Huckabee Sanders giving a talk under a tent while kids are forced to stand in the rain.

[riversedge]

I shake my head. No words!

Huckabee Sanders giving a talk under a tent while kids are forced to stand in the rain.

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[Diamond_Dog]

1. What a vile POS she is.

[SheltieLover]

8. You beat me to it!

[Celerity]

35. RacistMAGAt gets called out:

Link to tweet

[Dulcinea]

45. "Beauty is only skin deep...

...but ugly goes all the way to the bone." --Attributed to Dorothy Parker

That is all.

[RockRaven]

2. Making black girls stand in the rain as a backdrop for your public appearance

is about what I expect from that disgusting ghoul, and yet being unsurprised in no way diminishes my annoyed anger.

[tulipsandroses]

3. I had to look this up to make sure its not AI. It is real. Worse, this was kicking off an MLK Conference

This would make a great ad. This is how republicans treat our children. Leaving them out in the rain, in the cold. No care or concern.

ETA:
Her speech was so hypocritical. Meanwhile she's one of the the ones that wants to ban teaching black history.

[riversedge]

7. Thanks for your comments.

[hamsterjill]

4. She should be ashamed.

I know she doesn’t care, but she sets herself out as a Christian.

It’s just ugliness. Public ugliness because she can.

[Rebl2]

6. She is NO

Christian. She should have been standing in the rain, and the kids under the tent. POS!

[hamsterjill]

14. Exactly.

As a Christian, I am the least of all. Where is that mentality? She's a fake and and loves the power.

[slightlv]

23. Actually, Jill, I think she's a perfect example of

today's American Xtianist. She completely negates everything Christ preached about and stood for. So has the rest of these american christian nationalists. Look at her, and see the shape of christianity in America today, IMO. It's not the same christianity people were taught growing up.

[hamsterjill]

26. You're right.

I always say the crazies have hijacked Christianity. As a believer myself, it’s really sickening and quite frankly, scary.

My faith involves acceptance, compassion and grace. As I said in an up-post, for me as a Christian, means I am the least of all. That doesn’t mean I’m not deserving. I’m just no more deserving than the next person. I couldn’t imagine being under a tent and having room yet leaving someone else out to be drenched. And that’s a great metaphor for a lot of things happening today.

[slightlv]

40. Yes... you have every right to be as scared of these extremists as I, a non-Christian, have

They do so much damage to the Christian religion, that they're tearing it down for current and future generations. Membership rolls are declining, as is tithing and other church monetary support. Hundreds of thousands have left the evangelical branches of Baptists, and that's just of those I've read about. That's where it can get really scary for current Christians. Not only is the faith, itself, being rewritten to be something it isn't, but when the "church leaders" get concerned about not enough money coming in to support their lifestyle, suddenly things become "commanded"... by god or man, it makes no difference. You will do and give what they say, or pay the price. Meanwhile, once all this is over with (and it will, eventually be over with... I just won't be here to see it!), the remnants of that fanatical time remain, and people shun the religion. I'm not going to say that's a good or bad thing. I don't think people need religion to be "good" people. Morality, ethics, and empathy are not religion-based. But churches have done good in the past by their congregations and their communities. And, like it or not, people need to feel connected to others. Even the magas... they couldn't have made it this far unless they were united in their hatred and racism.

[hamsterjill]

43. I don't do organized religion. Just to clarify.

There's an old Tom T. Hall song entitled "Me and Jesus Got Our Own Thing Going", and that's pretty much me. I've tried the organized religion path, and it just wasn't something that worked for me. But I've always had the core belief that there is a Creator, etc.

And that's MY belief, and no one else has to believe the same way. You are absolutely, 100% correct in that people do not need religion to be "good" people. I have many friends who are agnostic and/or atheist, and friends of other beliefs. They wouldn't stay my friends were they not caring, trustworthy, decent people. So I completely agree with you on that point. Obviously, we could both sit here for hours naming the ones who decry that they are Christians, and yet don't live even close to the teachings. So religion does not define morality, or goodness, or conscience.

When these evangelical crazies try to FORCE religion, people automatically and naturally pull back. People don't like to be forced. I don't like to be forced. Religion, in my opinion, is an individual path. You come to it (or don't come to it) based on your life experiences, your upbringing, your exposure, and your needs. I am NO BETTER than anyone else regardless of what I believe or what another might believe. The very best way that I can promote my beliefs (not that I even desire to), would be to live my life as an example of what I believe. I fail miserably on a daily basis, but I get back up the next morning, and try again.

I have enjoyed your perspective, and I wish you peace and happiness.

[slightlv]

46. I tried the organized religion route, too...

it was more or less expected, since there were three evangelical preachers in my family (including my grandmother). I left it long before I left going to church! (gryn)

Then I started on an unorganized religious path. It made much more sense to where I was, and have been, for over 40+ years.

Today, I'm in a dark night of soul that has lasted nearly 10 years. I thought I'd found a way to give me comfort in my aging years. Now, I stare darkly at the inky blackness that lays in wait. Almost with relish. The rest from the stress and needfulness of living when your body has worn out, always on the brink of fear of your mind going next, is in itself, somewhat comforting. Especially when your best friend and lifemate is further down that path than you are.

But I remember a question posed in some magazine back in the 70's that my Mom brought up to me, and I've never forgotten it. Picture this: You're in a completely black space. You can see nothing around you, nor do you feel anything around you. Suddenly, a distance light appears. Does this make you feel happy, curious, or scared?

