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WATCH AOC Emasculate A GOP Congressman After He Tells Her To ‘Educate Herself’

Video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) laying a verbal smackdown on a condescending House Republican colleague has gone viral on social media.

During floor debate Thursday on a bill that would require the federal government “to approve a plan to increase drilling on federal lands and waters” before drawing fuel from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in non-emergency cases, Ocasio-Cortez proposed an amendment to the legislation, HuffPost reports.

(AOC) argued in a speech on the House floor Thursday that leasing more land to fossil fuel companies wouldn’t guarantee a drop in gas prices and added that companies making profits won’t “pass along” the savings to consumers.

“What leasing more land does do, however, is guarantee that we will accelerate the devastating impact of climate change,” Ocasio-Cortez argued.

That led Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) to rise and address Ocasio-Cortez:

“You care about the air quality, you care about climate change. Natural gas is what got America there. Educate yourself on that.”

In response, Ocasio-Cortez took a rhetorical flamethrower to Duncan, telling him:

“I understand in this body it’s not the first time that it seems as though the opposing side can’t seem to be able to debate the issue and so they must come after my character.

“While I cannot control the fact that the other side seems to have made the assumption that I am uneducated, one of the things I can say… is while I may not work for Wall Street, that is true. I may not be here with the mission to increase profits for corporations, that is true. My mission here is for the well-being and dignity of our family and our planet’s future, for our children’s ability to live on this planet.”

She also took Duncan to task later in the day on Twitter:

“Fewer things are more predictable than Republicans having a meltdown when I’m clearing them in a debate.”

“In case you’re curious about why this man is so angry with me, it may be because I introduced an amendment to a GOP bill that would prohibit oil and gas companies who engage in stock buybacks from leasing federal lands,” she wrote, adding “Seems as though I hit a nerve!”

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This Hilarious Ron DeSantis Parody Video Is Going Viral

Billy Corben has been directing films for years now, but a new parody video he made featuring Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis (set to the Elton John song “I’m Still Standing” is quickly going viral and making Corben a household name.

Corben knows the state of Florida well. He was born in Fort Myers and attended the University of Miami, where he graduated with honors while majoring in political science, screenwriting, and theater. He currently lives in Miami.

One of Corben’s most recent projects was the docu-series God Forbid, which focused on the Jerry Falwell Jr. scandal that involved a pool boy and hush money payments.

However, Corben has been wanting to take on DeSantis, who is getting serious consideration as a possible presidential candidate in 2024, even though disgraced former president Donald Trump is actively working to destroy the governor.

On his “Because Miami” podcast, Corben explained why he wanted to take a crack at DeSantis.

“On the Because Miami podcast, we call out Florida Fuckery wherever we see it.
“We call balls and strikes regardless of what color jersey the batter wears — red or blue. This week alone, DeSantis banned an AP Black History course, demanded public universities turn over medical records on gender-affirming treatment services, and a federal court said he unconstitutionally removed a democratically elected state attorney from office.”

Corben added:

“‘The Free State of Florida’ is a myth.
“This is DeSantistan, and there is no greater threat to freedom and democracy in our great state than this guy.”

After you watch the video, you’ll understand why DeSantis should be very concerned about other attack ads that will be run against him if he decides to throw his hat into the 2024 ring.

Enjoy, and feel free to share with others far and wide. The more people who hear and see the truth about DeSantis, the lower his poll numbers.

 

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WATCH Chuck Todd Smack Down Ron Johnson For His Obsession With Hunter Biden

“Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd took issue with Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) insistence that Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, has broken the law and pointed out that Johnson has yet to investigate the actions of former Trump administration adviser Jared Kushner.

During an interview with Johnson, Todd asked the senator:

“Senator, do you have a crime that you think Hunter Biden committed. Because I’ve yet to see anybody explain. It is not a crime to make money off of your last name.”

Johnson responded:

“Chuck, you ought to read the Marco Polo report, where they detail all kinds of potential crimes.”

