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BumRushDaShow

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17. I read it as well and the only thing I could come up with is this -
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:51 AM
8 hrs ago

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.

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Governor Walz was spot on when he called Republicans weirdos. Emile 11 hrs ago #1
...and now, Nazis peppertree 4 hrs ago #39
An even better AI popsdenver 53 min ago #47
WTF is wrong with this guy? Dulcinea 33 min ago #49
What a fucking lunatic! TurboDem 11 hrs ago #2
Wow! bob4460 10 hrs ago #3
Odds are he DID not get the Red Ryder BB gun he so desperately wanted as a kid. Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #23
And he has NO ideas on how to make things better, so he is doing a Trump imitation Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #24
I hate martial arts movies Walleye 10 hrs ago #4
Even before AI, their special effects were stupendous. Norrrm 10 hrs ago #5
Pathetic grandstanding by a coward. nt jfz9580m 10 hrs ago #6
"Overreach and unfunded mandates"? Did he forget that he's talking about King Donald, a Republican? sinkingfeeling 10 hrs ago #7
Yet ANOTHER wannabe "tough guy". Why dont these guys just come out of the closet? Callie1979 10 hrs ago #8
He is unwell. /nt bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #9
Beating up on a fictitious person and then posting loads of pictures doing so. Rubber room time ... Bengus81 10 hrs ago #10
I read the article TheFarseer 9 hrs ago #11
You're not alone. calimary 9 hrs ago #15
I read it as well and the only thing I could come up with is this - BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #17
Great find! Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #25
I wonder.... MarcoZandrini 9 hrs ago #12
Kinder Garten politician. tavernier 9 hrs ago #13
What the hell, white boys? You get off seeing yourselves portrayed as AI muscle-brained bullies? Timeflyer 9 hrs ago #14
And, the society that it lives in encourages that behavior. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #21
Probably the only way that they can imagine being "manly" like the MAGAs want. At least he looks almost as manly as MTG LiberalArkie 6 hrs ago #33
Yeesh lonely bird 8 hrs ago #16
Smooth move there, asswipe Garten. Paladin 8 hrs ago #18
What in holy hell is WRONG with these people? mwb970 8 hrs ago #19
Must have consumed a batch of bad acid. Martin68 4 hrs ago #42
Republicans hate seeing people get something they didn't pay cash for. JohnnyRingo 8 hrs ago #20
The minds of bullies... GiqueCee 8 hrs ago #22
But, dude, you ARE a bureaucrat. paleotn 7 hrs ago #26
Ah, the voice of reason cutting to the heart of the matter. Nicely done, bro, nicely done. FadedMullet 10 min ago #50
What a tone deaf asshole move. marble falls 7 hrs ago #27
These right wingers are a bunch of sick weirdos! Diamond_Dog 7 hrs ago #28
My thoughts exactly. What kind of sicko thinks beating up Santa on Christmas is funny or cleavor? So he wants to ratchiweenie 7 hrs ago #29
F'ing weirdo he is. mdbl 7 hrs ago #30
Something's wrong with that boy's brain Clouds Passing 7 hrs ago #31
No mentally sound person Americanme 6 hrs ago #32
Keep your children well away from this lunatic. He could traumatize them for life. flashman13 6 hrs ago #34
any rational legislator - cab67 6 hrs ago #35
Next Opponent: Tiny Tim Grokenstein 6 hrs ago #36
Ha, ha, I thought you were referring to the "Tiptoe through the Tulips" Tiny Tim! Martin68 4 hrs ago #41
Indiana WHY?? lrucks1952 6 hrs ago #37
I have Indiana farmers all around my rural Emile 2 hrs ago #44
You made the right choice duckworth969 1 hr ago #45
So this asshole hates Santa Claus and wants Indiana to as well? hadEnuf 4 hrs ago #38
WTF is wrong with these people? They've lost their fucking minds! Martin68 4 hrs ago #40
Mentally ill and violent. Sounds like a Magat. Deplorable. Evolve Dammit 3 hrs ago #43
Santa Claus is a secular figure duckworth969 1 hr ago #46
I actually get it Zambero 41 min ago #48
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