This not the Onion......

[turbinetree]

North Carolina GOP candidate thinks a 'banana republic' is the clothing store



By Emily Singer -August 15, 2022 1:13 PM

'I think that's an insult to Banana Republics across the country,' Bo Hines told a right-wing radio program.

A Republican nominee for a competitive House race in North Carolina compared the United States to a "banana republic" while confusing the political term with the clothing store Banana Republic.

Bo Hines, a 26-year-old former college football player, incorrectly defined a banana republic as the upscale, Gap-owned retailer, rather than the disparaging term for a small nation run by a corrupt government that depends on exporting natural resources.

Hines made the comment while discussing the Federal Bureau of Investigation's search of Mar-a-Lago, former President Donald Trump's personal residence where he allegedly kept classified White House documents.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/bo-hines-north-carolina-banana-republic-2022-election/

Hey Bo are you really hoping that the US Supreme Court gives your state and all the fascist republican controlled states in this country, the legislature the power to over turn votes if you lose.... and say that your the winner......that is a banana republic.....

[3catwoman3]

1. College football player, eh?

Musta been hit in the head too many times, and obviously did not major in history or political science.

Well, was I ever wrong. He went to Yale AND he studied political science AND went to law school.

[mopinko]

10. i wish we could require a brain exam for all offices.

[badhair77]

2. When you don't understand the talking points.

Sad.

[Jim__]

3. He studied political science at Yale.

"After my freshman year, I transferred to Yale University to study political science and witness the legislative process first-hand on Capitol Hill," Hines wrote on his campaign website. "After graduating from Yale, I pursued a law degree from the Wake Forest School of Law to escape the leftist propaganda of the Ivy League."

You can't make this stuff up.

[PatSeg]

16. Whoa, that is really hard to believe

I wonder who he paid to take his exams, because he is coming across as stunningly stupid.

[canuckledragger]

21. That's my thought as well.

Making stupid comments like he does despite 'studying' what he did makes me think he bought his grades.

[Sky Jewels]

23. Well, Dubya went to Harvard Business School and Chump went to Wharton, soooo ...

... you can't really equate "Ivy League" with "educated" in the cases of rich white douchebag frat bro-ish pricks who got into schools because of their connections and/or the donations of their families.

[llmart]

28. Don't forget about J.D. Vance...

you know, the "hillbilly" from Ohio? I guess the ivy league colleges are having to allow some stupid people in.

[catbyte]

4. Awwwww, bless his heart

And I mean that in the "Southern" way.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Some of we Southerners actually mean to be sympathetic when using that phrase.

We're not all, illiterate, toothless, kissing cousins with no sense of compassion.

[Mr. Ected]

5. Well, if he loses, you know he'll be offered a job

At the GAP. Which I suppose is better than the GOP.

[housecat]

14. lol

[Lovie777]

6. Well.............

a republican senator recently texted something like this "if Democrats win in November - abortions will be up to 52 weeks".

[leftieNanner]

9. That was Tim Scott

Idiot.

And he's being floated as a potential POTUS nominee. Way to encourage women to vote for you Tim!

[Bucky]

7. Honestly, everything in the news has been The Onion since 2016

[ZZenith]

12. Amen

and Amen.

[NewHendoLib]

8. Somewhere in NC there must be a lab that cranks out the cranks!

Helms, Meadows, Cawthorn, Foxx - just to name a few. Texas may have Gohmwet, Georgia MTG, Colorado Boebeet - but we can sure hold our own in the brainless asshole dept

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. TFG supporters are idiots

Link to tweet

[SouthernDem4ever]

13. ROFL

laugh every time I see that.

[GP6971]

17. Welcome to DU!! n/t

[ms liberty]

26. Hugh Moran was not a plant. I don't know about the asshoe dude

But Hugh Moran actually knew he had become a DU meme and thought it was funny, if my memory is correct...it was a really long time ago now, and how sad is that?

[BigmanPigman]

18. He must have graduated in the same class as MTG.

"Gespacho" queen of the court "marshalled" elite.

[TheRickles]

19. He was only joking. It was taken out of context. Etc.

[littlemissmartypants]

22. Idiocy is not exclusive to the GOP, Republicans or North Carolina. nt

[DemocraticPatriot]

24. Yes, that is an insult to all the banana republics across the country

run by Republican governors and legislatures--

starting with Florida and Texas...

[AZLD4Candidate]

25. What is it with Republicans and football players? And finding the dumbest players at that to run.

This moron, Walker, Largent, etc.

They love celebrities yet hate Hollywood. Oz, George Murphy, Reagan, Arnold (in the 2000s), etc.

[scipan]

27. I kid you not, his campaign manager says it was a joke

You decide ( link to that part of the interview):

https://www.mediaite.com/news/watch-the-jaw-dropping-moment-trump-backed-candidate-reveals-he-thinks-banana-republic-refers-to-the-store/

https://www.wileynickelforcongress.com/

[EnergizedLib]

29. You hope it's just a bad joke

If not, I have no words.

How did we get to the point that ignorance is a virtue for a certain percentage of the population?

[Emile]

30. Only one requirement to be a conservative

Republican.

IQ below 80