Top 10 Conservative Idiots #31: Making America Vulnerable Again Edition

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Top 10 Conservative Idiots #31: Making America Vulnerable Again Edition

Welcome back to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots! You know I had an entirely different edition planned for this week prior to last Sunday’s horrifying tragedy at the Pulse night club in Orlando. There’s absolutely no words to accurately express this tragedy and I almost considered not even doing a list this week to honor the victims. But then I remembered that the first list that I did way back last October was in response to the mass shooting in San Bernardino. Which to me that one hit way too close to home for comfort. So with that in mind we will press on with half of what we originally had planned. I mean this tragedy was horrible, and unlike the shooting in Paris, because this took place in an LGBT night club, this has brought out some of the worst in people. So with that in mind normally I’d reserve this space for some comedy sketch or something from a late night show like SNL, John Oliver, or Stephen Colbert, but instead I’m going to show the difference between the two parties with President Obama’s reaction to the shooting.

Now juxtapose that with Donald Trump who takes up the top two spots. In the first spot, Donald Trump is going full conspiracy theory on why he thinks President Obama may have had a hand in Saturday’s terrorist attack (hint: he didn’t). In the second spot, Don the Con has a brilliant idea for stopping terrorism among other things. The third spot is going to Omar Mateen (3) and his father’s influence on him and the shooting. In the number four spot, we are going to talk about Shooting Apologists (4) because unlike Paris, the religious right is secretly loving this, and people like Pastor Stephen Anderson are saying what they’re all thinking. Taking the fifth spot this week, is Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick who has that good old fashioned republican empathy they’re famous for on display. Taking the sixth spot, Pat Robertson (6) has what could quite possibly be the most batshit insane response to the shooting yet, which prompted the 700 Club to do some major damage control. Taking the number 7 seed is Brock Turner (7), remember Stanford’s *alleged* rapist that was last week’s outrage-du-jour? It’s not going away, in fact it’s getting weirder and creepier. And like all creepy weirdos in movies and TV, can I guess that his favorite song is “Hey Venus”? At number 8, the Bathroom Police (8) are taking things too far in their war on bathrooms, while Mt. Prospect, IL residents are fuming over a new store that sells adult diapers. Not to mention an anti-gay pastor was caught with child porn. In the number 9 slot, we’ve got another installment of “People Who Somehow Got Elected” and this week we’re going to tell you about Iowa Senator Charles Grassley who was blasted by Iowa newspapers for – and I’m quoting – “lacking a spine”. Finally this week, I love this story. We’re not going to leave you on a down note after all the horror that has gone on this week, because what kind of host would that make me? Not a very good one if you ask me! And this story involves Donald Trump and one of my favorite actors, Bruce Campbell. Who is the star of one of the best TV shows of the last few years, USA's Burn Notice, and the creator and star of the legendary horror-comedy movie franchise The Evil Dead. So this story involves the much retweeted picture of the bloodied Trump supporter which does not make liberals look good. Well, Bruce Campbell, the man himself recently found this to be a hoax and put an end to the madness himself in the most Ash way possible. Enjoy! And as always don’t forget the key!


[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]


So this week everyone by now knows about the terrible tragedy in Orlando this week where there were not one, but two horrific shootings. The first was surrounding singer Christina Grimmee who was gunned down after her own concert during a meet and greet session. The second was the shooting at the Pulse LGBT night club. Well the reason why I showed that video of Obama’s reaction to the shooting is to juxtapose that with Donald Trump, who well showed the exact opposite of the kind of sympathy that should be coming from a leader in a time of tragedy. Can we throw that Tweet up there?



Yup! That’s right – in a time of tragedy people are congratulating Trumpenfuror on being right about radical Islam this entire time! Which of course prompted a wave of backlash coming from all kinds of people, and who had the strongest words for Trumpenfuror was coming from that of the great George Takei:



So how did Trumpenfuror take a tragedy and turn it into “Ha! I was right and the liberals were wrong”? Well…

Sunday morning's shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando is now the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, killing 50 people and injuring another 53.

Donald Trump's response to the tragedy was initially to express sorrow at the incident, but he later attacked Hillary Clinton over her first general election ad, congratulated himself for warning the American public about Islamic extremism, and had an aide go on television and describe Mitt Romney as a "coward."

On Twitter, Trump initially posted a brief message about the "really bad shooting" that left "many people dead and wounded" at around 8 a.m. Sunday. About 90 minutes later, he followed it up with this tweet responding to Clinton's new ad:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-gets-self-congratulatory-after-orlando-mass-shooting/

“Well… congratulations to me! I am right about everything! We are going to build the best wall, we are going to keep all the Muslims out, it’s gonna be huge!”

