Marsha Blackburn decided to throw some painfully obvious white power signs

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Who is surprised that this idiot is a racist?

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[blm]

1. She's pure evil.

[paleotn]

29. Always has been. Pure evil

Long before she made it to the Senate or the House. A real piece of shit.

[peppertree]

55. +1

This is someone whose last name literally got her elected.

"I dunno much about her politics," Tennessee Republicans will tell you, "but I sure do love the sound of her name!"

[Walleye]

2. Good Lord, it's like it's some sort of affliction

[madaboutharry]

3. She is a disgusting creature.

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Blackburn is an ignorant racist who thinks she's a beauty queen.

On edit: Apparently this photo is not from today. But it was on another day when she made that sign. She is who she is.

[brush]

6. Wasn't she a beauty queen back in the day? So special.

Well, Blackburn, you've aged and put on quite a few lbs, and you we never that special upstairs. Still aren't to be flashing white supremacy signs.

What are you, twelve years old?

[rsdsharp]

33. Apparently, she was fourth alternate most beautiful

in her high school school class according to Wikipedia.

Does that count as being a beauty queen?

[Oldtimeralso]

88. Was that in a class of 5? n/t.

[SergeStorms]

93. Six.

Their teacher beat her out as well.

[Xipe Totec]

34. I think she fell off the catwalk one too many times. nt

[Gore1FL]

49. Coke and orgies take a toll, I guess. nt

[2naSalit]

12. Was this her?

[yonder]

30. That kills me everytime I see it.

[3catwoman3]

38. It is/was one for the ages, without...

…a doubt.

[AdamGG]

52. The most coherent part of that was

the cuckoo clock sound effects.

[A HERETIC I AM]

53. To be fair, a day or two later that young lady was on "The Today Show" .....

And was poised and confident.

[smb]

57. So, Not Marsha, Then nt

[Brother Buzz]

60. Um, to be fair she signed with the Trump Modeling agency

'nuff said.

[A HERETIC I AM]

63. I wasn't making a comment about her politics or anything else...

except her intelligence. She has suffered an unbelievable embarrassment over a fumbled answer a very long time ago.

The fact that she is from South Carolina, blonde and a Christian would probably make her destined to be a right winger.

I could give two shits about what agency she signed with. It's completely irrelevant.

Now she's a Realtor. So what?

[Brainfodder]

99. Was that before or after her stellar speech at the site of the Bowling Green Massacre?

She graduated summa cum loudly from Trump University also, yes?

[cilla4progress]

56. That's

for real.?!!

[Chainfire]

4. Since the Dawn of Trump, it is no longer something that people have to keep in the closet.

Racist and proud. Showing her voters that she really cares.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. You don't hold your hand in that position casually.

That is not natural, random position.

[CrackityJones75]

19. I disagree. Have seen people do that their whole lives

And they weren’t racists either.


I think there are people that DO flash that symbol. But I think we take it too seriously at times and every time it shows up immediately think they are signaling wp.

That isn’t to say that she isn’t in this instance.

[AdamGG]

54. It may be one of those times....

if it's accompanying the confirmation of the first black woman to the Supreme Court in the last 245 years.

[hlthe2b]

68. Oh, please. You must not have much knowledge of Marsha Blackburn.

No way it was "accidental."

[CrackityJones75]

69. Did you even read my post?

Or do you just like to be rude for no reason.

Go read my post again.

[hlthe2b]

70. I did. And I'm shocked you don't get it.

That is, of course, what they count on. Our making excuses for their racist dog whistles as something "accidental."

[CrackityJones75]

71. So you just didn't comprehend what I wrote.

I said that I wasn’t saying that she wasn’t flashing the WP symbol.

What I was disagreeing with was the statement that it isn’t a natural hand position. Apparently that makes me a racist excuser for some reason.

Yer looking for an argument where there isn’t one.

[hlthe2b]

72. No. I am against being an apologist for a well-known (long record) racist member of Congress

who, beyond her long record of racist positions, her abysmal questioning of our latest Justice to SCOTUS--her attitudes and questions all but telegraphed this behavior. It is a bit like claiming someone using the "n" word actually MEANT to use the old English term for miserly. Not calling out blatant racism, white nationalism, fascism, and the like with their well-documented symbols by contortionist attempts to convey "benefit-of-the-doubt" is not honorable civility IMHO--it is naive' enabling.

