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[–] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 23 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

“Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for,” she said.

But the current President is one of those rich powerful men raping the trafficked. What did she expect would happen?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 24 points 9 hours ago

I don't think even she is so stupid that she is just now realizing that the Republican Party is....full of Republicans.

[–] g0nz0li0@piefed.social 21 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

“Do I have to stay until I’m assassinated like our friend Charlie Kirk. Will that be good enough for you then?” she wrote

Sounds like she’s just discovered the “find out” part of “fuck around” might possibly apply to her, so she’s out.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

She bailed exactly as her pension matured. She's gonna try for a presidential run as a third party outsider.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago

Good. The more the Republican voting block is fractured the better.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

More likely governor.

[–] MourningDove@lemmy.zip 12 points 9 hours ago

A snake eating its own tail is never not entertaining. Only in a pit such as theirs, it’s hard to tell where one ends and the next begins.

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

I can't tell if her grift got bigger, or if she realized the people serving her kool-aid aren't drinking it.

Probably both.

[–] celeste@kbin.earth 95 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

“I have been trying tell all you ‘men’ that our kitchen pantry is empty with spider webs, our house has been ransacked, the windows and doors are broken and busted, and the greedy rich bastards have twisted your minds into a sick state that you all continue in the two party toxic political system that acts like college football playoffs yet is burying you and your children and their children and their children in a pine box in a shallow grave,” Greene continued.

Hmm. There's a degree to which it feels like she's shoving canned goods from the pantry out of sight into her purse while she's saying this, but I do agree with her basic point here. Especially the way parties are treated like football teams.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I seriously wish a whole lot more conservatives and "moderates" and "independents" would pay more attention to sportsball instead of voting for Republicans for culture war reasons. They definitely treat culture war/wedge issues like sportsball...

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

They're pissed about sportsball because sportsballers started protesting while still respecting the flag by kneeling and now they refuse to watch sportsball.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I mostly remember her screaming at a man who survived a school shooting that he was a crisis actor.

And screaming “you lie” at Joe Biden at his SOTU for no obvious reason.

Maybe people would listen to her if she didn’t act like an unhinged lunatic grifter.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 50 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I hate it when this happens

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago

He, even Hitler loved dogs...

[–] RePsyche@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Shirley, you know someone worse.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

There's always Ted Cruz, and don't call me Shirley.

[–] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

I’m sure we all do.

And don’t call me Shirley.

[–] BruceCampbellschin@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Please don't call me Shirley

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[–] 7112@lemmy.world 39 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

"Two party toxic political system"

Maybe she really is going to run with Musk's party

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 20 points 15 hours ago

Well someone convinced Trump to divide the Republicans into groups apparently, so they'll probably split into Repugnant, Repulsive, and the Democrats will find a way to split into Corporate centrists and progressives, why... Because they can't possibly take advantage of a divide and try to win back both houses

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 34 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

She's resigning exactly two days after her pension kicks in.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 27 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

In fairness, we would all do it this way. Would you stop a week short? Fuck no, I worked for that.

I don't like her and I don't like nearly everything she's done, but this is the most honest way people in congress make their money. I'd be more angry about most of the other ways.

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 17 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

She’s also worth 21 million dollars now, when she entered congress she was worth less than half a million. Her stock trading game has rivaled Nancy Pelosi’s since she entered office. This should be the bigger scandal. It’s not because it bipartisan.

Honestly, —assuming there’s no fuckery here, which in fairness is a bold assumption— I kind of respect the resignation. She fucked us, got her bag, and fucked off. That’s far better than her becoming a fixture of Washington for the next 50 years.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 3 points 6 hours ago

Her stock trading game has rivaled Nancy Pelosi’s

I don't know how Pelosi became this issues poster child, other than normal Republican boogie-man creators. She's bad, don't get me wrong, but far from the worst.

