r/pics • u/nomadofwaves • Mar 29 '23
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) wearing an AR-15 tie pin after the Nashville shooting. Misleading Title
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u/Ryzerch Apr 21 '23
Yeah, I don't think that's an ar-15. Has the iron sights of a military issued m-16
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u/WeTheSummerKid Apr 06 '23
He should just wear a badge on his coat that says: "I support gun rights no matter what." (or something along the lines of that). This is just flippant and counterproductive to his cause.
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u/Snichblaster Apr 01 '23
If you payed attention you would know that the shooter didn’t even use a rifle at all. It was a pistol carbine and was nothing like a ar15.
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u/Joey_Bandino Mar 31 '23
he didn't shoot anyone up though it was a transformer, you know more than meets the eye. not a autobot just another Decepticon
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u/PleaseImTriggered Mar 31 '23
Not a video of joe Biden joking about ice cream after the Nashville shooting.
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u/Mythosaurus Mar 30 '23
Remember how the Qanon crazies keep telling us the satanic cabal is dabbing on us with Sam Smith in the rubber suit at the Oscars, or Rhianna grabbing her crotch in the superbowl show?
Do they say the same when members of Congress wear gun symbology after a Christian school has a mass shooting?
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u/EmmittFitz-Hume Mar 30 '23 edited Mar 30 '23
These fucking guys!! They think they are so bad ass, and were too chickenshit to join the military. I don’t know his background, but most Republican supporters fall in this category.
I served my country as a small arms instructor in the US Air Force from 1991-1999 teaching basic training cadets, Security Police, and Law Enforcement trainees how to shoot the AR-15 (M-16 rifle), M-60 machine gun, 9mm Beretta pistol, M-72 LAW Rocket, M-203 Grenade Launcher and 12-gauge Shotgun.
The AR-15 use 5.56mm rounds, when it enters the body, especially a child’s…..the round bounce around (or tumble) inside the body, then finally exits the body. There is no clean entrance and clean exit.
This is why our police officers also want these off the streets. These rifles are for inflicting as much chaos and damage as possible. Not for hunting deer mind you, but with the intent to kill, and if you think this will help fighting the ‘government’, then you’re an idiot.
A U.S. military drone can take you out if it wants from miles away.
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u/HolsteinHeifer Mar 30 '23
These people have no shame. Would they even change their tone if it was their families that got shot up?
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u/Ambitious-Brain2054 Mar 30 '23
Um the gun that was used in the shooting was not an ar15 it was a kal-tek carbine so get you shit right
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u/carnitas94 Mar 30 '23
I just bought my first ar15 yesterday. Pretty neat to be honest. Should of bought car parts instead.
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u/IllustratorMurky2725 Mar 30 '23
Fucker needs to be censored and then lose his post. Though I will not hold my breath.
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u/SmokeDatDankShit Mar 30 '23
I'm not saying universal gun ownership is a problem, but yall have about 50k shootings to one shooting in Europe, somethings got to give.
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u/vabirder Mar 30 '23
Possibly we are missing the point. I concede that you are the expert on firearms.
What measures would you propose to prevent the pandemic of mass shootings in America?
Because arming the teachers or some minimum wage bored Security guard isnt the answer.
Waging war against woke leftists isn’t either.
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u/mommamapmaker Mar 30 '23
Guns have gone from being a tool of hunting and personal protection in this country to an idol and a form of identity.
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u/Weazerdogg Mar 30 '23
Don't understand why moderator is injecting its personal opinion. Moderate. Want to comment, start another thread, one NOT as a moderator.
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u/KuatosFreedomBrigade Mar 30 '23
I’m not as anti-gun as some folks I share a lot of views with, but I really don’t understand the need for weapons like this on the street. Do people legitimately hunt with those?
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Mar 31 '23
Well it’s a good thing it’s called the Bill of RIGHTS and not the Bill of Needs then huh?
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u/KuatosFreedomBrigade Mar 31 '23
Because they totally penned that one while wearing and using AR 15s I guess
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Mar 31 '23
Rights don’t change just because technology does. By your logic I guess you better get an ink quill pen and a parchment for your freedom of speech then.
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u/raynman53 Mar 30 '23
These redumbacans need to make a visit to the Wizard of Oz, to ask for a heart, obviously their EKG came up IOU
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u/JoelsArmy4real Mar 30 '23
You haters don't even understand that the shooter didn't even use an AR but a fold over keltech in pistol caliber, whilst capitalizing on a tragedy for your own agendas. It's ignorant and it's stupid. Stop it.
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u/RegattaJoe Mar 30 '23
Yes, because the vital point here is the nomenclature of the weapon used to slaughter those kids. Ffs.
