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Faygo Kid

(21,477 posts)
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 12:26 AM Jun 2021

Rep. Peter Meijer slams GOP's 'treacherous snakes' for 'salivating for civil war'

Source: Detroit News

Freshman Republican U.S. Rep. Pete Meijer appeared to blast some Trump conservatives as "treacherous snakes" in his Memorial Day observances on social media as the military veteran slammed those "salivating for civil war."

Meijer, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Iraq as a non-commissioned officer and was a conflict analyst in Afghanistan, issued a three-tweet barrage Monday about the holiday. It included his "struggle with Memorial Day" due to "brow-beating from the holier-than-thous."

But the 33-year-old congressman from Grand Rapids Township also acknowledged the sacrifices of veterans for whom Memorial Day holiday was created 50 years ago.

"Memories + knowledge that for too many it’s a reminder of a father, mother, wife, husband, son, daughter gone. Our shared obligation to make this nation worthy of their sacrifice," Meijer tweeted.

"And then there are those who take this sacrifice for granted, waxing patriotic while salivating for civil war," he continued. "Claiming they need to destroy the Republic in order to save it in the ultimate betrayal of oaths sworn. Those treacherous snakes can go straight to hell.". . .

Read more: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/05/31/pete-meijer-slams-gop-treacherous-snakes-salivating-civil-war/5286907001/



Wow. Here's a Republican who tells it like it is.
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Rep. Peter Meijer slams GOP's 'treacherous snakes' for 'salivating for civil war' (Original Post) Faygo Kid Jun 2021 OP
If we end up having a civil war, Dan Jun 2021 #1
Per history vercetti2021 Jun 2021 #2
They want to call it "civil war" because nobody does self-proclaimed *terrorism* ck4829 Jun 2021 #3
Kudos McKim Jun 2021 #4
That's a quote which should live on through history msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #5
Wow! This guy really means business. oasis Jun 2021 #10
Thank you, Rep. Meijer Paladin Jun 2021 #6
Unfortunately, Bayard Jun 2021 #7
So Why, Is He Still An R? GB_RN Jun 2021 #8
I started to give him a follow. summer_in_TX Jun 2021 #9

vercetti2021

(10,150 posts)
2. Per history
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 12:44 AM
Jun 2021

Those who wage it. Always come out the losers. Nazis, Confederates. Coming soon (if it happens) GOP and the Q-tips

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
3. They want to call it "civil war" because nobody does self-proclaimed *terrorism*
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 02:33 AM
Jun 2021

Which is what their "civil war" will be them doing.

Critical Race Theory

msfiddlestix

(7,265 posts)
5. That's a quote which should live on through history
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 10:45 AM
Jun 2021
"And then there are those who take this sacrifice for granted, waxing patriotic while salivating for civil war," he continued. "Claiming they need to destroy the Republic in order to save it in the ultimate betrayal of oaths sworn. Those treacherous snakes can go straight to hell.". . .




Paladin

(28,202 posts)
6. Thank you, Rep. Meijer
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 10:59 AM
Jun 2021

I wish a lot more members of Congress---both Republicans and Democrats---were speaking out about the very real danger this country is in, right now.

summer_in_TX

(2,681 posts)
9. I started to give him a follow.
Tue Jun 1, 2021, 10:59 PM
Jun 2021

But apparently all the attention caused him to delete those tweets.

Too bad. I'd like to reward someone who sees clearly and stands by the courage of his convictions. Maybe he could have influenced a few.

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