‘You Are Full Of Poop’: A Proud Boy-Fueled Power Struggle Divides Portland-Area GOP | Talking Points Memo

“First of All, James Ball III, you are full of poop,” wrote one Republican Party functionary to another in a bitter, paramilitary-tinged rift over the future of the GOP in Multnomah County, Oregon.


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You’re full of poop!

Oh yeah? Well, I’m rubber and you’re glue.

So there.

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The Republican Party is turning into a literal gang that’s engaging in tribal warfare. Which means we have to call their leaders, “warlords”. I think Donald Trump just got a thrill.

How can you govern when one party is comprised of thugs and hooligans? Democrats are all we have from becoming a Russia type mafia state.

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Gosh, you hate to see it.

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“I have no fear,” Sytsma wrote in another email reported by WW. “I have friends, neighbors, 3%ers people, my Proud Boy and Plain Clothes ‘security friends’…some who live within 6 blocks of me.…both in Uniform and OUT, I have contacted my local Precinct, they won’t be responding to any ‘Swat calls’…I enthusiastically practice my 2nd Amendment Rights,.…so frankly.…A phone call and I have more pals at my aid in literally single digit minutes than I can ever need.”

But at least he only uses Biblically appropriate language. Whew! Dodged a bullet…or maybe not.

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“. . .in their 20s and 30s, big beards…”

That is a demographic trend that I have noticed growing during the past four years. I now automatically assume the worst when I see the beard. It’s not a fashion statement anymore, but a badge of recognition for fascists.

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Hard to have a battle of wits when your opponent is only half-armed.

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Hell, I better shave…

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It’d strike me as a positive turn of events if the GQP would help the nation avoid a civil war by having one within itself.
At worst, the division could do wonders to their electoral prospects, even in harshly gerrymandered districts.

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ALL the LibtaRds arE fuLL of poopie!

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I read an article this morning that claimed the big beard trend is drawing to a close because most men have them and women are now more attracted to shaven men because beards are drearily common.

Trends.

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I’m a former Republican who lives in a Portland suburb. Seeing crap like this become legitimized concerns me even though I’d never vote for a Republican candidate for any office in this state.

Sad times thanks to the ex resident.

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The whole Republican Party is little but poop.

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This is an important battle between the racists who don’t know they are racist and the racists who know it and are proud of it.

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“Half-armed?” I think you meant “unarmed.”

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OK so this is me being me, what were the churches that each group held their meetings in, or outside of? I know that churches rent out meeting spaces, but come on we should know which churches allow meetings where there has to be security at the door.

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Snakes on a plane…

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Gives 'em an excuse for being incel.

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Lie down with fascist thugs; get up with your reputation in shreds.

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Beards will remain prevalent until real wages start rising. At this point they’re essentially a barometer of male economic anxiety and need for self assertion.

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