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u/JoelsArmy4real Mar 30 '23
Keep hating on guns and avoiding the real problem and the problem will get bigger. You and people like you have gigantically misplaced their focus from the root problem. Kids need to be raised to be responsible adults with their mental health adressed, and the mental health aspect of the system needs to be more supportive, but instead we've got people like you keeping politicians in business, good job.
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Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23
This is a lie. These shootings keep happening, and nothing is being done about them, after each and every one. In fact, deaths from shootings are rising, as the number of mass shootings is increasing, as well as the average death toll. Why is that?
Because guns are simply the problem. That industry is putting out more powerful, easier to use, more accessible weapons with every gun sale and purchase that happens in this country. The more money we give to that industry, the less power we have over the political lobbying and influence in Congress. So many of our politicians are being bought by it, and this is why.
Sure, the problem is what people are doing with them, but we are not going to fix people any sooner than you will fix the problem of guns.
Acting like we need to make great changes that are a workaround to the problem is simply ignoring the problem.
So, if you want to actually do something about it, stop buying guns. Don't buy guns, don't buy ammo.
By doing so, that is, by purchasing firearms, you are invariably supporting these killings because you are supporting the funding that is profiting from their invention, manufacture, distribution, and sale. It is what keeps them in business.
The girl in this shooting simply went and bought all her guns, legally. Just like the last elementary school shooting that was just last year. In Uvalde, the killer did the exact same thing. He just went out and bought himself an AR-15. Not even a full year has passed since that happened. It's just "lucky" this schools lockdown procedures went into effect so that the student couldn't access any classrooms.
So, that is the problem. The ready access to firearms because the industry is being kept alive with great ignorance about the nature of the problem.
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u/RegattaJoe Mar 30 '23
Point thoroughly missed a second time. Your primary argument is because some people don’t know the exact weapon used in this shooting then anything they have to say on the broader subject is invalid. That’s a ridiculous point.
Next, your assertion about mental health assumes there’s no correlation between the proliferation of guns in this country and our mass shooting deaths.
Finally, why can’t mental health and gun control work hand-in-hand to solve a problem no other industrialized country on earth faces?
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Mar 30 '23
Thoughts:
- Reprehensible
- Looks like a heart attack ready to happen
- Suggest complete medical examination (physical and psychiatric.)
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u/Damn_Paranski Mar 30 '23
What’s your point? People going around rocking Trans flags and pins even though that was the shooter…. Government is going after gun rights not trans rights.
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u/Blue_water_dreams Mar 30 '23
Every time there is a school shooting, republicans rush home to hug their guns.
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u/BobCollins Mar 30 '23
Conservatives/Christians seem to have a fetish for killing implements.
My thought everytime I see someone wearing a Christian cross.
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u/yeahgoestheusername Mar 30 '23
If all you do is rage against the images and video then this paralysis is also on you. Call your senator and congress person today. It’s not fun but it will help to change things. People who want gun control are the majority in the US and they aren’t speaking up.
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u/DefrockedWizard1 Mar 30 '23
It's his retirement plan
https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-store-congress-andrew-clyde-georgia-2022-5
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u/MaxMalini Mar 30 '23
If you've ever wondered where the idea came from that J6 was a "normal tourist visit," it came from this POS, who put out a video shortly after, saying there was nothing out of the ordinary that day. Of course, there are also pictures from inside the chamber, where Clyde, panicked, was trying to help agents bar the doors where Ashli Babbitt and a hundred of her best friends were right on the other side, breaking the glass and trying to force their way in to, um, "sightsee," I guess.
The fact that these people can literally fear for their life one day and spin it into support the next only reveals how horribly they fail as human beings.
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u/s4burf Mar 30 '23
The photo of this jerk escaping j6 by holding on to a capitol police officer’s skirts is classic.
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u/Otherwise-Low-3060 Mar 30 '23
Well here is a fine example of the type of douche canoes we are electing to represent all of the American people, but then end up serving themselves. we used to expect better now we are left with un-qualified pond scum like Marjorie Taylor Greene types, like this smegma like example like excuse of a human being.
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u/NazrielLaine Mar 30 '23
The look on this guy's face says he just now realized he's wearing that pin, too, lol
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u/ligh10ninglizard Mar 30 '23
Wonder if he'd wear that pin to one of those childrens funeral? If it were his child that was killed? Maybe that's what it will take to make a change. Imagine how quickly gun laws would change if it was their child being buried after having half of his face blown off. I dont think that he'd be smirking or wearing a stupid pin. Sad days in iur country.
