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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 10:02 AM Feb 2023

GOP desperately trying to gin up balloon-incident into a "national catastrophe", blaming Biden.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-demands-joe-biden-kamala-harris-resign-catastrophic-chinese-spy-balloon-spectacle

Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Saturday that the Chinese spy balloon saga confirmed both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should resign from office.

...

"The catastrophic Chinese Spy Balloon spectacle clearly threatened American families from Alaska to my home community in South Carolina and confirms President Biden and Vice President Harris should resign," Wilson said in a tweet. "My call for their resignation was valid in August 2021 due to the surrender and disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan, creating a safe haven for terrorists to attack American families."

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"It is clear that standard protocol for defense of U.S. airspace was ignored," said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee. "If press reports are correct, the Biden Administration hoped to hide this incident from the American people from the start. The White House owes Congress and the American people answers about this failure, and I intend to get those answers without delay."


So.... How exactly does a spy-cam threaten your lives?
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GOP desperately trying to gin up balloon-incident into a "national catastrophe", blaming Biden. (Original Post) DetlefK Feb 2023 OP
Except I hear the red M&M is having an affair with the orange M&M's husband. Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #1
and Minnie Mouse is gay and wearing pants, agingdem Feb 2023 #6
👇👍 Beachnutt Feb 2023 #2
Wow, they must be livid about the three times it happened and Donny did absolutely nothing! tanyev Feb 2023 #3
This happened 3 times during trump, and he lied to the public by not telling us. onecaliberal Feb 2023 #4
Scoreboard GreenWave Feb 2023 #9
Typical Republican hypocrisy Docreed2003 Feb 2023 #5
Pukes covering up... The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2023 #7
Fuck repukes. roamer65 Feb 2023 #8
Hey Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. Did you have a house the ballon could have landed on?? Or family riversedge Feb 2023 #10
It went across the other end of the state. GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #12
So, my useless, shitbag so-called "Representative" continues to be GoCubsGo Feb 2023 #11
Fools rush in. moondust Feb 2023 #13

Scrivener7

(51,014 posts)
1. Except I hear the red M&M is having an affair with the orange M&M's husband.
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 10:04 AM
Feb 2023

So that may take the balloon off the front pages.

agingdem

(7,859 posts)
6. and Minnie Mouse is gay and wearing pants,
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 11:10 AM
Feb 2023

Big Bird is a communist vaxxer..and Joe Biden is coming for gas stoves!!

onecaliberal

(32,898 posts)
4. This happened 3 times during trump, and he lied to the public by not telling us.
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 10:59 AM
Feb 2023

When these people are allowed to spew this shit uncontested we are in real trouble.

Docreed2003

(16,876 posts)
5. Typical Republican hypocrisy
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 11:02 AM
Feb 2023

Take their actual shortcomings and blame it on Biden (or whatever Dem they seem to be hating on that day). We see this over and over again, just recently it was with regards to handling of classified documents & now it's "the balloon". "Biden tried to hide this from us"...Oh really asshole? How about the THREE time Trump actually did hid it from the public??!

riversedge

(70,305 posts)
10. Hey Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C. Did you have a house the ballon could have landed on?? Or family
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 01:16 PM
Feb 2023

in SC that could have been hurt or killed? Pres Biden did right not to put US citizens at risk. Take a hike.

GoCubsGo

(32,094 posts)
12. It went across the other end of the state.
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 02:47 PM
Feb 2023

So, it wouldn't have affected him or his property. Which is why he doesn't give a shit. He just wants the attention.

GoCubsGo

(32,094 posts)
11. So, my useless, shitbag so-called "Representative" continues to be
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 02:44 PM
Feb 2023

a useless shitbag. Go fuck yourself, Wilson.

moondust

(20,006 posts)
13. Fools rush in.
Sun Feb 5, 2023, 03:11 PM
Feb 2023

Imagine the screaming and wailing of the GQP banshees if it had been shot down over land and fallen on someone or something of value. The banshees are reckless and impulsive enough to do that just to show their suckers how "tough" they are...and then blame somebody else for the damage.

The incident was handled perfectly--by adults.

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