Here's a look at the top 10 for 2024:

David Rouzer (R-N.C.), Representative, +149.0%
Debbie Schultz (D-Fla.), Representative, +142.3%
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senator, +123.8%
Roger Williams (R-Texas), Representative, +111.2%
Morgan McGarvey (D-Ky.), Representative, +105.8%
Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.), Representative, +98.6%
Pete Sessions (R-Texas), Representative, +77.5%
Susan Collins (R-Maine), Senator, +77.5%
David Kustoff (R-Tenn.), Representative, +71.5%
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Representative, +70.9%
[–] mriormro@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

Even your tiny modicum of respect for her behavior is exactly what's wrong with everything right now.

This acceptance of institutional raiding for the sake of individual material gain has completely eroded any sort of civic reprisal. These actions are inherently antisocial and yet we have people praising folks who "got their bag".

America deserves what it's getting.

[–] tidderuuf@lemmy.world 51 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Woman experiences leopards eating her face while live streaming it.

[–] fl1p@piefed.zip 17 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Not really, I think shes just trying to save face.

[–] numbermess@fedia.io 9 points 15 hours ago

The leopard didn't eat [gestures somewhere] all my face! I am chosen! I am selected!

MTG, standing eyeball-deep in feasted leopard shit, gnashing and tearing away the flaps of flesh the leopard left behind

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 31 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

For anyone trying to figure out what the angle is, MTG is trying to become the face of the American TERF movement. She's going to milk that for years (if it catches on). Expect a book about the horrors she endured as a brave woman in the Magasphere.

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This photo just gets more unsettling the more one looks at it.

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[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

I really hope that she is immediately plunged into irrelevancy when she leaves office. Id prefer to never have to hear her speak or see her over bleached teeth again, if possible.

[–] LuckyFogic@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

Honestly though there should be room for forgiveness. She was a very loud voice for a long time, unfortunately most of it was for hate. She seems to be calling attention to actual issues, and people who followed her are more likely to take notice of these current topics if she's the one saying them vs some "outsider".

Very obnoxious, toxic person historically; makes it more difficult to accept the help.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Dig a little deeper into her reasoning behind everything she's complaining about, and you'll lose that forgiveness, fast. She's still blaming immigrants for all of America's problems...she's just also tacking some additional blame on businesses that exploit immigration policies for the cheap labor.

At the end of the day, her issues are more that Republicans are being disingenuous about truly wanting to get rid of all the brown folks.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 14 hours ago

Forgiveness is for people that show remorse

[–] SinAdjetivos@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Forgiveness can only be granted after an honest apology, acknowledgement of the harm caused, and an honest effort made to undo those harms.

Her acknowledging the harms that those surrounding her are causing is a step in the right direction, and a step towards forgiveness. But oooh boy does she still have a lot of aplogizing to do and acknowledging the harms that she herself has caused. Not to mention that her current plan isn't to undo those harms but wipe her hands clean of it all.

Forgiveness is only on the table once she starts championing the causes of the black, hispanic and trans peoples she has victimized.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

No, not forgiveness. She knew what she was doing and this world is worse for her doing it. I'll gladly never say another bad thing about her as soon as she disappears into obscurity and never speaks publicly again.

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[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, now those are problems.

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 15 hours ago

They’re only rhetorical problems. When it comes to taking steps to address them, anyone affected needs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh I haven’t suffered enough for you while you post all day behind a screen?

I wish this vile woman would take a long tour of the Acme anvil factory on floor cleaning day.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

May rat kings infest her home and plumbing

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

So far this schadenfreude is really good.

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

Really funny watching this "American clown reality TV show". I just wish it didn't affect the rest of the world.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

In recent months, the GOP Congresswoman has publicly broken with her party over the war in Gaza, health care subsidies, and the handling of the Epstein Files.

What exactly led her to choose the Republican party?

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Good at lying and religious nuttery, grifting, a racist and a homophobe. A perfect fit really.

[–] watson@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

She is extremely racist and homophobic

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

And also not very smart, or good at things. It was an easy choice.

[–] obviouspornalt@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 8 hours ago

She's good at grifting and stock trading on privileged information

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