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madaboutharry

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29. Pointing to Plessy is gaslighting.

Sat Jun 25, 2022, 03:33 PM

Jun 2022

And they know it.

Brown removed an apartheid system and sought to grant equality.

Reversing Roe restores women to second class status.

Further evidence of their ugly hypocrisy is that there were many of Trump appointed judges, coming off the Federalist Society list, who refused to agree that Brown was properly decided.

They are full of shit.

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John Cornyn tweets back at Barack Obama. Yes, he really wrote this: [View all] madaboutharry Jun 2022 OP

Wow. Diamond_Dog Jun 2022 #1

He's a POS Nevilledog Jun 2022 #2

+1 dalton99a Jun 2022 #7

Agree, POS and I am ashamed he represents Texas. He's jubilant about this. txwhitedove Jun 2022 #42

They're all saying it out loud now nini Jun 2022 #3

He ought to be wearing his hood in that picture. wryter2000 Jun 2022 #4

Apartheid is their goal dalton99a Jun 2022 #5

Obama is a better man than I ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #6

Roe vs Wade was the tip of the iceberg KS Toronado Jun 2022 #8

I think they want something worse than slavery. barbaraann Jun 2022 #20

Neo-Feudalism -nt Hieronymus Phact Jun 2022 #30

Exactly. barbaraann Jun 2022 #31

Cornyn is repulsive, but my interpretation here is ... BlueCheeseAgain Jun 2022 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author wnylib Jun 2022 #34

This should be the end of him. A sitting senator should not get away with saying ecstatic Jun 2022 #10

Son of a bi*ch. Bastard P.O.S. How ANY Black person can vote for or be a RepubliQON is LoisB Jun 2022 #11

He's a U.S. Senator and sent this shit to the first Black President??? spanone Jun 2022 #12

Cornyn sworn to uphold the constitution and paid to rip it to shreds. PurgedVoter Jun 2022 #13

Plessy is their talking point. Watch Abby Finkenauer's epic takedown of Carrie Sheffield on CNN gldstwmn Jun 2022 #14

Overturning Plessy expanded rights, freedom, and dignity. madaboutharry Jun 2022 #16

If you watch the video Abby Finkenauer takes apart Carrie Sheffield brilliantly on that point. gldstwmn Jun 2022 #18

Geez. What the heck were they thinking having that anti-abortion fanatic on there? PatrickforB Jun 2022 #49

CNN is heavy into the both siderism, a tactic that is going to fail them miserably IMO. gldstwmn Jun 2022 #57

This is not tolerable. He should be expelled from office. mobeau69 Jun 2022 #15

I have no words.... bahboo Jun 2022 #17

Jeff Tiedrich replies and calls out Cornyn for what he truly is: Tommymac Jun 2022 #19

Not very smart to engage a constitutional scholar on Twitter..... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2022 #21

Before he became president, republicans liked to refer madaboutharry Jun 2022 #22

Oranges vs Rotten Apples Martin Eden Jun 2022 #23

Not to defend Cornyn, but his point is that sometimes it's OK for Dems to override stare decisis. TheRickles Jun 2022 #24

Pointing to Plessy is gaslighting. madaboutharry Jun 2022 #29

I agree. I'm just making the technical point that "stare decisis" isn't cast in stone. TheRickles Jun 2022 #58

Apples vs spray tan IronLionZion Jun 2022 #25

John, John, John. I know you're a fascist piece of shit and all, but.... paleotn Jun 2022 #26

May some stray Traildogbob Jun 2022 #32

John Cornyn is the Republican Whip of the Senate people Jun 2022 #27

Racist POS is now trending on Twitter. Cornyn's getting his ass handed to him. JoanofArgh Jun 2022 #28

And while they are at it . . . AverageOldGuy Jun 2022 #33

Exactly, seems they want to go backwards that far. OMG. txwhitedove Jun 2022 #38

That's horrible treestar Jun 2022 #35

I didn't think Cornyn had the balls to convey such an ugly, racist message. Paladin Jun 2022 #36

The white hoods have come off... dlk Jun 2022 #37

Cornyn is saying the quite part aka blacks should know their place (Plessy v Ferguson) aka ... Botany Jun 2022 #39

I had to read that reply to Pres Obama twice before I could for real believe a U.S. Senator is... Scottie Mom Jun 2022 #40

Wow as a Tex voter, I'm flabbergaster that a senator could say such stupidity vlyons Jun 2022 #41

I wonder if he will try the old "taken out of context" gambit? Botany Jun 2022 #47

If you were going to give the U.S. an enema.... SergeStorms Jun 2022 #43

Ask Cornyn what he thinks about Loving vs. Virginia. Straw Man Jun 2022 #44

He should be condemned by both the current President and malaise Jun 2022 #45

Report it ismnotwasm Jun 2022 #46

I bet dollars to donuts he is trying to reestablish credibility... SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #48

They don't even try to hide their racism any more. Tom Yossarian Joad Jun 2022 #50

Saying the quiet part out loud yet again ladym55 Jun 2022 #51

Holy crap!! C Moon Jun 2022 #52

What about inter-racial marriage? BigmanPigman Jun 2022 #53

Fuck that fucker cilla4progress Jun 2022 #54

He's still a jerk, but I interpreted Cornyn's tweet differently. Lonestarblue Jun 2022 #55

People got what he was saying. madaboutharry Jun 2022 #56