Discussion: Jeff Flake's Africa Envoy Charged By Elephants, No Injuries Reported (VIDEO)

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Even their living party symbol doesn’t like them!

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Be sure he registers an internal temperature of at least 375° on your meat thermometer, otherwise you won’t kill off the bacteria, bile, vindictiveness, hatred, and bizarre judicial reasoning. After cooking, let cool for at least 6000 years. Serve with mint jelly. Or dog shit.

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“Fact-finding mission.” Riiiight.

The key to halting poaching is to prosecute the mostly Chinese middlemen and traders, all of whom apparently enjoy the protection of the Chinese government.

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even their own mascot cant stand these phucked up assholes

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No, they were happy to be used iconically by the old GOP. Now they are pissed that the current GOP is trashing their image and no longer want to be affiliated with them.

Yes, and that elephant did miss a great opportunity to eliminate one of those miscreants, for sure!

Shoulda’ stomped on him big time!

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Looks like the elephants are giving dolphin intelligence a run for their money!

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elephants are smart; they’re fed up!

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I didn’t realize that elephant ivory poaching was affecting security for the Homeland!
Anyone know where you can get a list of who was with Flake on his fact-finding vacation!

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Flake said in an column for CNN that he wants the U.S. to help curb ivory poaching in Africa because it can funnel money to terrorist organizations.

And that’s a good reason–a very good one–but what about it just being the right thing to do … you know, for the elephants?

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FOIA. There are also sites that are supposed to track these things.

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The irony is as thick as Flake’s skull.

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Two Rs and two Ds went. Ivory poaching is a serious problem, which deserves global cooperation to combat, but I am not sure how a congressional delegation helps this. Unfortunately, they all take advantage of the perks of office.

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for the win

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God is angry with the Republican party, obviously.

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Ah, the irony of it all.

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Real elephants don’t like fake ones.

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Obviously, the elephants are angered by the ongoing humiliations inflicted by their American cousins…

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Future lede - President Trump sends his son on fact finding mission to Africa wants the U.S. to help curb ivory poaching in Africa.

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Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

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There is some kind of snarky symbolism lurking here but it escapes me.

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