And of course this has prompted a widespread backlash from all kinds of people. We’ve already pointed out Mr. Takei’s response to Donald Trump’s gloating but who else is pissed off? Well naturally a lot of people:

Donald Trump faced a backlash on Twitter after tweeting his response to the deadly Orlando shooting Sunday morning, when he acknowledged “congrats” for “being right” on terrorism.

Like much of what Trump does, it inspired a wave of responses. It angered Republicans and Democrats as well as some celebrities who criticized with a familiar line: that Trump is self-centered even in moments of tragedy — the shooting killed at least 50 people and is the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The motives of suspected shooter Omar Mateen were not immediately clear.

John Legend, the singer and songwriter, Chris Sacca, the venture capitalist and George Takei, best known for his role on Star Trek, called Trump out on Twitter.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-faces-backlash-tweets-175646647.html

Well as you can imagine all this glorious backlash has people pointing fingers at Trumpenfuror over his stance of radical Islam being the thing that caused Saturday’s terrible tragedy. But Trumpenfuror even goes so far as to suggest Obama might have had a hand in the carrying out of this attack (he didn’t) :

Donald Trump seemed to repeatedly accuse President Obama on Monday of identifying with radicalized Muslims who have carried out terrorist attacks in the United States and being complicit in the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando over the weekend, the worst the country has ever seen.

"Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough, not smart, or he's got something else in mind," Trump said in a lengthy interview on Fox News early Monday morning. "And the something else in mind -- you know, people can't believe it. People cannot, they cannot believe that President Obama is acting the way he acts and can't even mention the words 'radical Islamic terrorism.' There's something going on. It's inconceivable. There's something going on."

In that same interview, Trump was asked to explain why he called for Obama to resign in light of the shooting and he answered, in part: "He doesn't get it or he gets it better than anybody understands -- it's one or the other and either one is unacceptable."

For months, Trump has slyly suggested that the president is not Christian and has questioned his compassion toward Muslims. Years ago, Trump was a major force in calls for the president to release his birth certificate and prove that he was born in the United States. On the campaign trail, Trump has repeatedly stated as fact conspiracy theories about the president, his rivals and Muslims, often refusing to back down from his assertions even when they are proven to be false.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/13/donald-trump-suggests-president-obama-was-involved-with-orlando-shooting/

Yup. He went there all right. Excuse me a minute…



But there is good news – Lin Manuel Miranda, the creator of the amazing musical “Hamilton” was the anti-Trump at the Tonys and handled the tragedy with the class that you would expect. He’s definitely one of the good guys in show biz. Can we roll the tape on that?

Lin-Manuel Miranda accepted the Tony Award for best original score tonight not with the freestyle rap many may have expected, but a sonnet. And not the sonnet he likely expected, either; a visibly emotional Miranda addressed the mass killings in Orlando, Florida by referring to when “senseless acts of tragedy remind us that nothing here is promised, not one day.” He began the speech by thanking his wife Vanessa, “a perfect symphony of one,” and ended with the insistence that “love is love is love is love is love. It cannot be killed or swept aside.”
My wife’s the reason anything gets done
She nudges me towards promise by degrees
She is a perfect symphony of one,
Our son is her most beautiful reprise
We chase the melodies that seem to find us
Until they’re finished songs and start to play
When senseless acts of tragedy remind us
That nothing here is promised, not one day
This show is proof that history remembers
We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger
We rise and fall and light from dying embers
Remembrances that hope and love lasts long
And love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love
Cannot be killed or swept aside,
I sing Vanessa’s symphony, Eliza tells her story
Now fill the world with music love and pride
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/06/lin-manuel-miranda-tony-speech

[font size="8"]Donald Trump[/font]


Ladies and gentlemen… I give you the 45th president of the United States – Donald J. Trump, on exactly how he plans to curtail terrorism, in the good old fashioned American sense. If you guessed he was going to consult the NRA on how to curtail terrorism, you are absolutely 100% correct sir / madam! You get points! Now first though we have to once again point out how the NY Daily News nails it yet again:

"I will be meeting with the NRA...to discuss how to ensure Americans have the means to protect themselves in this age of terror."
We have seen, as Clinton campaign chair John Podesta said, that Donald Trump has nothing close “to resembling a real strategy for fighting terrorists and keeping our people safe.” In fact, the Republican response all around seems to be a recipe for more guns and less regulation.

