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LaMouffette

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3. I don't think this asshole and other GOP members understand the horror--and the sorrow--felt by the

Sun Feb 5, 2023, 02:56 PM

Feb 2023

majority of Americans who see those AR-15 rifle pins on the lapels of Congress members. Or rather, they know, but they don't care.

Except for their gun-culture-infused base, we are as a country experiencing PTSD from mass shooting after mass shooting after mass shooting in the US. When I see those pins, I think Sandy Hook. I think Uvalde. I think Parkland. I think Columbine. And those are "just" some of the school shootings!

The GOP in their cruel disregard for others might just as well put a pin on their lapels that depicts one of the hijacked planes crashing into one of the World Trade Center towers to show their support for airplanes.

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Twitter Critics Post Jan. 6 Photo Of Terrified GOP Rep Now Handing Out Assault Rifle Pins [View all] highplainsdem Feb 2023 OP

What a wuss Autumn Feb 2023 #1

Not a wuss to me. I would be terrified too. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #8

Scared to death for himself but no one else. He got over it quick cause he knows they're on his side Autumn Feb 2023 #11

Okay. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #13

On 1/6 House members were told to take their pins off so as not to identify themselves. Hope22 Feb 2023 #18

Those pins are a signal to someone. Autumn Feb 2023 #21

So...anybody making pins of an AR-15 tied in a knot? tanyev Feb 2023 #2

I don't think this asshole and other GOP members understand the horror--and the sorrow--felt by the LaMouffette Feb 2023 #3

"I don't think this asshole and other GOP members understand the horror-- and the sorrow..." LakeArenal Feb 2023 #9

I think you are right. They relish it AND they see it as pumping up their NRA cred, which translates LaMouffette Feb 2023 #33

I believe you're mistaken. They know and they care. plimsoll Feb 2023 #14

"...can't imagine what would happen if someone put an Osama Bin-Laden sticker on their car" markodochartaigh Feb 2023 #20

To racists, people of color are less than human, just as the Nazis perceived the Jews to be. That's LaMouffette Feb 2023 #30

Like religious fanatics, they believe God is on their side, so they themselves are "patriots" and LaMouffette Feb 2023 #32

And those 3auld6phart Feb 2023 #17

You're right. I saw on some news program where they interviewed people in Europe who said they LaMouffette Feb 2023 #31

Clyde is also the one who said that Cha Feb 2023 #4

Thanks, Cha! I'd forgotten he was the one who said that. Link to a news story with video: highplainsdem Feb 2023 #23

Mahalo hpd 🕯 Cha Feb 2023 #24

Any member wearing one should be barred from the house floor. sheshe2 Feb 2023 #5

+1,000,000 highplainsdem Feb 2023 #26

Domestic terrorists should be banned from the United States House of Representatives Justice matters. Feb 2023 #6

Why wear a pin, when we can now enter with the real thing! n/t aggiesal Feb 2023 #7

Yes.... LakeArenal Feb 2023 #10

He's quite the horse's ass Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2023 #12

"a look of utter terror on his face", terrorized by rioting republicans BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2023 #15

Uh HUH!!! Those weren't Democrats breaking through those doors and windows that day. calimary Feb 2023 #19

Hell bent on hanging mike pence bottomofthehill Feb 2023 #22

Trying to sound tough when he is anything but. calimary Feb 2023 #27

They better wear them after the next mass shooting as a badge of pride and policy. ZonkerHarris Feb 2023 #16

He said it's triggering his democrat colleagues on the house floor [Watch] IcyPeas Feb 2023 #25

And you're boastfully proud of it, too, aren't you, ASSHOLE. calimary Feb 2023 #28

The names and faces should scroll on news screens every day until GOP dies. Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2023 #29

Brave, brave Sir Robin Torchlight Feb 2023 #34