[yardwork]

80. Well said!

[stopdiggin]

81. you're correct.

People have been 'positioning' their hands like this for a long, long time. Much longer than the same being co opted by the WP slugs. If not 'natural' (and I'm not exactly sure what 'natural' is as far as mannerism) - then it is certainly far from unique. Or recent.

And pointing that out does not make one an apologist - for this woman or anyone else. You've been unfairly maligned. We have some purists ... And a few pugilists.
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[yardwork]

74. Hmmmm.... reread your own post. Just sayin.

[kcr]

78. Sorry

Your post looked an awful lot like a defense. You may want to reword it if it wasn't your intent.

[yardwork]

75. We must not ever, ever call out racist disgraceful behavior.

[CrackityJones75]

77. Again another one that doesn't read and comprehend.

[yardwork]

79. Sometimes we need to read the room.

Personally, I'm outraged by the racist behavior of Republican senators. Obvious racists are racist. They think they're being cute. I'm not interested in hearing that Marsha Blackburn might have innocently and mistakenly just happened to make a trendy white supremacist hand gesture while she was saying stupid racist things to a Black person who is her superior in intelligence and decency. Sure, maybe it was an innocent accident. But it's far more likely to have been deliberate given the context of Blackburn's well established pattern of behavior.

People just aren't in the mood right now. Too much hand wringing and virtue signaling from Democrats. Time for us to start fighting back. Blackburn is a racist and she made a racist gesture. No excuses.

[whathehell]

84. Yes, I believe some people still use this as the "ok" symbol

similar to the "thumbs up" gesture many use now.

[CrackityJones75]

85. Right.

I have also seen people do it when they are articulating a point for some reason. As if it symbolizes that exactness.

[whathehell]

94. Yes, I've seen that too..

God knows I've no love for Marsha B., but bigoted as she may be, I don't see "white power" signaling as being her style I could be wrong, but that sort of thing seems to belong more to a tough, young, largely male, crowd.
I'd guess Marsha to be too much the "belle" for such things.

[kacekwl]

27. No you don't, especially

with your other fingers extended.

[electric_blue68]

65. I'd say the extended fingers make it deliberate

[gademocrat7]

7. Despicable rethug

[mcar]

8. Oh sweet Jeebus with an Easter basket

WTF is the vile woman doing in our Senate? I doubt it will happen, but I'd love a reporter to ask her to explain that away. Hardly just a simple hand movement.

[Caliman73]

16. Unfortunately she was elected to be there by likely equally vile people...

This is the thing we need to always understand. These people we call vile and whom we think are unfit to be in Government, were elected by fellow citizens.

We cannot even blame "gerrymandering" on her election. Senate races are statewide. If we want to see her gone, then we need to offer the electorate something they want more than to just have their racial animus stoked.

[childfreebychoice]

44. This is what I have been saying, for yrs, reflective of their voters. nt

[WarGamer]

9. She's the worst... makes Ted Cruz and Rand Paul look like Statesmen.

[lastlib]

86. Those two don't look or seem like statesmen in ANY light.....

they're just not QUITE as nasty as Marsha...but it's a close call. I would put her on a par with Tom Colon.

[bluestarone]

10. ...

worthless pile of sh!t

[Goonch]

11. ;-{)🖖‍

[tblue37]

14. Another on the nose picture of her:

[Goonch]

20. ;-{)🖖‍

[blueseas]

32. Oh thanks for that!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

90. For this thread

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

89. LOL

[Initech]

13. I'm shocked, SHOCKED! Well... not that shocked!

[Straw Man]

15. Not disputing that she's a vile POS ...

... but touching a thumb to a forefinger is a natural and common hand movement.

[CrackityJones75]

21. Right.

[mjvpi]

23. I'm afraid that was my first thought.

When criticizing Senator Blackburn, we shouldn’t be petty. She sheds low hanging fruit with regularity

[Hav]

35. Agreed, she's a vile pos

but this is a stretch.
Further, as the person who tweeted this already acknowledged, this pic wasn't from the confirmation hearing. But connecting this claim of showing the white power sign to the SC confirmation hearing surely got that person the attention they wanted and the misinformation is spread by others.