In this environment there was nothing to stop Donald Trump from upping the ante of downright stupid, announcing yesterday that he would be seeking anti-terrorism advice from the NRA. After all, who knows more about using guns to kill innocent people than the NRA, unless it is the Republican Party itself, which insists on the God-given right of terrorists to buy guns?
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/06/14/trump-seek-anti-terrorism-advice-domestic-terrorist-nra.html

Yes! That’s exactly the kind of leadership we need because if you haven’t noticed, we Americans are scared shitless that we might be the victims of the next time some insane lunatic decides to open fire in a public place! This week alone we have had 3 shooting incidents – that insane incident where a guy shot a rock at Dallas Love Field, the horrible death of Christina Grimmee, and this mass shooting. Is he also going to consult McDonalds on how to curtail obesity or the Jack Daniels distillery on how to curtail drunk driving? #DonaldTrumpProblemSolvers

But nope, Trumpenfuror champions himself as a friend of the LGBT community! Here’s more on that:

http://new.www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-clinton-lgbt_us_575f0200e4b0e4fe5143371d?utm_hp_ref=politics

“Ask yourself,” he added, “who is really the friend of women and the LGBT community: Donald Trump with his actions, or Hillary Clinton with her words? Clinton wants to allow radical Islamic terrorists to pour into our country — they enslave women and murder gays. I don’t want them in our country.”

Omar Mateen, the suspect in the Orlando shooting, was a U.S. citizen born in New York City who reportedly declared his allegiance to the Islamic State militant group before carrying out the massacre — not a refugee or foreigner who would be affected by Trump’s proposed immigration restrictions. There’s no clear evidence that Mateen was acting as part of a larger terrorist network, President Barack Obama said Monday.

LGBT voters support Clinton over Trump, 84 percent to 16 percent, according to a recent Whitman Insight Strategies survey. Trump has gone on record opposing national marriage equality. Over the weekend, he also assured a conference of Christian conservatives that he stood with them on the matter

“The best LGBT Americans live near Trump Tower in NYC! I love gays!!!”



But how much does Trumpenfuror love the LGBT community? Well let’s do some fact checking here.

http://www.hrc.org/blog/four-ways-donald-trump-would-roll-back-lgbt-equality-as-president

1) Trump Has Promised to Roll Back Nationwide Marriage Equality

Donald Trump has long opposed nationwide marriage equality, calling himself a “traditional” guy, even waffling on whether he supports civil unions. Heading into the South Carolina Primary, Trump tripled down on his opposition to nationwide marriage equality.

2) Trump to Sign a Law Sanctioning Kim Davis-Style Discrimination

Donald Trump supports the so-called “First Amendment Defense Act,” (FADA), a bill to enable Kim Davis-style discrimination against LGBT people nationwide. FADA would undermine the rule of law and promote taxpayer-funded discrimination against same-sex couples. In a letter to the far-right organization the American Principles Project, Trump wrote in December, “If Congress considers the First Amendment Defense Act a priority, then I will do all I can to make sure it comes to my desk for signatures and enactment.”

And that’s just a hypothetical situation, ladies and gentlemen! But Trumpenfuror even contradicted himself in his own stance on North Carolina’s HB-2:

During a town hall on NBC, Trump said North Carolina’s anti-LGBT bathroom measure, which has hurt the state economically, wasn’t necessary and sought to address a problem that wasn’t really a big issue. The bill also prohibits local municipalities from passing additional measures to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination.

“North Carolina did something that was very strong and they’re paying a big price. There’s a lot of problems,” Trump said. “You leave it the way it is. There have been very few complaints the way it is. People go, they use the bathroom they feel is appropriate, there has been so little trouble, and the problem with what happened in North Carolina is the strife, and the economic punishment that they’re taking.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-north-carolina-bathroom-bill_us_5718ca1ee4b0c9244a7aec8c

[font size="8"]Omar Mateen[/font]


So Omar Mateen might be the first mass murderer to ever make the Top 10. Whew. Boy this guy was a gem. And I say “was” because he was killed by the police after murdering 51 innocent people who were just out to party at the Pulse. So let’s go back and explore just what drove Mateen insane to the point where he committed this act of terror and a hate crime on top of that. But first you know a senseless tragedy like this absolutely could have been prevented.

Bill Rejected By The GOP 6 Months Ago Would Have Stopped Florida Shooter From Gun Purchase
As it turns out, America’s elected Republican officials could have stopped Orlando’s gay nightclub shooter from being able to purchase the assault rifle ....

Not only are Republicans responsible for stigmatizing members of the LGBT community as anti-god deviants, but they could have thrown a huge wrench in Mateen’s massacre plans had they passed a law proposed six whole months before this morning’s mass shooting occurred.

