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applegrove

(133,102 posts)
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 07:25 PM Apr 2023

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Lovie777

(23,740 posts)
1. That ok.....................
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 07:28 PM
Apr 2023

He is GQP.

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
2. Republican in good standing. Loves guns. Not a drag queen.
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 07:47 PM
Apr 2023

Republican in good standing. Loves guns. Not a drag queen.

Republicans have said they want to eradicate drag queens.

Haven't seen any/many who want to eradicate child molesters.

applegrove

(133,102 posts)
4. Unless they are falsely accusing them like Q pizza place or Elon Musk
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 07:52 PM
Apr 2023

with Thai boys soccer team trapped in a cave and Musk accused one of the rescue cave divers of being one.

anciano

(2,317 posts)
3. "A true Texan"???
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 07:50 PM
Apr 2023

With all due respect, I am a native Texan and I can assure you that there are thousands of us Democrats here who are heartbroken at what this state has become. Just saying.....

 

f_townsend

(260 posts)
10. OP felt he or she absolutely had to insult everyone else in Texas, for some reason. n/t
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 09:29 PM
Apr 2023

Texasgal

(17,245 posts)
5. I'm a true Texan
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 07:53 PM
Apr 2023

and this is an absolute abomination! I am not the only one who thinks this either. People are pissed about this!


applegrove

(133,102 posts)
6. Their embrace of violent criminals and things is an attempt at getting street cred as
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 07:58 PM
Apr 2023

politicians to be afraid of.... cause it worked for Hitler: he got people to bury their heads in the sand in Germany they were so frightened out of their humanity and put up mental walls. How's it going Abbott?

Response to applegrove (Original post)

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(14,996 posts)
8. and killer kyle rittenhouse is desperate to have him as a friend
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 09:10 PM
Apr 2023
 

f_townsend

(260 posts)
9. Kindly edit and remove your insulting comment about this criminal being "a true Texan"
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 09:28 PM
Apr 2023

I'm not from Texas, or even from the South, but I feel insulted.

Seems purposefully divisive to me.

applegrove

(133,102 posts)
11. I'm just posting what was posted on Mastodon. I think it was meant to anger Texans as
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 09:43 PM
Apr 2023

a way so they would never forget what Abbott has brought to them.

Later:

Went to Mastodon link - it no longer works. Deleting whole thread.

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