from Georgia.

It's pretty hilarious when a standard form of address in The House raises a laugh.

[3catwoman3]

39. The best I would be able to manage would be...

..."the representative from..."

Rep. Raskin is being exceedingly proper by using the customary House parlance. She is as far from a gentle lady as it is possible to be.

[whathehell]

56. I'd guess it was done with his tongue firmly in his cheek..

It is a standard form of address for women in congress.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

57. The typical American conservative knows as much about actual communism

As he or she knows about quantum chromodynamics. What's more, they aren't interested in learning. In general, they -- and Marjorie Taylor Green in particular -- have internalized the Party's dictum from 1984, "Ignorance is strength". The GOP is also working on "Freedom is slavery".

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

58. I want to see Jordan Klepper ask MTG to define "communism" and "socialism."

And while he's there, ask her to quote the first three words of the Constitution, "We the People," and explain its connection to the American Experiment in self governance.

Crickets.

[Mr. Evil]

61. Or...

"slavery is freedom!"

[Bayard]

5. Ba-ZING-a!!

Take that, Marge!

[tosh]

6. Kick!

[Duppers]

7. Bravo !! K&R

I retweeted this.

[multigraincracker]

8. and while you are up,

Could you bring me a cup of coffee?

[housecat]

9. He's good!

[Caliman73]

10. I would like for someone Just Once, to ask her to define Communist.

"You use that word all the time, I just want to tell us all what Communism means" Don't let her evade. Correct her when she is wrong. Get as close as you can to either having her concede that she doesn't know (she doesn't) or having her storm off in a huff.

She is an idiot and she needs to be shown to be an idiot as often as possible.

[Marcuse]

22. For all of Tweety's faults he once got a hack who was bashing Obama as an appeaser to confess

that he didn’t know the meaning or historical context of appeasement.

[Caliman73]

23. Exactly. Matthew's when he had the correct bee under his bonnet, was a sight to behold.

The British Commentator James O'Brien also likes to make sure that his callers and guests know what they are actually talking about.

They have no idea what they mean by the words they use.

[DAngelo136]

47. For The Record:

Marxism: "Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict as well as a dialectical perspective to view social transformation. It originates from the works of 19th-century German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. As Marxism has developed over time into various branches and schools of thought, currently no single, definitive Marxist theory exists."

"Neo-Marxism": "Neo-Marxism is a Marxist school of thought encompassing 20th-century approaches that amend or extend Marxism and Marxist theory, typically by incorporating elements from other intellectual traditions such as critical theory, psychoanalysis, or existentialism (in the case of Jean-Paul Sartre).
As with many uses of the prefix neo-, some theorists and groups who are designated as neo-Marxists have attempted to supplement the perceived deficiencies of orthodox Marxism or dialectical materialism. Many prominent neo-Marxists, such as Herbert Marcuse and other members of the Frankfurt School, have historically been sociologists and psychologists."

"Cultural Marxism is a far-right antisemitic conspiracy theory which claims Western Marxism as the basis of continuing academic and intellectual efforts to subvert Western culture. The theory claims that an elite of Marxist theorists and Frankfurt School intellectuals are subverting Western society with a culture war that undermines the Christian values of traditionalist conservatism and promotes the cultural liberal values of the 1960s counterculture and multiculturalism, progressive politics and political correctness, misrepresented as identity politics created by critical theory." Sound familiar? Like the accusations against Critical Race Theory?

"With roots in the Nazi propaganda term “Cultural Bolshevism”, the conspiracy theory originated in the United States during the 1990s.  While originally found only on the far-right political fringe, the term began to enter mainstream discourse in the 2010s and is now found globally. The conspiracy theory of a Marxist culture war is promoted by right-wing politicians, fundamentalist religious leaders, political commentators in mainstream print and television media, and white supremacist terrorists. Scholarly analysis of the conspiracy theory has concluded that it has no basis in fact."

(All definitions from Wikipedia)

[tenderfoot]

62. Here's that guy today...

https://www.foxla.com/news/longtime-la-radio-host-recovers-from-covid-19-with-beloved-tank-by-his-side

[soldierant]

35. What she means is authoritarianism

which, of course, is not even in the same category as Communism. And I wish we didn't have to go along with that to make a point. But unfrtunately we do ... at least for now.

[DanieRains]

11. Approval For Russia Exploded For TFG Supporters Once They Found Out Putin Helped Slobfather Win

I heard on MSNBC the other day.

[AZLD4Candidate]

20. This is the same party that hated Communist Russia. Now they love the Russia run by a former KBG

leader.

To quote MST3K: Space is warped and time is bendable.

[gademocrat7]

12. Spot on, Rep.Raskin!

[pwb]

13. Another outlet for the crazy, brought to us by all the cable corporations.

C-Span. Intentional all siderism especially the crazy voices.

[AZLD4Candidate]

21. Crazy voices get rating and sell ad space due to rating

Sane voices don't.

