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Lakhota · Jan 18, 2024

In the same league as George Santos and MTG.

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Lakhota · Jan 18, 2024

BREAKING: Morning Joe Scarborough absolutely obliterates the entire Republican Party in a viral rant that is sure to make some voters jump ship to the Democrats.

Scarborough has a massive audience and he didn't hold back...

The former Republican host singled out MAGA Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans for "passing fewer bills than any Congress."

"Talk about a do nothing Congress, any Congress in a generation!" said Scarborough. "And with Mike Johnson you've got a guy who's constantly on the issue of funding Ukraine been pro-Vladimir Putin."

Scarborough is correct. Many MAGA Republicans are now staunchly pro-Putin because they have a knee-jerk affinity for anyone or anything that President Biden opposes. They admire the Russian dictator's authoritarianism and wish Donald Trump could wield the same kind of power in America.

"So you've got a pro-Putin Speaker who has voted no on all Ukrainian aid, a pro-Putin Speaker who now is killing a bill that's the toughest border security bill ever and I'm just asking: why?" said Scarborough.

The answer is simple. Republican politicians don't believe in solutions, they don't care about actually improving the lives of average Americans. They only care about scoring political points.

So while they like whining about the border to get votes, they don't actually care what policies pass so long as they can make Biden look bad.

"Is it because he's pro-Putin?" Scarborough went on. "Is it because he's afraid Ukraine is going to get aid? Aid that he's voted against time and time again! If he had his way Vladimir Putin would already to Kyiv because he's voted against all funding to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression."

Anyone who votes for a Republican this election is making a decision to harm themselves and everyone they know. The only way to assure a stronger, more prosperous America is by voting blue.

May be an image of 3 people and the Oval Office

Lakhota · Jan 18, 2024

Lakhota · Jan 18, 2024

BREAKING: Donald Trump unravels in the middle of the night and takes to Truth Social at 2 a.m. to post a deranged caps lock rant about how he deserves "total immunity" even if he "crossed the line."

Trump is now literally saying that he should be completely above the law...

"A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY, WITHOUT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION," Trump wrote, apparently so worked up from his spiraling legal situation that he was unable to sleep.

"ANY MISTAKE, EVEN IF WELL INTENDED, WOULD BE MET WITH ALMOST CERTAIN INDICTMENT BY THE OPPOSING PARTY AT TERM END," he went on.

"EVEN EVENTS THAT 'CROSS THE LINE' MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD. THERE MUST BE CERTAINTY," said Trump.

This self-serving argument is patently absurd. If a president has "total immunity" even when he or she blatantly beaks the law, there is nothing constraining their behavior. They can murder, steal, or even assassinate political rivals with impunity.

What Trump is describing is a MAGA dictatorship and despite his followers best efforts to institute one on January 6th, that is not how things work in this country.

An example must be made of Trump. America is not a nation of kings. America is a nation of laws, and it's time we used them.