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ItsjustMe

(11,230 posts)
Sun Oct 25, 2020, 11:51 PM Oct 2020

Mike Huckabee tweets about filling out dead relatives' absentee ballots

Mike Huckabee tweets about filling out dead relatives’ absentee ballots, and key Federal Election Commission member doesn’t find it funny

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mike-huckabee-tweets-about-filling-out-dead-relatives-absentee-ballots-and-key-federal-election-commission-member-doesnt-find-it-funny-11603645576

In 2017, the magazine Fast Company hailed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as “the least funny person on Twitter,” spotlighting these kinds of “dad jokes” over the years as evidence:

A tweet that he fired off over the weekend — assuming it’s one of his trademark knee-slappers — certainly won’t cost him that Fast Company crown:

Joking about committing voter fraud just days ahead of one of the most contentious elections of all time? As with his countless tweet misfires in the past, the reaction from his followers ranged from cringe to anger across social media as the GIFs flew:

Joining the backlash from a noteworthy perch was Ellen L. Weintraub, who serves as a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission. Here’s her scathing response:

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Mike Huckabee tweets about filling out dead relatives' absentee ballots (Original Post) ItsjustMe Oct 2020 OP
i see where his daughter (what was her name again?) got her smarts... samnsara Oct 2020 #1
Smokey eye? canuckledragger Oct 2020 #4
More proof that conservatives aren't funny. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #2
He seems like the type who'd keep his dead relatives in the parlor Blue Owl Oct 2020 #3
Prime example of white trash with money Ziggysmom Oct 2020 #5

canuckledragger

(1,636 posts)
4. Smokey eye?
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 02:31 AM
Oct 2020

She's always had that inbred, dimwitted look about her.

And when she opens her mouth you understand why...

Blue Owl

(50,348 posts)
3. He seems like the type who'd keep his dead relatives in the parlor
Mon Oct 26, 2020, 12:10 AM
Oct 2020

Talking to them every night after everyone else has gone to sleep...

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