I guess he can’t handle the truth

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    Can’t ask about floods , can’t ask about Epstein. I guess he just wants to talk about the African countries who came in and kissed his ass for a few hours to get what they want from him.

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    Link without paywall: https://archive.ph/vr4CD

    And my favorite quote, when another Republican rep started jumping on the reporter after Trump’s initial dig:

    Conservative Rep. Chip Roy took a moment to slam the media while speaking.

    “For all of the media clamoring to ask that ridiculous first question and try to point fingers, the governor said it best when he said pointing fingers is for losers,” the GOP lawmaker said.

    🥴👉

    Edit: looks like we have a real answer, and this is likely why Donald was extra-quick to lash out at that first reporter. Excerpt taken from this article

    In 2021, the Biden administration awarded Kerr County $10.2 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue a warning system.

    At an April 2022 meeting, one citizen called the White House a “criminal treasonous communist government,” urging the county to reject the money altogether. Others echoed that sentiment, saying they didn’t want the federal government’s help.

    “We don’t want to be bought by the federal government, thank you very much,” a resident said. “We’d like the federal government to stay out of Kerr County and their money.”

    While the county ultimately kept the funds, they allocated the majority, about $8 million, to sheriff’s department upgrades and public employee stipends.

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      So they took the “criminal communist” money and misused it to buy shit for themselves. Fucking clowns.

      BTW, there’s an opportunity for a huge ass civil lawsuit.

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        I for one am shocked that Joe “fund the police” Biden signed a law that allowed for federal money to be wasted on cop bullshit! Gosh, if only someone has told us there were better ways to protect public safety. Like maybe some protesters or activists somewhere could have said something? I’m sure we would have listened to them and taken them seriously, and we definitely would not have tear gassed them and beat them and shot them with rubber bullets and etc.

        Me, bitter? Nooo /s

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    That kind of question is pretty standard after an event like this. What’s interesting is how defensive he got though. He knows it was fucked up and he knows it could hurt him so he responds like a scared animal. It blows my mind that anyone can look at things like this and think “yeah there’s a strong leader”

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      “Only a bad person would ask a question like that, to be honest with you,” the president said

      For real, he is such a weakling, even when he’s throwing his little hissy fit here he’s reflexively couching it in the “I’m just being ‘honest’ with you so you’re not allowed to get mad at me for being a dick” thing

      Also, “bad person,” he talks like a five year old

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    “don’t ask about the Epstein case, we got floods in Texas!”

    Goes to Texas, gets asked about flood “you’re evil for asking me about the flood”

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        13 hours ago

        Worse than Idiocracy 2006, they tried to talk and listen to the smart ones in the movie.

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        We are presently on course for the 二分之一 timeline.

        In that one, some aliens arrive in the 2030s. They noticed our cruelty and debauchery, and informed us that our extinction will come at our own hands if we continue. The elites of the world laugh this off, and lock the aliens up on some island so their autotroph nature can be studied instead.

        Fast forward to the 2060s. COVID has returned, killing more people than ever before. This is on top of the ongoing nuclear civil war in the US, and nuclear devastation elsewhere. With most of the elites dead or hiding in a bunker, many of the people who survived asked the aliens for help. The aliens agreed.

        This resulted in a conflict between our present world and a world that appears to be a mix between Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World, supported by the alien followers. The aliens are genuinely, fully willing to give you free healthcare, a long life (people supporting the aliens can live for 200 years), and a life free of worry or suffering (an alien will replace most of your organs when you join, allowing the alien to handle many of your basic needs, like food). The only thing the alien faction asks for in exchange is tossing out human culture - your favorite books, movies, games, etc are all gone, replaced by materials accepted by the aliens.

        The alien faction ultimately won by the turn of the 22nd century. The surviving elites tried their hardest to get rid of them, but failed. Instead, the aliens continued to rule the human race unopposed until the close of the 27th century.

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    Demanding accountability instead of thoughts and prayers is considered evil. Guess I’m evil now.

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    But of course! The reporter dared to question the will of God. You see, God saw that wickedness had infiltrated the land of Texas, so he commanded the waves to rise, and strike this stronghold of debauchery! A functional warning system would interfere with God’s Plan for those people. But the wise men running our nation decided to wait until God’s Holy Work was completed, so as to not incur God’s mighty wrath upon themselves! Praise to our most benevolent and merciful LORD!

    And yes, this is evangelical roleplay. Sometimes I do it too well.

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      Nah those were white Christian girls. They won’t say it was gods wrath, change it to evil DEMONCRAT weather machines.

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      Sadly you mimic the small-minded willfully ignorant people who call themselves Christians too well. People like that really get on my nerves since it is painfully obvious that they don’t know the Bible they claim to believe.

      Isaiah 5:20 is always what comes to mind in scenarios like this (e.g. Trump calling accountability evil):

      “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”