A few years ago, this would have seemed odd.
Without more info and background, this isn’t really up to TPM standards.
It’s a very sad situation but I’m not sure if it’s in any way relevant to the political scene.
Still is odd to me. That guy should be jailed for animal abuse.
Well, he was high up in state GOP circles
Anyway, abusing a critter gets my dander up. And at least it’s not a story that is all about trump and his needs.
These days, there’s just a certain level of mental oddness that goes with being a republican.
Was. Now he’s a random person who had a severe mental breakdown. If McConnell did this it would be different. It’s awful about the dog but it’s not remarkable that a person is committed for an evaluation. I had friends who worked for a county agency that handled it, and on a bad night they might have had to go out two or three times.
since they verified he had his ID did they make a stop at a grocery to buy donuts?
Mentally disturbed, with evidence of psychopathic behavior.
Typical GOP these days.
I feel horrible for the dog.
Clearly this guy has a severe mental illness and is in desperate need of treatment.
Looking at the old articles from 2011 ad 2015, it is a bit troubling that extreme rhetoric and behavior have become so common in one party that they are not always easy to distinguish from mental illness.
Note that at no time does this white person, known to be connected to the GOP, ever have a gun drawn on him or get forced to the ground or get restrained in any way until the very end when they put him in a car.
Even though he is obviously raving and crazy and “covered in blood.”
The police even make sure that he is cleaned up and dressed in clean clothes before they take him in.
Is that the usual outcome, on a typical domestic disturbance call where someone has killed an animal with a knife and is shouting crazy stuff?
But wait…doesn’t the Bible say that man has “dominion” over the animals or something like that?
If it’s in the Bible how can you argue with it.
Asked why he abused his beloved pet, Kincannon said his dog spoke to him and told him it was okay to sacrifice it.
You can’t spell crazy without “South Carolina GOP”.
Dominion over the beasts of the field. Exemplary Christian. Roll model, rinse, repeat.
South Carolina: Too small for a republic, too large for a lunatic asylum.
Please note that this article dates back to 2015. He has a LONG history of mental disturbance. It’s nothing new.
From what I read elsewhere it sounds like he’s been struggling with some form of mental illness for quite some time. He’s long gone from party leadership, his law license was revoked in 2015, he had to move back home with his parents, and his domestic abuse charge and multiple accusations of threats and generally psychotic behavior. This is an awful story, but I mostly just feel sorry for everyone involved including this guy.
Extreme dominion over the beasts to pwn the libs!