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senseandsensibility

(22,827 posts)
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:08 PM Saturday

Noem just now at a press conference regarding Democrats

"They aren't just liberals anymore. If you look at the Democrat Party, they're a party of communists and Marxists and socialists."

Don't you feel owned?

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Noem just now at a press conference regarding Democrats (Original Post) senseandsensibility Saturday OP
Not owned. mercuryblues Saturday #1
Yes, as you say it's not just unprofessional and embarrassing. senseandsensibility Saturday #3
ive lived with the communiist label on me for most of my adult life . i wear it like a bdage of honor. AllaN01Bear Saturday #53
I bet she couldn't even describe what the basis of the ideology of communism, socialism and Marxism is! kimbutgar Saturday #2
Blondes all over the world certainly don't deserve her as a representative..... Jack Valentino Saturday #76
In other words BOSSHOG Saturday #4
It tells me moondust Saturday #5
Pretty sure Trump is pushing "Communists"" vanlassie Saturday #22
so, are we deflecting and projecting? AllaN01Bear Saturday #56
We can't ignore it anymore, the media/internet is the problem. cayugafalls Saturday #78
Their rhetoric is getting more extreme by the hour. It's a sign of some desperation and it WON'T help them Bernardo de La Paz Saturday #6
she is on message. dems take note. nt msongs Saturday #7
we will eventually get to the top of their list. rampartd Saturday #27
Just wait till Jehovah hears what No-em uttered BoRaGard Saturday #8
We're all commies here... wcmagumba Saturday #9
Pinko fellow traveler bolsheviks to the core! Permanut Saturday #46
she is just like the orange one. peacebuzzard Saturday #10
More of the usual deflection Redleg Saturday #11
And not for nothing, that reporter sounded vanlassie Saturday #23
The sheer dumbness of this administration is breathtaking. Biophilic Saturday #12
Ask her to define each term, I'll bet she can't (accurately). They just parrot those words for their ignorant Diamond_Dog Saturday #13
From Wikipedia: markodochartaigh Saturday #14
100% rubbersole Saturday #60
Oh WOW!! How original! SWBTATTReg Saturday #15
dog whistle terms she could never actually define if asked........ Takket Saturday #16
The Repugs are racists, rapists, fascists, fraudsters, monumental liars, authoritarians, and ugly. Ping Tung Saturday #17
Conservatives are like addicts who are reaching their max dose. They are running out of scary rhetoric jmbar2 Saturday #18
naw they just keep making up new shit Skittles Saturday #80
She does not know JustAnotherGen Saturday #19
How is this not worse than "deplorables" newdeal2 Saturday #20
It is definately worse but remember the WPP (white people's party) owns the news media. They know walkingman Saturday #33
But they'll hammer away on this talking point, until Fox viewer zombies repeat it ad nauseum, without Sogo Saturday #21
"POT BOTS". vanlassie Saturday #25
Always projection with them, as the Republicans are now "owned" by fascists n/t AntiFascist Saturday #24
Does Noem also say that democrats kill puppies? Norrrm Saturday #26
lol Celerity Saturday #28
In Tampa, where she can ... I don't know. What happened to Texas? mahatmakanejeeves Saturday #29
Data missing... SonOfNebanaube Saturday #71
Does the woman own a comb? She always looks like she just rolled out of bed. Vinca Saturday #30
I think she uses catchnrelease Saturday #59
Yeah sure hildegaard28 Saturday #31
That is such 1950s rhetoric fargone Saturday #32
These fucking people are monsters. spanone Saturday #34
Been saying that shit my entire adult life... Wounded Bear Saturday #35
This cosplaying hair extensions Barbi Haggis 4 Breakfast Saturday #36
They've called us socialists and Marxists for ages. iemanja Saturday #37
They are trying to make Democrats "the Other". I do think we need to be paying attention. Trump threatens to Pisces Saturday #38
In other words, she pulled out the tattered and well worn B.See Saturday #39
The name calling is a distraction from her malfeasance dlk Saturday #40
Joe McCarthy cosplay 2na fisherman Saturday #41
Some state elected this as governor. Boomerproud Saturday #42
She's as Rebl2 Saturday #43
Someone should have asked her to define Communism, Marxism, and Socialism; then asked LoisB Saturday #44
All a lot better than being Nazis and fascists and hating democracy. sinkingfeeling Saturday #45
The Cosplay puppy killer said what? Botany Saturday #47
Two can play at that game... Klondike Kat Saturday #48
And have been for a long fucking time. Karasu Saturday #69
To be fair. Republicans are pretty socialist Renew Deal Saturday #49
Communists, marxists and socialists mn9driver Saturday #50
New?! That shit goes back like 80 fucking years! Karasu Saturday #67
So do I wear the pussyhat or the Che Guevara beret? milestogo Saturday #51
Communists and Marxists and Scialists? sabrams Saturday #52
its democratic , democratic lady. ps. i have heard that felgercarb most of my living life , AllaN01Bear Saturday #54
Flat out projection arthritisR_US Saturday #55
At least she couldn't say: ToxMarz Saturday #57
Same old playbook for more than 50 years. Dems shouldn't address it or fall victim to it. Nanjeanne Saturday #58
I don't get it. She didn't help the Texas flood victims because democrsts JI7 Saturday #61
Noem is an asshole LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #62
The vicious little twerp fucked up and she knows it Warpy Saturday #63
In all likelihood, there won't be one. After 1/6, this country proved it doesn't have the gumption for actual Karasu Saturday #64
to the Cricket killer tmars505 Saturday #65
Projection. Like fuck anyone should take that shit from a party that completely jumped the shark fucking DECADES ago, Karasu Saturday #66
Republicans have made that claim so much for so long, it's totally meaningless. Nice try, Sec. Noem. Beartracks Saturday #68
Ooh, she managed to invoke all three GOP boogeymen in one sentence! Initech Saturday #70
Kristi Noem kills dogs and eats them raw. delisen Saturday #72
LMAO! Clueless idiot Noem is getting dragged for her incompetence Mysterian Saturday #73
What else do you expect from a moron? Especially these MAGA morons? mucholderthandirt Saturday #74
SHE has no idea what a communist or Marxist or socialist is--- Jack Valentino Saturday #75
they have everything they want and they STILL perform for the cult Skittles Saturday #77
This message was self-deleted by its author krkaufman Saturday #79
NEXT: Noem announces plan for ICE to arrest registered Democrats dalton99a Sunday #81

