Matt Gaetz and MTGreene: Jamie Raskin is a 'communist' and unfit to serve due to son's suicide

[babylonsister]

They're just cruel.

https://www.alternet.org/2022/06/matt-gaetz-jamie-raskin-communist/

Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene: Jamie Raskin is a 'communist' and unfit to serve due to son's suicide
Brandon Gage
June 08, 2022


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"When people encounter trauma, they often associate a lot of the other things around that trauma with it, even if they don't naturally or even rationally associate. And what I worry about for the Congress and for Jamie Raskin, you know, no one would ever want to lose a child, particularly to suicide," said Gaetz.

"As human beings, our hearts go out to him. But I think that he takes that trauma and he associates it now with his work in the Congress to such an interwoven way that he's unable to do the congressional experience outside of just the dungeon of that personal trauma," Gaetz continued, "and I think it makes him look at everything in these very like, dark and severe ways."

Greene agreed.

"You know, we try to come to the job to uplift people," Gaetz resumed.

"We're here to serve the people," Greene interjected.

"Well and we love this country," Gaetz added.

"Absolutely," said Greene.

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Greene then stated the quiet part out loud.

"Well my goodness, it's a horrible thing, what he went through, but it doesn't change the fact of, uh, his political beliefs," she said, "and I believe he's a communist and I believe what he's doing on the January 6th Committee is completely wrong."

[Me.]

1. No Bottom To These Two

[Initech]

36. Yup, they've crossed every line imaginable.

Can’t imagine they can sink much lower but then again they seem to find new lows on a daily basis.

[2naSalit]

2. Desperate people do desperate things.

They will do anything to squirrel the hearings.

[dlk]

3. Someone should ask Gratz and Greene, "What's a communist?"

Republicans like to throw that epithet around. They should be asked exactly what they mean by it. Then, if there’s any actual evidence to support their claims.

[JHB]

17. Don't ask them anything. Smack them back.

"Blow it out yer ass! You call everything you don't like 'communist'. Speak English, fergawdsakkes."

[Caliman73]

28. No. You have to ask them, and keep asking them...

They do not know what a communist is. They just know that it sounds bad. You keep pressing them, and ridiculing them because they don't know, then you end by saying, "Since you don't know what the hell you are talking about, why the fuck should anyone take you seriously?"

[haele]

32. That's what I always ask MAGAt types when they spout off.

Along with asking them what they think Socialism and Woke means.

If the answer "it's what you are", I answer "no, I'm Rubber" and laugh.
If they make a real attempt to answer, I might ask further questions that generally make them either stop and think, or admit they don't know.
I also love telling them that the US military is one of the largest truly Socialist organizations in the world.
It may be Authoritarian, but it is most certainly Socialist.

Haele

[Caliman73]

33. Exactly

You can't have any kind of discussion if you do not understand and can't agree on what you are discussing.

I assume that people want to have a "good faith" discussion until they show me that they do not.

[JHB]

39. I think we're circling around the same territory. I just think mine is the more direct stance.

That's part of my emphasis on "Speak English", not that right-wing argle-bargle-babble freaky dialect they have that uses a lot of the same words as regular English but plays Calvinball with definitions.

And I don't want to leave it to them to define those words.

[Caliman73]

40. I agree.

I don't think that we are opposing each other. You can combine both approaches.

Like I said, ask the questions then shut down and ridicule the wrong answers they will undoubtedly give.

They do not know what Communism, Socialism, being Woke, etc... mean. They never do. Conservatives are not deep thinkers and their philosophy is childish and full of magical thinking.

[dlk]

30. Another viable option

n/t

[FoxNewsSucks]

4. I hope they're next on the list

of the group that took out Cawthorn and is now working to rid us of Lauren Boobert.

[Walleye]

5. Giving new definition to the term low class. Never seen anything that disgusting

[CrispyQ]

6. Matt Gaetz still in Congress. Al Franken not.

WTF? I am so fucking sick of IOKIYR.

[Tetrachloride]

7. Do not post right wing talking points. Not every story is productive.

[RussBLib]

10. it is toxic

but I suppose we need to know what these destructive fools are saying and doing to counter them. (sigh)

[Tetrachloride]

11. it is against DU rules. Toxic posts do not belong.

[babylonsister]

25. Pardon me? These are quotes from

these goons. "I" want to know what they're saying and relaying. Knowledge is power, right?

[Tetrachloride]

26. its old news of what they say. no need to bring up again. therefore it's spreading RW stuff

[babylonsister]

27. Maybe old news to you,

but not everyone, including me, was familiar with this particular incidence of vileness.

[mobeau69]

16. Bull.Shit.

[Lovie777]

8. To the GQP . .....

being a politician is fair game only to their opposition, but gawd forbid any counter attack because they are the purity party.

In otherwords, the GQP are cowards.

[Initech]

9. Ugh, those two are completely vile, rotten scumbags on every single level.

[Stuart G]

12. Gates and Green are fascists just like .Hitler..Hitler was "EVIL" so Gates and Green are "EVIL" too!

[librechik]

13. Ouch.

Those two know how to twist the knife.

[Novara]

15. So a kiddie rapist and a traitor think what, exactly?

Nevermind. They are irrelevant.

[MissMillie]

18. On one hand they're not worth column inches... on the other

the more they keep talking, the more people realize how ridiculous they are.

[Delmette2.0]

19. Now we know

who they fear the most.

[crickets]

31. +1

[PortTack]

20. Why would anyone expect anything less from these low life scum!!??

[Cracklin Charlie]

21. Gates spent some time on his statement.

His words seem honed for maximum cruelty. Karma is coming for this nasty worm.

Marge just sounds dumb. Typical. May she get hers, too.

for January 6 Committee

[onecaliberal]

22. Dear Chris Wray, WHY is a child rapist running around free and serving in Congress.

[malaise]

23. Fuck off you treasonous scumbags

That is all

[Qutzupalotl]

24. "We try to come to the job to uplift people."

[roamer65]

29. Gaetz is a pedo.

[Dorian Gray]

34. They're mad

because he's infinitely smarter than both of their IQs multiplied by each other.

[iemanja]

35. Talk about unfit

Taylor Green and Gaetz are up there. Even the GOP wants Gaetz out, and it looks like they've succeeded.

[ZonkerHarris]

37. A miracle of science, two talking assholes.

[BlueIdaho]

38. Propaganda on Parade

Expect each Republican traitor to step up to a microphone to push Trump approved talking points during the next couple of weeks. They will continue to ratchet up the insanity as these hearings get ever closer to Trump’s henchmen in the House, Senate, and the White House.