GOP Rep. Lesko Tries To Clean Up That Weird Remark About Shooting Her Grandkids

Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) can’t believe people were freaking out about her declaring from the House floor that she would shoot her own grandkids to protect them.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1423182

Between the Michigan crew and Rep. Lesko, they are descending beyond the bounds of coherence. It’s all nonsense, all the time.

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Sobbing in Panicked Unison: “Please don’t leave us alone with Grandma! PLEASE!!!”

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That is to keep them Indians from capturing them.

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Isn’t saying she would shoot her own grandchilden to protect them something that would trigger a red flag law?

I know there is a debate clause in the constitution that allows congress people to say anything they want on the house floor, but you would think they would at least read their remarks silently first.

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Spare the shotgun, spoil the child. Perhaps Marge Green wants to help?

Sounds like Lesko is a threat “to herself or others.” She was misunderstood? Was she elected to communicate the wishes of her district? Is English her native language?

People like Ms. Lesko actually encourage mass murderers.

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More Crazy from the AZ.

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It’s Trumpian, you must Be Like Unto Trump, and thus it’s obligatory to NEVER BE WRONG. You can make yourself a hundred times more of a buffoon obstinately insisting you didn’t say or do anything wrong and that’s for some insane reason better than admitting that yeah, you were wrong, you misspoke.

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Not to worry, WAPO has free advice.

Christmitey!

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Yessiree, them girls’d face a Fate Worse Than Death.

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Because we already don’t have nearly enough of that here.

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Oh FFS. It’s like that stupid business culture thing where nothing is ever a problem. It’s an “issue.” It’s a “challenge.” It’s never a problem.

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It’s like mass shootings are dangerous natural phenomena over which we have no control like hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes.

“When the shooter breaks in, crouch in a doorway.”

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Absolutely true. The extreme narcissism will never allow for being held to account, or, even worse, made a mockery.

In the end, it’s all about an incoherent, violent and self obsessed culture that never allows for guns and murder being wrong things.

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Seriously. You might as well offer tips for staying dry in a mass drowning.

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“…too many voters will think I’m crazy as fuck, but I gotta Trump 'em and I overstepped this one…”

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here being the AZ or TPM?

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Also/and:

She’s STUPID.

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Sure.

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You know, sometimes you have to destroy the village in order to save it.

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