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(Also, does it bother anyone else that she is gesturing to her right for TOO FAR LEFT, and her left for the opposite? Or is this subtly hinting that "both sides" are so wingnutty that it's silly to even differentiated? In either case: no)

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- ... and is a fixture in news stories punctuated with words like "outburst", "shouted down", "attacked", "tirade", and so on. So. He, and a bevy of other elected officials, have this TOO FAR RIGHT thing on lock. Which is to say, I'm VERY curious about her definition of what TOO FAR LEFT entails.

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While a sitting US Representative, he: - screamed and swore ("Wake the fuck up, you little shits", etc.) at teenage Senate pages who were taking photos of the Capitol Rotunda dome, claiming he was protecting the integrity of the Capitol. (See previous point about his January 6 involvement) ...

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Her opponent, Republican incumbent Derrick Van Orden, is ... whew. Prior to his election, he: - attended Stop the Steal /was on the grounds of the US Capitol on 1/6/20 - brought a loaded handgun into an airport in his carryon baggage - accosted a teen library employee over a Pride book display

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These ads are being run by the *Democrat* candidate for the US House of Representatives in my congressional district (WI-3), are in line with her campaign's talking points, and fill me with a deep foreboding.

Rebecca Cooke for Congress television ad featuring Rebecca Cooke, a white woman with red hair, standing in the middle of a dirt road between two patches of land. The words "too far left" are superimposed on the left side of the screen, and the closed captioning reads "It seems like everyone in Washington is either too far left ..."
Rebecca Cooke for Congress television ad featuring Rebecca Cooke, a white woman with red hair, standing in the middle of a dirt road between two patches of land. The words "too far right" are superimposed on the right side of the screen, and the closed captioning reads "... or too far left right"
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I'm kind of impressed by that extrapolation, actually!

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Don’t be silly; she’s just a concerned mom 😑

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(I think my phone autocapitalized Pearl because I’ve written about that movie a bunch 😬)

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Go ahead and picture what Margie looks like, then try to suppress your shock [/s] …

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Amanda
@tacittaciturn.bsky.social
nobody in particular | EC, WI
84 followers96 following793 posts