Indiana Republican Blasts 'Snowflakes' Upset With His AI Santa Beatdown

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Source: Huff Post

Dec 25, 2025, 09:57 PM EST


Talk about a violent night! Indiana state Sen. Chris Garten (R) is facing backlash after he kicked off Christmas Day by posting a bizarre series of AI-generated pictures showing him beat up Santa Claus in front of the state capitol building.

The mock images depict a sleeveless Garten surrounded by a crowd of cheering supporters as he kicks, punches and pulls off a body splash on Kris Kringle in wrestler-like fashion.

“When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded mandates down the chimney disguised as ‘Christmas cheer.’ Not on my watch. We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats,” wrote the Indiana State Senate majority floor leader in a post to his X account.

“Take it back to the North Pole big guy. Merry Christmas, Hoosiers! 🇺🇸🎅🏻🥊.”



Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/indiana-republican-chris-garten-ai-santa-wrestling-takedown_n_694dc74ce4b0d33e39fe4a3e

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These people are psychotic and have taken over elective offices.

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When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded mandates down the chimney disguised as "Christmas cheer." Not on my watch. We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats.

Take it back to the North Pole big guy. Merry Christmas, Show more
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6:38 AM · Dec 25, 2025

[Emile]

1. Governor Walz was spot on when he called Republicans weirdos.

[peppertree]

39. ...and now, Nazis

This oaf's last name is Garten.

Dollars-to-doughnuts that his grandfather was in the Bund in the '30s and '40s.

[popsdenver]

47. An even better AI

would have had several Republican Politicians chasing around Mr. and Mrs. Claus' grandchildren..........

[Dulcinea]

49. WTF is wrong with this guy?

Who beats up Santa Claus? I got nothin'.

[Grins]

60. Similar 1st thought; Did he ever consider how this might turn out...?

And no one in his staff said, “Waitaminute. Ya’ know, this might not be the image you want…”

Dies his staff hate him?

[TurboDem]

2. What a fucking lunatic!

I can hardly believe what I'm seeing here.

[bob4460]

3. Wow!

Who in their right mind would want to beat up Santa Claus? I guess that sad is against anything that is good for people.

[Attilatheblond]

23. Odds are he DID not get the Red Ryder BB gun he so desperately wanted as a kid.

[Attilatheblond]

24. And he has NO ideas on how to make things better, so he is doing a Trump imitation

which shows he is also too stupid to see how badly THAT is going.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

52. Yep.

Wannabe Piggy.

[Seinan Sensei]

53. Didn't get enough hugs as a little boy

[Walleye]

4. I hate martial arts movies

And if they’re going to be AI generated, what’s the damn point

[Norrrm]

5. Even before AI, their special effects were stupendous.

[jfz9580m]

6. Pathetic grandstanding by a coward. nt

[Skittles]

54. I am honestly surprised he is not packing

because I have zero doubt he is a gun humping coward

[sinkingfeeling]

7. "Overreach and unfunded mandates"? Did he forget that he's talking about King Donald, a Republican?

[Callie1979]

8. Yet ANOTHER wannabe "tough guy". Why dont these guys just come out of the closet?

[Seinan Sensei]

55. What kind of venues do you frequent

wearing a sleeveless shirt, vest, and tie?

[bucolic_frolic]

9. He is unwell. /nt

[Bengus81]

10. Beating up on a fictitious person and then posting loads of pictures doing so. Rubber room time ...

Maybe your Trump humping constituents are loving this but to the other 99% of sane people you just look like a pathetic lunatic.

[TheFarseer]

11. I read the article

And I still don’t know what the hell he is talking about?!

[calimary]

15. You're not alone.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. I read it as well and the only thing I could come up with is this -

Recently, the IN state Senate helped to kill the state's "45-mandated/government over-reach" redistricting bill and this guy is one of the GOP state Senators (and probably wanted to do the redistricting).

So could be his temper tantrum that the effort failed.

AND.... Just found this (and also am confirming the "GOP in Disarray", infighting, "punishment", and "rewards" going on in IN related to the failed redistricting vote, plus Garten is the IN state Senate Majority Leader ) -

Indiana Senate Judiciary chair ousted in wake of redistricting split

By: Tom Davies - December 24, 2025 12:16 pm

(snip)

Senate Majority Floor Leader Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, was another outspoken redistricting supporter but has maintained his high-level post and memberships on the Senate’s influential appropriations and tax committees.

[Attilatheblond]

25. Great find!

[MarcoZandrini]

12. I wonder....

….what’s on his computer.

[tavernier]

13. Kinder Garten politician.

Dumb ass.

[Timeflyer]

14. What the hell, white boys? You get off seeing yourselves portrayed as AI muscle-brained bullies?

Life's not a first-person shooter to normal people. But when brain development stops at early adolescence...

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. And, the society that it lives in encourages that behavior.

You get this crap!

[LiberalArkie]

33. Probably the only way that they can imagine being "manly" like the MAGAs want. At least he looks almost as manly as MTG

[lonely bird]

16. Yeesh

MAGAts always trying to out stupid each other.

[Paladin]

18. Smooth move there, asswipe Garten.

And given the way our luck has been running lately, you probably have children. God help anybody who's in the direct path of your malignant influence---but a grudging thanks for demonstrating just how bad things have become, and how desperate the need is to make things better, again. Have a shitty New Year.

[mwb970]

19. What in holy hell is WRONG with these people?

Dear God. They're so sick.

