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Chemical Bill

(3,092 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:14 PM 3 hrs ago

Rep Baumgartner said:

He doesn't have cable, and mostly reads books. He said he didn't know who Jack Smith was. I was considering sending him copies of the January 6 report and the book The Trump Indictments.

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Rep Baumgartner said: (Original Post) Chemical Bill 3 hrs ago OP
As a member of Congress, you'd think that he'd make the effort. greatauntoftriplets 3 hrs ago #1
I know, right? Chemical Bill 2 hrs ago #3
Yeah, that was a particularly egregious Disaffected 2 hrs ago #2
How to show us you're a NARCISSIST. vanlassie 2 hrs ago #4
Well... Chemical Bill 2 hrs ago #5
He only reads "approved" books Clouds Passing 1 hr ago #6
Also Congressman Jeff Van Drew looked like a Hitler Youth Beringia 1 hr ago #7
I'm thinking maybe a book of the month club.... Chemical Bill 1 hr ago #8
K&R red dog 1 36 min ago #9
I looked up his district and found out that it's in far eastern Washington. ShazzieB 2 min ago #10

greatauntoftriplets

(178,674 posts)
1. As a member of Congress, you'd think that he'd make the effort.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:20 PM
3 hrs ago

Oh wait, he's a puke. Such a willfully ignorant idiot.

Disaffected

(6,202 posts)
2. Yeah, that was a particularly egregious
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:22 PM
2 hrs ago

bit of nonsense. Guy's a member of congress and claims he doesn't know anything about it.

Clouds Passing

(7,199 posts)
6. He only reads "approved" books
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:27 PM
1 hr ago

Mein Kampf

The Turner Diaries

White Power

My Autobiography by Benito Mussolini

Etal ad nauseum

Beringia

(5,379 posts)
7. Also Congressman Jeff Van Drew looked like a Hitler Youth
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:51 PM
1 hr ago



New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, based in Southern New Jersey, is represented by Republican Jeff Van Drew. He was first elected as a Democrat in 2018, but announced on December 19, 2019, that he would be switching parties. The district, which is New Jersey's largest geographically, is a Republican-leaning seat that has shifted to the right since the mid 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey%27s_2nd_congressional_district

From a Daily Mail article
He's Dutch (mostly),
but for a surprise …
The family name, “Van Drew,” is Dutch. But there’re some additives.
There are German and Swedish forebears, too and according to a recent DNA test a Russian.

“You look at me _ I’m kind of fair and all, blue eyes,” Van Drew said. “I was not surprised to see all the Nordic type of countries show up. I was a little surprised to see the Russian. But not really. Because all these folks mixed. And that’s what’s amazing when you do these DNA tests.”

https://www.thedailyjournal.com/story/news/local/2018/11/07/congress-jeff-van-drew-scotch-german-dentist-washington-election/1896848002/

ShazzieB

(22,279 posts)
10. I looked up his district and found out that it's in far eastern Washington.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 06:18 PM
2 min ago

I presume that must be a very red area. Still, it's depressing to realize that there are actually places anywhere in this country where someone THAT stupid can get elected to Congress. 😡

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