The Marco Polo report was published by a right-wing group, is 634 pages long, and provides virtually no concrete evidence of any crimes committed by Hunter Biden.

That led the host to counter:

“Let me stop you there. Potential is innuendo. That’s why you do investigation!”

Johnson:

“Chuck, is it a crime to be soliciting and purchasing prostitution in potentially European sex trafficking operations? Is that a crime? Because Chuck Grassley and I laid out about $30,000 paid by Hunter Biden to those types of individuals over December of 2018, 2019, about $30,000. That’s about the same time that President Biden offered to pay about $100,000 of Hunter Biden’s bills. I mean, again, that’s just some information. I don’t know exactly if it’s a crime.”

Todd reminded Johnson about Jared Kushner:

“It seems to me if you’re concerned about what Hunter Biden did, you should be equally outraged about what Jared Kushner did.”

The senator huffily replied:

“I’m concerned about getting to the truth. I don’t target individuals.”

That’s when Todd laid a smackdown on the the senator:

“You don’t? You’re targeting Hunter Biden multiple times on this show, Senator. You’re targeting an individual.”

Attempting to regain control of the interview, Johnson then accused Todd of being the problem:

“Chuck, you know, part of the problem — and this is pretty obvious to anybody watching this — is you don’t invite me on to interview me. You invite me on to argue with me. You know, I’m just trying to lay out the facts that certainly Senator Grassley and I uncovered.

“And part of the reason are our politics are inflamed is we do not have an unbiased media. We don’t. It’s unfortunate.

“Primarily it occurs from the left.”

That led Todd to drop a nuclear bomb of truth on the senator:

“Senator, look, we’re trying to deal with issues here and facts. You can go back on your partisan cable cocoon and talk about media bias all you want, I understand it’s part of your identity.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a_qKza8Mhw

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‘Bad Lip Reading’ Reveals Matt Gaetz’s Secret Code Name

If we’re honest, most of us would admit that we’d love to know what’s said between members of Congress when they’re speaking with each other on the floor of the House or Senate. Can you imagine how much more we’d dislike most of them if we could hear what they say when we’re not looking or listening?

For example, that face-to-face conversation between Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy as the final vote was about to be taken that would elevate McCarthy to the Speaker’s chair.

Unfortunately, there’s no sound on the video that photo is taken from, but that doesn’t mean we have to remain in the dark when it comes to the words exchanged between the two.

According to Bad Lip Reading, we have new insight as to what was being said as the votes were being tallied in the House.

For those of you not familiar with their work, The Mary Sue explains the purpose of Bad Lip Reading:

 Bad Lip Reading is an anonymous YouTube channel that dubs over news footage and scenes from film and TV shows with nonsensical dialogue. The dialogue always more or less matches the movements of people’s mouths, and some surprising storylines end up emerging from the chaos.

The first video from Bad Lip Reading shows what was said between Gaetz and McCarthy. Take a look:

And now we have Gaetz’s other name, also courtesy of the folks at Bad Lip Reading.

Vain Guy is appropriate. Then again, so is Superperv.

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WATCH: GOP Rep. Has To Be Restrained While Confronting Matt Gaetz During House Speaker Debate

On Friday evening, minutes after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) had again denied House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA) the votes he needed in order to be elected Speaker of the House, another GOP congressman confronted Gaetz and had to be physically restrained, according to Mediaite.

With one vote to decide McCarthy’s fate, Gaetz could not bring himself to vote for the GOP leader after having spent all of two months campaigning for someone else to lead the 118th Congress.

Gaetz left the room when his name was called the first time around, and when he had a chance to vote for McCarthy when his name was called again, he shouted, “Present!”

The vote denied the California Republican the gavel and the GOP side of the House floor devolved into chaos. McCarthy charged up an aisle where he confronted Gaetz. The two exchanged words for several moments before McCarthy walked away.

McCarthy was finally elected Speaker on the 15th ballot, which suggests he will be the weakest House leader since the Civil War.

After video of Rogers confronting Gaetz hit social media, comments proliferated regarding what had just transpired.