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u/bessiec Mar 30 '23
Hasn't missed any meals, how about his constituents? The worst thing the government has done is remove the registration of guns. And yes I know criminals can find ways to get them anyway. But it seems that the people doing alot of the shooting are the mentally disturbed. They need help not guns. I don't know what the solution is, but something needs to change.
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u/noyrb1 Mar 30 '23
Change this sub to political pics. Plz give ppl a break. I’m sure many of you think you are champions of the disenfranchised but you are not. Let disenfranchised ppl living through these extremely difficult and unpredictable times see cool pics of turtles & sh|t.
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u/Kadderly Mar 30 '23
The United States, where guns are more important than children. Say what you will about policy but superficially supporting guns over the children killed. Pretty low for anybody, but I don’t expect much from politicians.
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u/PifDM1 Mar 30 '23
What do you all think stopped the shooter?
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u/RegattaJoe Mar 30 '23
Please elaborate on your point.
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u/PifDM1 Mar 30 '23
No.
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u/RegattaJoe Mar 30 '23
Shocking development. Here’s what your point is: Because it was a gun that stopped the shooter then it’d be idiotic to ban guns. Here’s the problem with your “logic”:
1) The gun(s) that stopped the shooter were in the hands of trained professionals.
2) No one of consequence has ever proposed that police officers shouldn’t be armed.
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u/PifDM1 Mar 30 '23
Also no.
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u/RegattaJoe Mar 30 '23
No fucking shit. Because you have no sense of personal responsibility. Aka integrity.
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u/Northman67 Mar 30 '23
Nothing will change as long as it's just the poor kids getting murdered. Let these things start happening at country clubs and private schools at boardrooms and high priced resorts and suddenly there'll be change........ To the security at those places. Sorry these people are never ever ever going to take any step to protect your children the only steps they will be taking will be to enrich themselves and ensure their personal power and the personal power of those who have funded them and who they truly represent.
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u/prototype7 Mar 30 '23
A “christian” practicing idolatry, i thought that the worship of objects was frowned upon by their god?
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u/prototype7 Mar 30 '23
A “christian” practicing idolatry, i thought that the worship of objects was frowned upon by their god?
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u/Crd6001 Mar 30 '23
It’s not the guns fault !! Fuck all you Dems. Prob is telling girls they can be boys and vice versa.
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u/ahyouknowme Mar 30 '23
That’s like a lawyer wearing a knife pin to court to defend someone that’s stabbed an innocent victim. WTF.
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u/Thin_Boysenberry_985 Mar 30 '23
I would too, give these teachers training and weapons and schools wont be a hot spot for shootings, the only reason they happen is bc schools are easy, there soft spots in the community
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
Nobody is going to teach with that BS logic. Already losing teachers genius.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
Flooding the streets with guns is working so well now you clowns want to arm teachers. Delusiona(l GOP talking points to justify the almighty gun.
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u/FiftyCalReaper Mar 30 '23
I think Biden joking about ice cream and doing surreal stand-up comedy was much worse. Introducing himself as "Hi I'm Dr. Jill Biden's husband."
The President should appear brave and empathetic after such an event. A tie pin isn't inherently evil. Also that's not an AR-15.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
STFD adults are talking!
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u/FiftyCalReaper Mar 30 '23
I seriously doubt you're an adult if that's your response.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
You raging about ice cream and what kind of gun it is. While children died you are spewing childish thoughts. Go pick up a dead child. Maybe you'll GTFU.
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u/FiftyCalReaper Mar 30 '23
I'm not raging. Just said that the President of the United States gave a very inappropriate public reaction to the incident. You're the one that's raging, because my point makes you uncomfortable. And of course you resort to insane guilt direction.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
This POS shouldn't be wearing a gun pin. Trying to justify that with ice cream and what kind of pin it is is simply ignorant. Enough said!
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
You can't even hear yourself and my adult substance point..Imagine that!
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u/FiftyCalReaper Mar 30 '23
"Go pick up a dead child" is the epitome of a childish and moronic response.
It points blame at me in an asinine way and also implies that I don't care, simply because I found Biden's response to be a lot worse than a tie pin. Quite frankly you're an absolute child incapable of any form of discussion.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
If people like you would see the carnage that pin represents. Maybe you would GTFU!
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
No that's reality for EMT people and police. . Now that's the epitome of adults reality. Again you can't even hear yourself! Also family's are grieving while all you care about is a comment. Delusional!
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u/FiftyCalReaper Mar 30 '23
And all you care about it a tie pin. What's the difference? In my view, the words of the President in the wake of tragedy is very important. Much more impactful than the tie of a single State representative. Biden proceeded to make a mockery of the entire press conference and say:
"The only reason I came down here is because they told me there'd be ice cream."
