Florida congressman deletes embarrassing Tweet

[Judi Lynn]

Source: MSN/Raw Story

Florida congressman deletes embarrassing Tweet
Raw Story - Yesterday 7:46 PM

During the House January 6 Committee hearings, Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) took to Twitter to attack House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for allegedly letting CNN set up their panel inside the Capitol to discuss the proceedings.

"In case you forgot the sham #January6thcommitteehearings are purely for TV ratings, Pelosi let the Communist News Network build a full TV set where Abraham Lincoln's desk once stood," Steube wrote.

There was just one problem: the CNN panel was not in the Capitol at all. It was just a studio backdrop — something used in every cable newsroom for dramatic effect.

Steube, apparently realizing he just didn't understand how TV sets work, went on to delete the tweet — but not before fact-checkers picked it up.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/florida-congressman-deletes-embarrassing-tweet/ar-AAYB5kN

[CentralMass]

1. What a Stuebe.

[dchill]

31. +1,000,000!

[ShazzieB]

2. It's so amusing when GOP idiots put their stupidity on full display for the world to see! 🤣

[OldBaldy1701E]

29. It would be, were it not for the fact

That they control some state legislatures as well as being able to block anything that shows common sense in Congress. But, other than that... yes, it is amusing.

[RussBLib]

33. and they do it so often

I think their voters like it. Makes them feel superior.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I knew we'd heard of him recently - it's just one thing after another with this guy!

[dchill]

32. Oh - THAT Steube!

He's actually kinda Steubid.

[DeeDeeNY]

4. Not really an embarrassing tweet

Because GOP congressmen don’t feel shame or embarrassment.

[OnDoutside]

17. He felt enough to delete it 😂

[mwb970]

5. They are all just so damn STUPID.

I am so sick of republicans and conservatives that I can't stand it.

[Wuddles440]

19. Same sentiments!!!!!

[J_William_Ryan]

6. Steube has only himself to blame.

Conservatives and their childish obsession with ‘gotcha’ politics further demonstrates the right’s dishonesty and stupidity.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. On occasion I have seen them use "daytime" backdrops

in the evenings or "summer backdrops" with trees in full leaf, in the winter.

I.e., some are more diligent in matching the seasons and time of day when attempting to provide "on location" ambience if they are actually not broadcasting from a studio at that location (the "green screens" have been their godsend).

Here is a tweet from one of the CNN reporters (from the OP's article) that had saved a screenshot of the loon's tweet -

Link to tweet

andrew kaczynski
@KFILE
Rep. Greg Steube removed his tweet calling CNN "The Communist News Network" who built "a full TV set where Abraham Lincoln's desk once stood" because was informed this what we the TV business refer to as a screen.
Image
1:27 PM · Jun 16, 2022

Apparently CNN's D.C. studio is not far from Union Station (lease renewed 3 years ago) -



This sort of thing is truly lost on people unless you have actually been in a TV studio (whether as an audience member or participant in a broadcast program) -

[Walleye]

8. You can't delete stupidity. When was the last time he actually showed up at work?

[no_hypocrisy]

9. What did you expect?

Education: University of Florida, B.S., Animal Science, Agricultural Law, minor, 1996-2000, J.D., 2001-2003, Florida Blue Key, Student Government, Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, University of Florida Hall of Fame

https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4509

[ancianita]

21. Are you actually blaming

the University of Florida for his dismal use of his education??

If you lean into cynicism, try these. Note that UF is not on the list.

http://polluterwatch.org/charles-koch-university-funding-database/

And now corporations want in on the academic grooming racket:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5400da69e4b0cb1fd47c9077/t/6217c833340ffb51ff248785/1645725749250/Model+Policy+Report+2022+_+UnKoch+My+Campus.pdf

[no_hypocrisy]

23. No, I criticize his choice of academics.

Animal science. Not business. Not liberal arts. Who knows how much of law school had an impact.

[ancianita]

25. I see. Thanks.

[SouthernDem4ever]

10. What a moron

I guess he prefers the Fox Fascist News Network

[tanyev]

11. "Behold! What sorcery doth put those people inside that box upon mine wall??"

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[The Jungle 1]

12. What an ignoramus.

It was just fine when his treasonous buddies stormed my capitol trying to save their hero trump.
How about dat???
Those filthy maggots even brought the confederate flag of treason into the peoples house.

[BlueBloodedAmerican]

13. Steube is along the same lines of ignorant and clueless as Gym Jordan. I think of them as

one and the same person, in fact. Way out of their depth in politics and faking it (although never succeeding in making it).

[IronLionZion]

14. Stupid people are full of unearned confidence

while knowledgeable people are full of doubts

[Codifer]

16. This truth saddens me.

"The best lack all conviction

while the worst are full of passionate intensity."


from:

"The Second Coming"

Yeats

[Farmer-Rick]

15. So many stupid people making such consequential decisions

For millions of people.

This is insane.

But it is how capitalism works. The boss, the owner, the filthy rich gain all the rewards from thousands to millions of people working. A handful of top executives maybe with a board of directors make ALL the decisions. Most people of the people running those corporations are stupid. They have to be stupid so they don't concern themselves with the results of their wealth extraction. Can't have them thinking about the future and how their actions may destroy the nation, the millions of citizens, the earth

And now we have that system in our federal government. And the same kind of idiots who would be telling you what to do while paying you practically nothing, are in our governments.

Until you get rid of capitalism, your governments will always be this stupid.

[oldsoftie]

18. Probably also thinks Biden's White House is a "TV set". Thats popular now.

Along with the inauguration being faked

[drray23]

20. Does not matter that he deleted it. It produced the desired effect.

That is how the magats do messaging. Plant the seeds of a conspiracy and if found out delete it later. By then, it has already infiltrated the magasphere and is considered gospel. They will never see the debunking but for sure will claim that CNN and Pelosi were orchestrating that.

[cloudboy07]

22. wish you could delete stupid -

we would not have the republican taliban !

[CurtEastPoint]

24. I haz law deegreee

[Skittles]

27. figures

looks like he doesn't know how to dress himself either

[Martin68]

26. LOL! What a dumbfuck.

[Permanut]

28. So his claim about the CNN set in the Capitol..

was fake news. Boy, I'll bet the Mango Mussolini brigade will be all over this to let the American people know this poser can't be trusted.




Not.

[YoshidaYui]

30. Leave it to a republican

Leave it to a republican To jump to all those wrong conclusions.