[stopdiggin]

82. Oh, no! so you're saying the 'conversation'

was a bit of manipulation from the first? Wait .. !
Oh never mind. Cue the outrage machine. Get it out of our system.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

17. Her dementia paused long enough

For her to remember where she put her hairbrush

[Cha]

18. What an Ungly POS Racist Trash.

💙💛

[spanone]

22. marsha, the lowest common denominator

[Emile]

24. OMG. I'm sure Mitch will sit down and have a talk with her!

SARCASM

[867-5309.]

25. JFC

They don't all wear hoods anymore

[kimbutgar]

26. She has no conscience nor can she be shamed

She Is a disgrace to Tennessee.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. That wasn't a white power sign. Ms HomeEc major is flashing her IQ - 30

[wanda4rafi]

31. She's evidently engaged in a conversation with someone.

Moreover, it is almost as evident that she was flashing the sign for the other person, or persons watching. I can't recall, the last time I used the sign having my fingers in that position. When I did I'm pretty sure that I held my hand high showing another person, or one of my pups, things were ok or, you got it right.

I can't remember the last time I was sitting, speaking or not, that I, or the other person were holding their fingers in that position without making a point. Contrary to the comment about it being normal to do so, I believe it very rarely happens.

And being that she and her magat companions spent several days asking some of the most obviously racially charged questions they could muster, leaves one leaning towards concluding she is sending a signal of I've got this covered.

Too fucking bad it didn't work you lying embarrassment to humanity.

[Auggy74]

36. At this point

I'd be more surprised if she didn't.

[The Wizard]

37. Looks like she's about to drool

[TeamProg]

39. That's actually now a 'natural' pose for a lynch-mob rascist.

The extreme danger is that she's completely comfortable with it.

[childfreebychoice]

45. Even more egregious, her voters are too. Nt

[calimary]

40. Still looks like she just rolled outta bed.

Wonder whose?

[llmart]

41. She's just back from one of those coke orgies.

Give her a break. It takes time to detox.

[calimary]

64. AHA! That must be it!

She’s - um - blowing it! That explains pretty much everything.

[FakeNoose]

42. The comments on that twitter thread are vicious

[judesedit]

43. What a fucking loser

[pwb]

46. Marsha you look like shit.

And your a dumb fuck.

[Evolve Dammit]

47. My Dog, what a vile KKK skank. Your hatred becomes you. She is totally there.

[Hekate]

48. Sieg Heil to you too, blondie. What a purely disgusting display. nt

[LowerManhattanite]

50. Nothing surprises me from..

…Senator Marshwater Crossburn.

[Joinfortmill]

51. Man, this pisses me off.

[left-of-center2012]

58. If you click on the tweet, this is not from the confirmation.

[Celerity]

62. yes, here is the video showing it was not from the KBJ confirmation (but it was another PoC, Austin)

Here is the video of Marsha Blackburn flashing the white power sign while questioning defense officials. Try making that sign on your arm. It takes effort and awareness.

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[FakeNoose]

59. She didn't want anyone to know, but the superglue leaked and messed up her manicure

[GoodRaisin]

61. Blackburn is painfully dumb and is as unfit to be a Senator as

Trump was to be a President.

[Achilleaze]

66. Wow - Republicans pissing on America

and American ideals. What a hateful person. Republicans really don't deserve America.

[Kid Berwyn]

73. Hello, NAZI.

Weird times when pols advertise their evil in order to attract support.

[Emile]

76. She has not aged well. Probably the hatred built up inside her for

people of color.

[orleans]

83. what a lovely picture

with her tongue sticking out

LOL

sometimes a photo captures the true essence of what is happening
in this case: moron!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

87. For this thread

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[Mysterian]

91. A disgrace to Tennessee, the U.S.A. and the U.S. Senate

It is an indictment of our society that we have persons of such poor character sitting in our national legislature.

[msfiddlestix]

92. Question s/b "Who's surprised this Racists Senator Proudly Signals White Nationalist Affiliation"?

Racism is a given. She's PROUD of it and wants to ensure the world knows it.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

95. Embarrassing

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

96. Noticing that this gesture seems to be increasing in many photos of GOP lately.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

97. Noticing that this gesture seems to be increasing in many photos of GOP lately.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

98. Noticing that this gesture seems to be increasing in many photos of GOP lately.

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