Rep Schiff: "Authoritarians . . . come to power on the backs of men like Kevin McCarthy"

[zuul]

Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff)

Authoritarians don’t come to power alone. They come to power on the backs of men like Kevin McCarthy. Men too weak to adhere to any principle. Too hungry for power to say or do what’s right. And too cowardly to tell the truth. We deserve better.

11:20 AM · Apr 22, 2022

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. McCarthy is shriveling like

he's been under Tucker's Ball Bronzer Machine

[Faux pas]

2. Lol

[erronis]

9. You can get that unealthy hue also from being too close to trump's backside.

Good idea to wear a bib in that case.

[calimary]

10. And he'll wish he had a gas mask..

[Faux pas]

12. Or

maybe he could pay some other dolt to do it

[BSdetect]

3. They come to power held proudly high on their shoulders

[kentuck]

4. Amen.

That would include Mitch McConnell.

[SharonAnn]

5. And on the backs of men like Mitch McConnell

[gab13by13]

6. Democrats need to push the 25th Amendment conversation,

it would cause more good trouble than the lying issue.

You know; Person - Woman - Man -Camera - TV.

[peppertree]

7. Exactly. Hitler took over with help from "moderate conservatives" in the Reichstag

The Socialists were outvoted after the Communists were expelled from the legislature following the Reichstag fire - now known by historians to be a Nazi false-flag event.

Similar dynamics took place in nearly all fascist takeovers: Italy, Spain, Philippines, Latin America, etc. - the "rational" right always gave the incoming dictator cover.

And to this day, their descendants are often the ones who try to rewrite history in their favor (as well as to resurrect their policies, naturally).

[gab13by13]

8. Sometimes the rational right, Kissinger and Nixon,

with help from the CIA, were complicit in the coup that overthrew Chile's Socialist government which had a thriving middle class. That all ended when Pinocet took over.

[peppertree]

13. But, to be fair, also due to pressure from RW Cuban exiles - who control U.S. Lat Am policy, sadly

Not content with writing U.S. policy toward Cuba (it is their country after all), they've pretty much designated themselves the gatekeepers of what's "democratic" and what's not for the entire region.

And while there are many exceptions among them, some of these people are about the most racist, elitist, corrupt, and profoundly un-democratic you may ever meet.

It goes without saying, that they couldn't care less about what is or isn't in the best interest of the U.S.

It's all about revenge (inflicting on other Latin countries what they felt they couldn't inflict in Cuba), and of course power and ego.

[dalton99a]

11. No truer words