I immediately told my mom "curious" was my answer. She shook her head, laughingly saying she'd never understand me. It scared her. For some reason, immediately being able to envision that light in a tunnel of darkness was both engaging and comforting. So, despite being in a dark night of soul, I want to believe that energy lives on. Nothing is ever truly gone, only transformed. And I look forward to what that transition might hold for me.

[hamsterjill]

47. Interesting question that was posed to you.

I think I'd probably have picked "curious", too.

There's a well known story about Betty White's mother telling her when someone had died that "now they know the secret", and I've always kind of felt like that. Now, as for myself, I'm not hoping to know that secret for a while!!! LOL I just retired a few months back, and I hope I get to enjoy some time after working my whole life.

But I understand, I think, what you're saying. My dad lived to be 95, and he had outlived all of his contemporaries, etc. He was the last surviving member of his siblings, and even though he had remarried after my mother's death when I was quite young, I think he longed to be reunited with his first love. So, I don't think it's unusual for people to be "ready" in a sense or to look forward to what that transition might hold.

In the meantime, however, I hope you can still find wonder and splendor in this realm. I have a feeling that you're the kind of person who "gets it".

Sending hugs!

[slightlv]

48. Thank you for your kind words, Jill...during this time especially, they mean a lot.

[hamsterjill]

49. Hey, if you ever want to have bitch session about organized religion.

I'm your person!!! LOL

[Rebl2]

5. Wow

How thoughtful of her-NOT. WHAT the hell is wrong with her😡.

[ShazzieB]

21. Lots of things are wrong with her!

Numero uno being the nepo baby entitlement thing, which she's got down pat!

[Norrrm]

9. Back of the bus...... behind the bus.

[speak easy]

18. ... under the bus.

[chowder66]

10. The girl with the yellow ribbon looks like she's figuring out how to take her job away from her.

My heart is with all of those girls

[drmeow]

11. For this vile subhuman

the fact that they are children of color is a feature rather than a bug!

[oasis]

12. This kind of inconsiderate behavior would be

unacceptable in Huckabee’s circle of friends and church members.
Her mean spiritedness comes shining through.

[sheshe2]

13. The looks on those girls faces says it all.

They are none too pleased.

[nakocal]

15. Well according to Trump standards

They are black children so they are only good for Trump to rape or kill.

[niyad]

16. I see her taste in clothing has not improved.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

20. She's so ugly even the raindrops don't want to touch her.

On a serious note, why weren’t the children allowed to come under the tent when it was raining? This is horrible and par for the course with Yuckabee Sanders.

[ShazzieB]

25. That's for sure.

Maybe we should all chip in and buy her a shirt.



J/K, of course. She's not worth a dime of our money!

[BidenRocks]

17. The look on their faces.

This is what 'white privilege looks like.

No putting lipstick on 'this' pig !

[Marie Marie]

19. Is that her Podium that cost oh, I forget - but it was a LOT of money.

[Picaro]

22. What a c word

Note that the cheerleaders are all black. Based on the looks on their faces it seems obvious that they’re all aware that she is treating them like livestock.

[ChazInAz]

24. My prediction.

There are four young ladies who will become democrats!

[RhapsodyFav]

27. Just call her Paris Podium Sarah.

I don't ever use the Huckster name, not gonna let her grift off of her grifting "preacher father".

[Bread and Circuses]

28. I wish I could hug those girls and buy them hot cocoa and a muffin.

[Not Heidi]

29. It's nice that the photographer

didn't use a flash to illuminate the obtuse* Huckabee Sanders. Who needs to see that . . . person?

Also, leaving her in the dark highlighted the young ones.

Well done, photographer.

* Obtuse? Or fully aware and consciously uncaring?

[MIButterfly]

30. What a miserable excuse for a human being.

That apple sure didn't fall from the tree.

The expressions on those girls' faces does say it all. I feel sorry for them, not only for having to stand in the rain, but having to be that close to Huckabee Sanders.

[BoRaGard]

31. So low, so republicon

republicon family values are a disgrace

[Vinca]

32. Nasty old cow.

[RazorbackExpat]

33. Don't blame me

I voted for Chris Jones, the MIT PhD graduate, for governor

[Bettie]

34. Any normal human person

would have said "come on in out of the rain, girls!"....but, we've already established that any of the Huckabees aren't normal humans.

[RazorbackExpat]

36. Different podium

Her $19,000 podium looks like she got it at a yard sale

[Blue Owl]

37. Comfort for Huckabee but not for thee

[Torchlight]

38. It's a photo of the America she wants

where "those" people know their places, and the Dowager Countess stays cozy and dry.

[DFW]

42. It's a photo of the Republican Party that I know

It is a photo I would want shown nationwide as frequently as possible right up until the next election.

"THIS is who the Republicans are. Is there anyone left who still thinks that not voting is an option?"

[spanone]

39. A fucked up family, the huckabees

[carpetbagger]

41. The kids should be happy.

I'm sure they got the day off work, or at least got to get outside before the night shift starts..

[PurgedVoter]

44. Sadly, I fear that this photo plays well to her core supporters.

Anyone with a sense of history, or even a touch of compassion, should be outraged by this, but that is not who voted for whatever Huckabee Sanders is. They were not voting for someone they knew was honest. They were not voting for someone who had compassion. They were not voting for someone who would have a commitment to resolving problems. That said, they knew just what they voted for.