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GOP U.S. Senate WTF?!

Ted Cruz Goes Full Perv With Disgusting Comment About His Upcoming Visit To Yale University

There aren’t enough adjectives in the English language to adequately describe Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.

Cruz is an arrogant, bellicose, craven douchebag who often tries to troll people on social media, only to wind up owning himself.

Even Ted’s 13-year-old daughter, Caroline, is spectacularly unimpressed with her father, saying on a video she posted to TikTok:

“A lot of people judge me based upon him at first glance, but I really disagree with most of his views.”

And now something the senator had to say about an upcoming speaking engagement at Yale University is making the internet gag in disgust.

HuffPost reports:

Cruz, a graduate of Princeton and Harvard, meant to diss Yale on “The Liz Wheeler Show” and his own “Verdict With Ted Cruz” podcast when he said Yale would probably require him to (initially) be in a “smoking jacket with maybe a Sherlock Holmes pipe and maybe some Madeira.”

He mused: “Or, I don’t know, has it gone more hippie than that? Like, nude and taking peyote or something.”

Oh hell no! Do not give us that mental image to contemplate! That’s enough to gag a damn maggot.

Twitter immediately reacted with complete disgust:

https://twitter.com/Florenc00526929/status/1510032449648140293?s=20&t=JjdpuR9eXGo28F-oq8HTXA

https://twitter.com/lynnemarieyo/status/1510032803697672195?s=20&t=dp6yjFup8FwPKQzqwYorNg
https://twitter.com/pjcdone/status/1510214067239149569?s=20&t=dp6yjFup8FwPKQzqwYorNg

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History U.S. Senate WTF?!

Marsha Blackburn Tries To Give Liberals A Lesson On The Constitution And Winds Up Proving Her Own Ignorance

In an effort to explain why she is opposed to the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) cited the U.S. Constitution as her rationale.

But instead of referencing the Constitution, Blackburn proved her own massive ignorance, quoting the Declaration of Independence.

Here’s the tweet Blackburn sent out on Wednesday afternoon:

Um…no.

As HuffPost notes, this isn’t the first time Blackburn has gotten American history horrible wrong:

Blackburn has something of a history of constitutional screwups. Last year, she vowed: “We will never rewrite the Constitution of the United States,” seemingly ignoring the 27 times it’s been amended. Blackburn even co-sponsored resolutions in support of three potential amendments.

It didn’t take long before social media lit up with laughter and mockery, all aimed at the ditzy Tennessee senator, who has a degree in home economics and clearly didn’t bother to study very hard in college.

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Supreme Court U.S. Senate

Ted Cruz Gets Obliterated By Fellow GOP Senator For His ‘Jackassery’ At Confirmation Hearing

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) appeared to take a shot at his fellow GOP Senate colleague Ted Cruz (TX) during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who has been nominated by President Joe Biden to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court.

As he was questioning Judge Jackson, Sasse noted that he didn’t think it would be a good idea to have cameras in the high court:

“A huge part of why this institution doesn’t work well is because we have cameras everywhere. Cameras change human behavior. We know this. … There’s a whole bunch of things humans can do if they’re not immediately mindful of some distant camera audience that they might be trying to create a soundbite for.

“I think we should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities, and it is definitely a second and third and fourth order effect that the court should think through before it has advocates in there who are not only trying to persuade you nine justices, but also trying to get on cable that night or create a viral video.”

Though he didn’t call Cruz out by name, the Texas Republican immediately looked up from his cell phone and stared at Sasse, clearly thinking the jibe had been directed at him.

Sasse’s remarks set off a wave of speculation on Twitter, with overall agreement that the Nebraskan had taken a shot at Cruz.

https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1506718964495360002?s=20&t=tNNuVfI1l-r1q6XUrVpM5g

If indeed Sasse was aiming his comment at Cruz, he was merely speaking the truth. Ted Cruz has always been and will always will be one of the biggest jackasses on the face of the planet.

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GOP Racism U.S. Senate WTF?!

GOP Senator Mike Braun Says He Thinks States Should Be Allowed To Make Interracial Marriage Illegal

Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Braun says he thinks the U.S. Supreme Court had no right to mandate that interracial marriage had to be legal in all states and that each individual state should be able to decide on such issues without the interference of the courts.

According to The Times of Northwest Indiana, Braun said the landmark 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision that struck down state bans on interracial marriage, was a mistake:

“Braun initially limited his claim to the national right to abortion established by the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision he hopes the current, more conservative, Supreme Court will overturn in coming months when it rules in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. But, when asked by The Times, Braun admitted there are many Supreme Court decisions he believes improperly established federal rights that would be better handled on a state-by-state basis, including Loving v. Virginia that legalized interracial marriage, and Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) establishing a right to privacy concerning contraceptive use.”

Specifically, Braun commented:

“We’re better off having states manifest their points of view, rather than homogenizing it across the country as Roe v. Wade did. This should be something where the expression of individual states are able to weigh-in on these issues through their own legislation, through their own court systems. Quit trying to put the federal government in charge.”

So now we have a Republican member of the Senate who is quite literally letting the mask slip and saying that if the state of Mississippi decides that blacks in their state cannot marry whites, they should have every right to do so.

Or, suppose the state of Indiana wants to say that same-sex couples have no right to marry or live together, they should also be allowed do to so because hey, state’s rights and all that stuff, the very same argument that was made for decades on the issue of slavery.

Fortunately, the reaction to Braun’s remarks was utter disgust and disdain, as it damn well should be:

https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1506370579456311303?s=20&t=B6aHAs5iLc2mIMMhWpqlbQ
https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1506374515919532034?s=20&t=XghNjA66n6TL-NTi4csCZA

https://twitter.com/AndrewPaulJoyce/status/1506377316506783756?s=20&t=Yefh_cHC6Cya3yhUjiZiwg

Sen. Braun needs to go ahead and put his white hood back on. Sounds like he be much more comfortable that way.

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Supreme Court U.S. Senate WTF?!

WATCH Lindsey Graham Pitch A Hissy Fit And Storm Out Of SCOTUS Nominee Hearing

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham made a complete jackass out of himself at the second day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday.

What caused Graham to pitch a full-scale hissy fit? The fact that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL) dared to fact-check some of the absurd things Graham said about detainees at Guantanamo.

When Durbin began reading facts to refute what Graham had just said, Graham shouted:

“The system failed miserably and advocates to change this system like [the nominee] was advocating would destroy our ability to protect this country!”

His voice getting more shrill as he spoke, Graham then continued:

“We’re at war, we’re not fighting crime! This is not some passage of time event. As long as they’re dangerous, I hope they all die in jail if they’re going to go back to kill Americans. It won’t bother me one bit if 39 of them die in prison. That’s a better outcome than letting them go and if it cost $500 million to keep them in jail, keep them in jail because they’ll go back to the fight. Look at the freaking Afghan government made up of former detainees at Gitmo. This whole thing by the left about this war ain’t working.”

Durbin again began to respond with facts, which led Graham to leave the hearing in a huff like a spoiled child who didn’t get what he wanted at the grocery store.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SLiqVsi0ng