mercuryblues

(15,725 posts)
1. Not owned.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:10 PM
Saturday

I never thought I would see the day when the government would gleefully put a target on my/our back.

This is not going to end well.

AllaN01Bear

(26,372 posts)
53. ive lived with the communiist label on me for most of my adult life . i wear it like a bdage of honor.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:14 PM
Saturday

been wearing since hhischool when a rop teacher called me a cmmunist pinkjo pig . note . am liberal because i care about everyone . if that makes me woke ,,, f@#$k u. not u personaly.

kimbutgar

(25,540 posts)
2. I bet she couldn't even describe what the basis of the ideology of communism, socialism and Marxism is!
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:11 PM
Saturday

But Botox Barbie puppy dog killer the term communism was written by a guy named Karl Marx!

She is such an idiot cos player with no brains for that comment.

BOSSHOG

(43,225 posts)
4. In other words
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:13 PM
Saturday

I am guilty of the deaths of many in the Texas floods because of my incompetence and greed.

moondust

(20,936 posts)
5. It tells me
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:18 PM
Saturday

she received the GQP master list of SMEAR words and she's memorizing them as fast as she can.

cayugafalls

(5,884 posts)
78. We can't ignore it anymore, the media/internet is the problem.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 10:51 PM
Saturday

The messengers are failing the American people because the messengers ARE OWNED by the RICH.

They control the most bandwidth...influence is in their hands.

just my silly old man opinion

Bernardo de La Paz

(57,017 posts)
6. Their rhetoric is getting more extreme by the hour. It's a sign of some desperation and it WON'T help them
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:18 PM
Saturday

It won't help them because ordinary citizens, who might be low info and inclined to simply trust "the government", ... ordinary citizens will be exposed to the extremity of it more and more. As time goes on, they will increasingly get the impression that the people running the government are over the top, getting bizarre, not making sense, lying.

The regime is a bit desperate because they know they are dropping in the polls, so they want to keep their base and they think that the more extreme they paint the opposition (i.e. us), the more the citizens will rally to their side thinking the US is under attack from ... us. But it will backfire.

Little things like FEMA weak late response begin to be noticed and remembered more.

The charade is wearing thin and becoming more obvious to the people whose adherence is wavering, the people they most desperately are trying to keep away from ... us.

BoRaGard

(6,240 posts)
8. Just wait till Jehovah hears what No-em uttered
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:19 PM
Saturday

roasting in the fiery pit of HELLISH damnation for all eternity does not sound too charming,
but No-em is buying herself a ticket, taking advantage of the G.O.P. Group Bargain deal.

Redleg

(6,512 posts)
11. More of the usual deflection
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:23 PM
Saturday

It is so much easier to attack the other party than to make a reasoned argument or answer to a question.

Reminds me of Trump calling a reporter "evil" for asking him a legitimate question he couldn't or wouldn't answer.

Fuck these imperialist twits.

