Jo Rae Perkins, the Republican challenger to Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), is trying to distance herself from the QAnon conspiracy theory a day after she proclaimed that she “stands with Q.”
Does this mean she’s now attending meetings of QAnon Anon (and on and…)?
DeEp staTe helpedHer decide? LoSt my vOte foRever.
Where we gaff one, we gaff all.
I don’t necessarily believe in the blanket application of the idea, “If you’re explaining, you’re losing.” I think it depends what you’re explaining.
Another dumb Republican who thinks only her base is listening when she makes public remarks.
1 / “How dare you quote my own words back to me?”
2 / “I don’t like the spin from your tape recorder.”
3 / Sunlight is the best disinfectant. — Confucius, or somebody like him
I gotta go walk, but I really recommend this article.
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It like a classic three stooges episode where the boys paint themselves into a corner and hilarity ensues…
my words were already being spun through the fake news machine
Translation: “I was quoted accurately.”
Every Gooper candidate ends up trying to twist themselves into a human pretzel, trying to unsay what they said.
Eejits.
The insistence that words don’t mean what they mean is becoming the hallmark of the right.
In addition, the primary pushback she must have gotten was from the Rethugs. If it were form Dems, she’d own it proudly like a badge of crazy.
Yup. My read on it too.
Say hello to the saguaros and ocatillos for me. I really miss them.
“I was not endorsing Q/Anon, but rather stating that I appreciate the fact that there is still free speech in this country that allows for voices – including whistleblowers from both sides of the aisle – that may, or may not, bring to light issues Americans need to be aware of.”
Oh, so you stand by Christine Blasey Ford and Alex Vindman too? I’m sure you were right there railing against the kegger frat boy Federalist Society who put a rapist on SCOTUS and calling for Trump’s removal from office for extorting misinformation from an ally under attack.
“I’m disheartened that less than 24 hours after my win, my words were already being spun through the fake news machine and taken out of context,” she said in a statement to TPM. “I was not endorsing Q/Anon, but rather stating that I appreciate the fact that there is still free speech in this country that allows for voices – including whistleblowers from both sides of the aisle – that may, or may not, bring to light issues Americans need to be aware of.”
Shorter Perkins:
“If you like conspiracies and excuses-- we can be gullible together.”
‘Where we go one, we go all.’
Like a Liverpool fan, just dopier.
Beat me to the punch… I am not QAnon…
You know, if you weigh as much as a duck, you must be made of wood, right?
This is what I don’t understand. If they believe this, why not stand by it. Why the denials? They’re just a f**king waste of oxygen.