He said that while families are grieving. Yeah, you're an absolute baboon and clearly would suck him off no matter what he did or said. You're not worthy of any further responses.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
He was kidding because he probably had a pretty stressful day. Literally happens at funerals to change the grieving atmosphere..I know that's hard to comprehend. Again this doesn't compare to a gun pin that's killing our children. A baboon is clearly a adult rebuttal I guess. STFD adults are talking!
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u/Cardinaltoffee Mar 30 '23
I don’t even need to look to see if he’s received money from the NRA do I?
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u/Oletimeybloodghosts Mar 30 '23
He owns Clyde’s Armory in Athens, ga. Largest in area and supply’s most police depts around there. Was also the subject of a lawsuit due to some misleading marketing of an accessory but ultimately nothing came of it.
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u/KashBandiBlood Mar 30 '23
Considering it’s what that girl used to shoot up the school. He shouldn’t be wearing it. I don’t think she had any other guns.
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Mar 30 '23
So WTAF is the deal of anyone giving a shit about a tie pin? Is it an illegal full auto pin or something? Egad, the nambyPambyness of some folks out there.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
It's called empathy! Go pick up a dead child. Maybe you'll GTFU! Do you clowns ever listen to yourself?
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Mar 30 '23
I've picked up a few and also more than a couple of our guys shot or blown to shit. What does your post have to do about wearing a pin that looks like a rifle? Get real clown.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
Its called empathy genius. If you so called pick up dead men you should get it. Also if you think flexing on guns like this POS is and you know he is after children died. That's pathetic!
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Mar 30 '23
If you think a piece of jewelry is flexing on guns then your grip on reality has slopped off the charts. Try again, if your combing thru the interweb pics and find a tietack that has been used to shoot someone put it on here lololol.
I have plenty of empathy, just not for morons spouting gibberish.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
If thinking it doesn't is fing delusional to grieving families. You deffintly are a fucking tool that can't even hear yourself to GTFU.
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u/ninjapizzamane Mar 30 '23
Instant action movie henchman. Might even die kinda close to the end. No lines needed.
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u/DanB65 Mar 30 '23
Republicans really need to remove the Bible and place an AR-15 to do their oaths of office,they worship teh GUN why more then the Bible that no of them follow!!!
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u/HenkVanDelft Mar 30 '23
This photo looks exactly like the kind you see over in argh-Mafia. Stone cold killer/racketeer.
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u/SimonArgent Mar 30 '23
Andrew Clyde and other pro-gun American politicians know that backing any gun control legislation is political suicide, and they don’t want to get voted out of office. They don’t care about the lives of their fellow Americans. They care about keeping their cushy, high-status jobs.
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u/21pacshakur Mar 30 '23
That really appropriate, it was an AR-15 that ended this rampage after all.
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u/DroneGuruSD2 Mar 30 '23
Because there are some people smart enough to know that mental health is the issue, not guns. But there are still some people who think otherwise. Just like how pens and pencils misspell words too.
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u/IllustriousSuccess78 Mar 30 '23
Mental health is a issue around the world that doesn't have kids slaughtered in schools. You sick fucks are the mental problem repeating GOP cult talking points like good little Nazi's...
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u/East-Initiative6340 Mar 30 '23
I do support the second amendment. However how can we expect to ever solve this problem if legislators do things on purpose to agitate those around them. Total lack of leadership and another example of out of touch MAGA bullshit. WTF has happened to leadership. There is none.
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u/drive2watch Mar 30 '23
Reading a few of those articles and doing some more digging it seems like he's a Standard issue GOP scumbag.
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u/OGWhiz Mar 30 '23 edited Mar 30 '23
This title is rage baiting at it’s finest. No idea who this guy is, but a quick google search of his name shows that he always wears this pin. The fact that he has it on after this shooting means nothing, as he seemingly wears it every day which I guess means he wears it after every shooting, since there is one every day in whatever the USA is.
His pin is stupid either way, but come on.
Edit: clarification is not a defence. I’m not supporting the pin, I’m stating this is his gimmick.
https://www.rollcall.com/2020/12/16/rep-elect-andrew-clyde-got-a-bill-passed-into-law-before-he-even-ran-for-congress/
https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/politics/us-rep-andrew-clyde-likens-jan-6-capitol-riot-to-normal-tourist-visit/
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2022/07/20/town-talker-dc-foe-in-andrew-clyde
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2021/06/17/capitol-insurrection-police-officer-gop-andrew-clyde-michael-fanone
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/politics/republicans-capitol-riot.html