Biophilic

(5,873 posts)
12. The sheer dumbness of this administration is breathtaking.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:25 PM
Saturday

I started to use the word stupidity and then realized that these people aren’t just stupid they are rock hard dumb. Which I suppose makes them more dangerous.

Diamond_Dog

(37,598 posts)
13. Ask her to define each term, I'll bet she can't (accurately). They just parrot those words for their ignorant
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:27 PM
Saturday

base. She is scum same as dumpy, Vance, and all the others.

markodochartaigh

(3,334 posts)
14. From Wikipedia:
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:31 PM
Saturday

"McCarthy characterized Truman and the Democratic Party as soft on, or even in league with, Communists, and spoke of the Democrats' 'twenty years of treason'."

“The crazy lunatics that we have — the fascists, the Marxists, the communists, the people that we have that are actually running the country,” Trump said this month at a rally in Wisconsin. “Those people are more dangerous — the enemy from within — than Russia and China and other people.”

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-enemies-from-within-5c4a34776469a55e71d3ba4d4e68cf62

We've been here before. How confident are you that we can beat authoritarianism again?

rubbersole

(10,095 posts)
60. 100%
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:25 PM
Saturday

This authoritarian takeover attempt, although backed by unlimited money, has yet to feel the impact of skyrocketing prices and empty store shelves. Calling political opponents names (they couldn't define) and blaming Biden isn't going to placate consumers. Shit is going to hit the fan. Shortly.

SWBTATTReg

(25,477 posts)
15. Oh WOW!! How original!
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:32 PM
Saturday

If anything, her stupid a&& comment just reminds me of just how stupid and ignorant she really is.

Takket

(23,080 posts)
16. dog whistle terms she could never actually define if asked........
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:32 PM
Saturday

honestly they have beaten those terms to death so much over the decades, i doubt they even mean anything to anyone anymore

Ping Tung

(3,005 posts)
17. The Repugs are racists, rapists, fascists, fraudsters, monumental liars, authoritarians, and ugly.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:33 PM
Saturday

See Donald J. Trump for prime example.

jmbar2

(7,045 posts)
18. Conservatives are like addicts who are reaching their max dose. They are running out of scary rhetoric
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 04:57 PM
Saturday

Their stash is getting low
- Liberal
- Radical leftist
- Antifa
- DEI
- Woke
- Tax and spend
- socialist
- communist

Makes Newt Gingrich's 1990 "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control" words list seem quaint.
https://uh.edu/~englin/rephandout.html

Skittles

(165,955 posts)
80. naw they just keep making up new shit
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 11:29 PM
Saturday

and their ignorant base falls for it EVERY FUCKING TIME

newdeal2

(3,345 posts)
20. How is this not worse than "deplorables"
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:02 PM
Saturday

I wonder if even one Sunday show brings it up tomorrow.

walkingman

(9,529 posts)
33. It is definately worse but remember the WPP (white people's party) owns the news media. They know
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:32 PM
Saturday

that if they say something, true or false, a large segment of the population will believe them.

Sogo

(6,434 posts)
21. But they'll hammer away on this talking point, until Fox viewer zombies repeat it ad nauseum, without
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:05 PM
Saturday

a second thought.

POT (Party of Trump) does nothing but manipulate and poison the national debate.

mahatmakanejeeves

(65,559 posts)
29. In Tampa, where she can ... I don't know. What happened to Texas?
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:27 PM
Saturday

Pro tip: if you must watch, turn up the playback speed.


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catchnrelease

(2,088 posts)
59. I think she uses
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:24 PM
Saturday

the same hairdresser as Marsha Blackburn. Whenever I see her in an interview she looks like she was dragged by her feet through a field of brambles! Noem is just a younger version.

hildegaard28

(583 posts)
31. Yeah sure
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:29 PM
Saturday

It’s Democrats who are Communists, and not her boss, who made a deal with Nippon Steel to have a ownership share in company, essentially giving the government the ownership of the means of production, the literal definition of Communism.

fargone

(404 posts)
32. That is such 1950s rhetoric
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:29 PM
Saturday

But I guess she has to match the words with where they want to take the country.

spanone

(139,605 posts)
34. These fucking people are monsters.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:34 PM
Saturday

I doubt one of them could tell us what a marxist or socialist is.

So tired of their shit.

Haggis 4 Breakfast

(1,464 posts)
36. This cosplaying hair extensions Barbi
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:41 PM
Saturday

couldn't even define what Habeas Corpus was. Why would anyone with two brain cells accept anything that comes out of her maga-mouth ?

Somewhere, Sarah Palin is in shock.

Pisces

(6,061 posts)
38. They are trying to make Democrats "the Other". I do think we need to be paying attention. Trump threatens to
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:46 PM
Saturday

take Rosie O’Donnels citizenship because she’s a danger??? That could be applied to any Democrat.

