This is an important thread.
No one expects Republicans to be grown up. Nothing is too outrageous, dangerous, hateful, or false for Rs to violate their standards, bc they have none.
Democrats are expected to be adults and are called out for even a playful joke.
A little over two weeks ago, a user on Twitter posted a joke claiming, with a knowing wink, that J.D. Vance, the junior senator from Ohio and Trump’s running mate, had been quite intimate with an alluring chesterfield.
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@NateForUtah@BrambleJim@gopTODD Because Republicans have politicized the issue as they did same-sex marriage in 2004?
Always looking for a marginalized group to distract people with.
@gopTODD Democrats: You support an old mentally feeble sex predator & felon who last time instigated a deadly attack on Congress when he lost & this time promises to eliminate voting if he wins & a bloodbath if he loses.
Republicans: You support a guy who put tampons in school bathrooms.
Here is how to write it: Donald Trump, in a shocking display of incoherence and break with reality, held a press conference that will reraise fears of his mental competency. Among the blatant lies: His rallies were bigger than MLK, Gov. Walz wants to kill babies and he is ahead in the race. Psychiatrists and historians explain....
@SpencerJCox Governor, we need #DisagreeBetter only because of the hateful ugliness introduced into American political discourse by the presidential candidate you support.
What you do speaks so loudly we can’t hear what you say.
@GovCox We need #DisagreeBetter only because of the hateful ugliness introduced into American political discourse by the presidential candidate @GovCox supports.
The Governor’s deeds support the very style of discourse his words denounce.
@SpencerJCox Reality check:
“Building family values” is Republicanspeak for shaming anyone other than a cisgender married couple with birthed children.
Rs don’t object to the French tableau bc it mocked Christianity (they support a sexual predator, remember) but bc it was inclusive.
@maklelan That Olympics Last Supper display will drive exactly zero people away from Christianity.
Those engaging in performative outrage over it have over the last decade driven millions away from Christianity.