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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is not a fan of history, apparently. At least not when history belies the myths Republicans stick in their constituents mouths like lightly drugged binkies whenever they want to pretend our countrys economy wasnt saved by a black man who actually understands trivial matters like economics, foreign policy, diplomacy, and not dribbling a painters palette worth of McNugget sauces down the front of ones torso.
Of course, Republicans are particularly bad at grasping recent economic historyso much so that theyve almost completely forgotten who was president between Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. The name is on the tip of their tongues, but when the Republican National Convention comes along every four years, they somehow cant seem to get it out.
Thats why they need to be reminded of their incompetence at every turn, and tweets like this are a great start:
Link to tweet
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Honestly, this pervasive, lingering myth that Republicans are great for the economy and Democrats are poison never ceases to baffle me.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/2/8/1917815/-Very-dumb-congressman-is-reminded-that-recessions-almost-always-start-under-Republican-presidents?detail=emaildkre
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)... because their cult members don't look that up either.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)That means lying about, abusing it, twisting it.
IMO they don't hold any principles they are just there to used, just like they use people.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1929 crash-depression under a Republican Presidency, Herbert Hoover.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)But this is deliberate propaganda.
For a good laugh, google Rachel's segment from September 2015.
GoCubsGo
(32,093 posts)Might be worth noting that they've created pretty much the same conditions again.
onetexan
(13,058 posts)Mccarthy is a blowhard and a numskull.
Varaddem
(432 posts)Smirking at an oath and giving nuclear weapons to Russia and the Turk.Bring it up in every race
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)czarjak
(11,289 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)👍🏼
czarjak
(11,289 posts)The esteemed Bushie Jodey Arrington proclaimed last week that the economy was sound! Sound I tell ya. (Their THAT stupid)
Fla Dem
(23,743 posts)Obama cleaned up GW Bush's failed economy.
Seems like the Dems are always cleaning up the messes the Republicans make, leaving them with a good economy on the way up. Then the Rethugs trash it for the Dems to clean up once more.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Republicans 105
Democrats 6
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IronLionZion
(45,528 posts)they had to pass a constitutional amendment to limit presidents to 2 terms because of FDR
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Make it simple and factual just like that tweet -- don't over-complicate the message. Same with data on how the stock market does better under Democrats, etc.