It's like when a woman screams she loves "bad boys" then get hurt and cries that she can't find a good man.

It's like when men try to date a stripper, then get upset when she doesn't stop stripping when he's dating her.

Everyone loves train wrecks.

[oldsoftie]

48. Boy did you hit THAT nail on the head!

I know SO many good examples

[The Wizard]

49. +1

Bada bing

[True Blue American]

45. I love CSPAN because

You get everything first hand. No stupid pundit telling you what they heard because they are usually wrong. That is what kills me when you are watching a hearing and it is cut off so the host can tell you what they think!

I don’t care, do you?

[AZLD4Candidate]

67. If I wanted to hear a carnival barker, I'd go to the carnival.

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I get more honest commentary from comedians.

[True Blue American]

68. Agree!!

[multigraincracker]

14. Might want to mention TFGs

anchor father in law and ask if he is now or ever was a high official or the Communist Party.

[AllaN01Bear]

16. ouch!!!!!

now i am going to try and find my flaming card . has anyone here seen my flaming card . i wanna my flaming card ,waaaaa!
one poster above me put it just right , please define communist. thank you very much.


i was called a communist pinko pig by my rop in high school.
i wear that badge very proudly. mtg wouldnt even begin to know what a communist looks like .

[AZLD4Candidate]

17. Her followers and trump (I don't even capitalize his name when I type it anymore) cultists

stopped listening when she stopped talking

Gentlelady? Come on, Raskin. . .stop being polite. They aren't towards us, you need to stop being that way towards them. Learn from AOC.

[Progressive Jones]

43. There was plenty of shade in Raskin's compliment. nt

[2Gingersnaps]

19. Raskin is a prince of a man,

no doubt the only time in her life anyone suggested that she was either gentle or a lady.

[spanone]

24. she is simply a disgusting human

[raccoon]

25. Rep Jamie Raskin is from MD. Right on, Raskin! Nt

[calimary]

26. Calling somebody a Communist is a little bit passe, me thinks.

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Is that the best she’s got? Sounds, feels, and smells like desperation to me.

[yardwork]

59. Her pollsters must be finding that it plays well in rural Georgia.

[ismnotwasm]

27. Well said.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

28. Fantastic! K&R

[Lonestarblue]

29. They love the fact that Putin can kill the people he doesn't like.

And they want Trump to be in power so he can do the same to the people they don’t like.

[Bristlecone]

31. Love it. Without missing a beat.

[vlyons]

32. She's such a stupid woman

When she made the communist comment, did eyes roll and throats groan?

[Tommymac]

33. She is a Vile piece of crap.

I would not have the patience of Rep. Raskin to deal with sub human pieces of garbage like her.

[Joinfortmill]

34. Damn straight.

[Rhiannon12866]

36. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[onecaliberal]

37. BOOM!

[keithbvadu2]

38. "Russia is our friend" - new republican meme of Trump's regime.

"Russia is our friend" - new republican meme of Trump's regime.

Used to be: “Better dead than red”

"... retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis said in May 2015 that among world threats “in the near term, I think the most dangerous might be Russia.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/donald-trump-james-mattis-differ-on-vladimir-putin/

[Progressive Jones]

41. Russia is not our friend. Maybe for the GOP commies, but not the American people. nt

[keithbvadu2]

46. Yep!

[Progressive Jones]

40. K & R. Does this woman ever shut her pie hole? nt

[oldsoftie]

53. I dont think its pie, but I wont go any further than that......

[Progressive Jones]

60. Oh, we're on the same page. I absolutely stopped short. nt

[oasis]

42. Zap!

[mvd]

44. K&R

Raskin is great!

[The Wizard]

50. Newsmax headline

Picture of Putin with the caption "Vlad The Great." Is the Repubic Party working for Putin?

[DFW]

51. Translating from the original Republicanese

Republicanese: "Communist!"

English: "I'm afraid I don't quite agree with you."

[Septua]

52. "Accuse the other side of that...

..which you are guilty."

MTG doesn't have the intellect to be successful in politics...if Trump's cult doesn't succeed, she'll fade into obscurity.

[ck4829]

54. K&R

[niyad]

55. Snicker.

[58Sunliner]

63. MTG-POT. Stuuupid, petty and vindictive.

[bucolic_frolic]

64. "gentle lady" is so many things and a line for the ages as well

[appleannie1]

65. There is nothing gentle or even ladylike about MTG. He actually complimented her.

[Poiuyt]

66. Zing!

[ecstatic]

69. Too nice and too wordy

First of all, whoever is in charge of HR and keeping the workplace free of harassing language, bullying and intimidation is doing a terrible job and needs to be fired.

That said, it is what it is. Apparently anything goes and that's not going to change anytime soon.

My suggestion is for Democrats to keep it extremely simple with the Q-clowns. Use language they understand (no higher than 4th grade level).