[Martin68]

42. Must have consumed a batch of bad acid.

[mwb970]

51. The brown acid that is circulating around us, is specifically not too good.

[mobeau69]

58. LOL

[JohnnyRingo]

20. Republicans hate seeing people get something they didn't pay cash for.

They probably don't get anything for Christmas because they're miserable pricks and they're jealous.
The Grinch was a wuss.

[GiqueCee]

22. The minds of bullies...

... are stunted at an early age. Some of it's nature, some of its nurture, but they never seem to outgrow their pathological need to exhibit dominance through violence. Until they're on the receiving end, then they soil themselves and whine about how unfairly they've been treated.
There is some grim satisfaction in seeing one grovel when it knows it's outmatched.

[paleotn]

26. But, dude, you ARE a bureaucrat.

[FadedMullet]

50. Ah, the voice of reason cutting to the heart of the matter. Nicely done, bro, nicely done.

[marble falls]

27. What a tone deaf asshole move.

[Diamond_Dog]

28. These right wingers are a bunch of sick weirdos!

Who in their right mind thinks this is funny or clever? I swear, they all live on another planet.

[ratchiweenie]

29. My thoughts exactly. What kind of sicko thinks beating up Santa on Christmas is funny or cleavor? So he wants to

send a message of hate and violence to children on Christmas. He's another Trump.

[mdbl]

30. F'ing weirdo he is.

[Clouds Passing]

31. Something's wrong with that boy's brain

[Americanme]

32. No mentally sound person

would think this is a good idea.

[flashman13]

34. Keep your children well away from this lunatic. He could traumatize them for life.

Christmas used to be fun. The Repugs sure have ruined that.

[cab67]

35. any rational legislator -

- would fire whoever did this on his behalf.

Which I assume means no one is losing their job over it.

[Grokenstein]

36. Next Opponent: Tiny Tim

He'll depict himself beating the kid to death with his own crutch as the Cratchit family cheers for him.

Weirdo.

[Martin68]

41. Ha, ha, I thought you were referring to the "Tiptoe through the Tulips" Tiny Tim!

[lrucks1952]

37. Indiana WHY??

I traveled through this state some 35 plus years ago and I had a chance to gain employment for a full time good paying job!! I could not bring myself to accept this job for something never felt right about this state to me so I kept moving west, although the folks appeared to be very nice. .. My question is? Why do the good folks of this state allow for these types of fools to be elected? over and over again? Just asking?

[Emile]

44. I have Indiana farmers all around my rural

Indiana home. They all vote republican, and whine about those baby killing democratic socialists. All are getting crop subsidies of some sort, and other money for land improvements, etc. etc. Biggest hypocrites you ever seen. That Magic R has them brainwashed.

[duckworth969]

45. You made the right choice

Indiana is often called a “Southern State in the North” and for good reason.

At one time, the largest KKK organization in the USA was in Indiana and it’s still active, although smaller now. John Birchers too and every other RW nut job group is represented.

Heavy red state and there are MAGA thugs galore out in rural areas.

[hadEnuf]

38. So this asshole hates Santa Claus and wants Indiana to as well?

I'm taking it that Santa is a liberal Democrat who is sending bureaucrats and mandates down Indiana's kid's chimneys, in his delusional mind?

I think this shit chunk wants to be Nazi Claus.

[Martin68]

40. WTF is wrong with these people? They've lost their fucking minds!

[Evolve Dammit]

43. Mentally ill and violent. Sounds like a Magat. Deplorable.

[duckworth969]

46. Santa Claus is a secular figure

And for some Christian zealots, Xmas is only about JAYSUS, not some pretend character pulled out of pagan lore intent only on selling Cokes!

[Zambero]

48. I actually get it

It wouldn't make sense for anyone in today's Republican party to go after the Grinch or Scrooge, as they would be considered "ideological allies". Therefore, none other than Jolly Saint Nick gets the full treatment. The War on Christmas is in full swing, only with a newly flipped script courtesy of fools like Garten.

[Quiet Em]

56. What a freakin weirdo.

Something wrong with this guy.

[IronLionZion]

57. War on Christmas

Republicans are so weird.

[Kid Berwyn]

59. Insane. Moronic, too.

Another MAGA asshole who wants to be just like Dimdonnie Trump the Traitor.

[IndyPepper]

61. The message here

is that Republicans are going after all that is good in society with maximum violence and cruelty: Oppose them at your own risk.

As for the nonsense about bureaucracy and government overreach, the Republican super majority-Indiana General Assembly is famously known for three things: Corruption, Incompetence and government overreach (as in passing laws forbidding local governments from raising the minimum wage or outlawing plastic bags, and abolishing at-large seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council in a failed bid to keep that body under Republican control). As usual, it's all projection with these crass goons, who have proudly turned Indiana into the Mississippi of the North.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

62. I think this is what happens when Republicans try to do humor. But when your brain is twisted into an...

...ugly little ball of worms that are only capable of hatred and aggrievement it comes off like this to the rest of us.

Like Turnip joking with the kid about only getting clean coal for Christmas. WTAF?

Truly weird bunch....

[reACTIONary]

63. An Event 2000 Years in the Making....

Link to tweet

[Aussie105]

64. Well, that is strange!

'Great' use of AI to say you have some problems going on.

Seek help!

[RetiredParatrooper]

65. Violent night, Fascist night...

Trump is Lord,
We are right.....

[LudwigPastorius]

66. Santa Claus is obviously a Socialist.

He distributes gifts to everyone. He expects free handouts of milk and cookies. Heck, he even wears red.

I'm just surprised that this psycho didn't generate a picture of him garroting Kris Kringle with piano wire.