GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn Schooled After Botching Basic U.S. History

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) tried to cite the U.S. Constitution on Twitter on Wednesday.

It didn’t go well.

Blackburn wrote:

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Just one problem: The iconic line appears nowhere in the U.S. Constitution. As most students learn in fifth-grade social studies, it’s in the Declaration of Independence.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-sen-marsha-blackburn-schooled-085854203.html

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Consider the source.

Earned a B.S. in Home Economics at Mississippi State University. Looks like there was little instruction on the US Constitution.

[SCantiGOP]

2. But she's a fighter

Like the United States was after the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

[Sneederbunk]

3. To be fair, her hair was in her eyes when she read the documents.

[Samrob]

4. But please don't teach our children history! nt

[Irish_Dem]

5. GOP leaders seem proud of their ignorance and lack of education.

Shouldn't US leaders have a basic understanding of American history and government?

[Deuxcents]

6. One would think so. It's shameful and should be embarrassing but probably not.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Their voters appear to like their leaders that way. :(

[Deuxcents]

8. And the rest of us are not the better for it.

All I can do is shake my head n think back on some of the personal accounts of the 1930’s Europe as they watched their way of life crumble. A little dramatic...but I think of how I feel n how they must have felt in real time.

[Irish_Dem]

20. Yes I agree, it is like 1930's Europe in real time.

We know how people must have felt. An amazing history lesson.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Ha! Gene Simmons, of the band KISS, schools Marsha.

[jmowreader]

12. It gets better

Gene Simmons is a Republican. He voted for Obama in 2008, but claims to have regretted doing it.

[BigmanPigman]

14. I wonder when Ted Nugent will chime in.

[dupagelib]

10. Prime time stupid

She's central casting for a blond joke. I know, she's an insult to blonds.

[whathehell]

16. Donald Trump is a bigger blond joke than she is.

Just sayin'.

[Ms. Toad]

11. More than 24 hours after she posted it, she still hasn't deleted it.

You'd think she might have the good sense to be embarassed.

[Permanut]

13. Ignorance is a badge of honor for these freaks..

She'll be re-elected for sure, after this display.

[lastlib]

15. The Constitution does not GRANT any rights.

It prohibits the government from abridging the rights we naturally possess.

[peppertree]

17. Like Blackburn herself, her voters don't know the first thing about history, public policy and such

"We just like the sound of her name!"

[czarjak]

18. Unknown Knowns

[summer_in_TX]

19. If government grants rights, then they aren't inalienable.

So it's just fine to take them away, the government might makes that right in their minds, I suppose.

One party rule is a road paved to authoritarianism – especially for the conservative mind. Especially now that gerrymandering is so precise at slicing and dicing voters and delivering them up to their pols.

I wonder if there were any left-wing authoritarian rulers in history or is that fundamentally a contradiction with our nature, our ability to see paradox?

[Emile]

21. Are all Republicans this stupid?