AZ GOP Cites ‘Copyright Concerns’ After Deleting Incendiary Rambo Tweet | Talking Points Memo

The Arizona Republican Party on Tuesday said that it took down its incendiary tweet boosting President Trump’s long-shot efforts to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s legitimate victory in the battleground state due to “copyright concerns.”


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So, let me understand this: The AZ GOP is concerned about copyright infringement, but NOT concerned about inciting violence? Sounds like the current state of the Republican party alright!!

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The Arizona Republican Party on Tuesday said that it took down its incendiary tweet boosting President Trump’s long-shot efforts to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s legitimate victory in the battleground state due to “copyright concerns.”

They’re on to something:

They AIN’T Right

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Yeah, I’m sure that was top o’ their list of concerns on that one.

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Yeah, make a death threat and then delete it with some mealy-mouthed excuse. I guarantee you everyone involved is a cussy frat boy type who hasn’t thrown a punch since middle school.

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Ho hum! Just another day of more GOP crazy.

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Sure they have. When raping a woman.

ETA:
The capacity for violence in men is more apparent to women & children.

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So the Az GOP is trying to encourage Trumpers to die for Trump’s fake election claims and a bunch of conspiracy theories?

Yeah ok, have at it. But I feel compelled to point out, you terrible excuses for humans, that people are dying on account of Trump, right now. By incredible numbers.

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Death culters gonna Death cult.

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“You’re gonna need a bigger glass.”

(h/t Roy Scheider)

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Bullshit. They know when they’ve crossed the line.

And Sylvester Stallone is the perfect avatar for these ammosexuals; he spent the Vietnam war hiding in a girl’s school in Switzerland.

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"The Republican Party of Arizona condemns all forms of violence in the strongest terms. Fictional movie scenes should be weighed in their proper context,” Henry told the Phoenix New Times in an email. “However, due to concerns about copyright and fair use law, this clip has been removed.”

Can anyone parse WTF that’s supposed to mean, other than “I’m spewing word-salad chaff to distract people”?

The first sentence says violence bad. Second sentence says fictional violence good, but maybe not directly applicable to real world. Third sentence says two apparently contradictory things, because fair use is typically a defense against claims of copyright infringement.

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Holy shit!

I dunno, If I were Amy Barrett - Handmaid notwithstanding, I’d think this was very cheeky.

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OT: This doesn’t make sense. Neither did the course of Donald Jr.'s illness. :thinking:

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This is certainly progress. The G.O.P. has a long history of violating others’ copyrights. Ask any number of musicians whose compositions have been hijacked for Republican rallies.

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Including Kelli Ward.

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But what does Mr. Barrett think?

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Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of lies about the election in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Syphilitic scumbags. I have had it with these putrid sonsofbitches.

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