We keep thinking certain things are out of bounds in our democracy and he keeps stepping on them.

B.See

(5,834 posts)
39. In other words, she pulled out the tattered and well worn
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:47 PM
Saturday

book of smear words for liberals, that Repugnants use to cover for their OWN incompetence...

as USUAL.

puppy killer with more blood on HER hands... say no more.

dlk

(12,768 posts)
40. The name calling is a distraction from her malfeasance
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:50 PM
Saturday

When her lips are moving, you knows she’s lying.

2na fisherman

(28 posts)
41. Joe McCarthy cosplay
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:54 PM
Saturday

When will she wave a blank piece of paper as a purported list of Communist Sympathizers who have infiltrated the US government?
At long last, have you no decency? Obviously not.
But her boss defending a neo-Nazi rally, said there were very fine people on both sides.

LoisB

(11,073 posts)
44. Someone should have asked her to define Communism, Marxism, and Socialism; then asked
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 05:57 PM
Saturday

if HER party is the party of fascism.

Renew Deal

(84,253 posts)
49. To be fair. Republicans are pretty socialist
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:09 PM
Saturday

They actively participate in the socialist state every day. I don’t know any Marxists or Communists. Maybe Noem does

mn9driver

(4,754 posts)
50. Communists, marxists and socialists
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:10 PM
Saturday

Are the new way to refer to democrats, launched by Trump earlier today in a lengthy deranged Tweet. Expect endless repetition starting now.

sabrams

(20 posts)
52. Communists and Marxists and Scialists?
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:12 PM
Saturday

She can't define what a Communist Marxists and socialist are

AllaN01Bear

(26,372 posts)
54. its democratic , democratic lady. ps. i have heard that felgercarb most of my living life ,
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:15 PM
Saturday

so yea.

ToxMarz

(2,491 posts)
57. At least she couldn't say:
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:18 PM
Saturday

'Who shoot puppies in the head and toss them in the nearest gravel pit.'

JI7

(92,309 posts)
61. I don't get it. She didn't help the Texas flood victims because democrsts
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:30 PM
Saturday

are communists and marxists ?

Warpy

(113,680 posts)
63. The vicious little twerp fucked up and she knows it
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:46 PM
Saturday

She went in thinking cost cutting was her only function and that the more people she threw out of work, the happier her Lard and Savior would be with her.

She had jo idea there was an actual job that needed to be done and if she didn't do it people would die and some of those people would be children and they'd die hard.

That's why all this little fuckup can do is spit venom. She's hoping we won't notice who and what she is and what she did and didn't do.

Foljsm we're going to need a tribunal for this bunch when this is over.

Karasu

(1,591 posts)
64. In all likelihood, there won't be one. After 1/6, this country proved it doesn't have the gumption for actual
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:53 PM
Saturday

consequences. Not that I think anyone should be waiting until 2028 at this point anyhow. 2026 is the last chance to even remotely right the ship, and the chances of that being both a free and fair election are NOT high.

But we'll see.

Karasu

(1,591 posts)
66. Projection. Like fuck anyone should take that shit from a party that completely jumped the shark fucking DECADES ago,
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:57 PM
Saturday

tried to overthrow the fucking government, and is now just a fascist cesspool consisting entirely of the worst among us.

Beartracks

(13,991 posts)
68. Republicans have made that claim so much for so long, it's totally meaningless. Nice try, Sec. Noem.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 06:59 PM
Saturday

Republicans, especially MAGA and other right-wing extremists (and the entire GOP party of scaredy-cat suckups) have run very, very far to the right over the last 30-40 years. It seems that when you're a fascist, everyone else looks like a socialist to you.

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delisen

(7,108 posts)
72. Kristi Noem kills dogs and eats them raw.
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 08:57 PM
Saturday

It is a sad obsession. Hope she gets treatment.
She projects her obsessions on others. Just a few days ago she claimed a deported person was self cannibalizing. Hope her illness is not advancing.

Satirical post.

Mysterian

(5,766 posts)
73. LMAO! Clueless idiot Noem is getting dragged for her incompetence
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 09:02 PM
Saturday

so she resorts to the ol' call 'em all commies routine. I never thought I would see the republican party fall so far to become outright seditious liars and traitors with a make-up splattered con-man like Trump as its leader. They have dragged the entire U.S.A. into the gutter.

Jack Valentino

(2,795 posts)
75. SHE has no idea what a communist or Marxist or socialist is---
Sat Jul 12, 2025, 10:44 PM
Saturday

her definition for all three is "anyone who opposes Donald Trump"!


If that were factually correct, I would PROUDLY WEAR ALL THREE LABELS!!!!

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