“Senate Republicans rejected a bill that aims to stop suspected terrorists from legally buying guns, on Thursday. The vote came a day after at least 14 people were killed during the San Bernardino massacre in California ....
http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/12/fail-bill-rejected-by-the-gop-6-months-ago-would-have-stopped-florida-shooter-from-gun-purchase/

Yup! So with that in mind, Congress allowed this to happen. They allowed an alleged terrorist suspect like Mateen, who had previously been questioned by the FBI 3 times, to buy weapons of mass destruction. And yes, the AK 47 is a weapon of mass destruction, no matter how gun nuts will try to spin the argument. And believe me I am prepared to tangle if you want, gun nuts.

And here’s what might have drove him insane:

Investigators are operating under the theory that the attack was inspired by Islamic State .

Mateen had been interviewed by the FBI twice and had once been on a terrorist watch list .

President Obama called the shooting an act of terror that was an attack on all Americans.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-live-updates-htmlstory.html

Yup! So he was on a watch list and allowed to legally purchase a weapon. But there’s more:

... Daniel Gilroy said he worked the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift with G4S Security at the south gate at PGA Village for several months in 2014-15. Mateen took over from him for a 3 to 11 p.m. shift.

Gilroy, a former Fort Pierce Police officer, said Mateen frequently made homophobic and racial comments. Gilroy said he complained to his employer G4S Security several times but it did nothing because he was Muslim. Gilroy quit after he said Mateen began stalking him via multiple text messages — 20 or 30 a day. He also sent Gilroy 13 to 15 phone messages a day, he said.

"I quit because everything he said was toxic," Gilroy said Sunday, "and the company wouldn't do anything. This guy was unhinged and unstable. He talked of killing people" ...

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/crime/2016/06/12/who-omar-mateen/85791280/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

So Omar Mateen was an unhinged homophobe. But he might have been one of, no offense to our LGBT viewers, the biggest closet cases known to man:

A former classmate of Omar Mateen’s 2006 police academy class said he believed Mateen was gay, saying Mateen once asked him out.

The classmate said that he, Mateen and other classmates would hang out, sometimes going to gay nightclubs, after classes at the Indian River Community College police academy. He said Mateen asked him out romantically.

“We went to a few gay bars with him, and I was not out at the time, so I declined his offer,” the former classmate said. He asked that his name not be used.

He believed Mateen was gay, but not open about it. Mateen was awkward, and for a while the classmate and the rest in the group of friends felt sorry for him.

“He just wanted to fit in and no one liked him,” he said. “He was always socially awkward.”

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/orlando-shooter-omar-mateen-was-gay-former-classma/nrfwW/?ecmp=pbp_social_twitter_2015_sfp

And he was a frequent customer and regular visitor of Pulse:

At least four regular customers of Pulse, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender nightclub where the massacre took place, told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday that they believed they had seen Mateen there before.

"Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times he would get so drunk he was loud and belligerent," said Ty Smith, who also uses the name Aries.

He saw Mateen at the club at least a dozen times, he said.

"We didn't really talk to him a lot, but I remember him saying things about his dad at times," Smith said. "He told us he had a wife and child."

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-20160613-snap-story.html

But wait we’re still not done yet, the news has been coming fast and furious:

Mateen was a ‘known quantity’ to federal law enforcement before he killed 53 people in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

Omar Mateen of Port Saint Lucie, Florida, came to the attention of federal authorities twice prior to being identified as the gunman in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting, a senior law enforcement source told The Daily Beast.

Mateen 53 people and shot more than 100 in total at the Pulse gay nightclub early Sunday morning, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

The senior law enforcement source reports that Mateen became a person of interest in 2013 and again in 2014. The Federal Bureau of Investigation at one point opened an investigation into Mateen but subsequently closed the case when it produced nothing that appeared to warrant further investigation.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/12/omar-mateen-id-d-as-orlando-killer.html

Twice! Twice the FBI had been investigating Mateen. But both investigations turned up nothing. The fact that he purchased a semi automatic 12 days ago should have been a tip off! In fact the roots of the problem can easily be traced back to Congress backing the NRA in that bill I talked about. And we’re still not done. Mateen’s father apparently ran for president of Afghanistan, hosted a TV show and pledged allegiance to the Taliban:

The father of Omar Mateen, identified by police as the man behind the carnage at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, is an Afghan man who holds strong political views, including support for the Afghan Taliban. In a video he posted on Saturday, he appears to be portraying himself as the president of Afghanistan.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/12/orlando-shooting-suspects-father-hosted-a-political-tv-show-and-even-tried-to-run-for-the-afghan-presidency/?postshare=2441465759392185&tid=ss_tw

And what’s even scarier? Mateen was caught surveying Disneyworld:

The gunman behind the Orlando nightclub shootings, the deadliest mass shooting in American history, recently scouted Walt Disney World as a potential target, a federal law enforcement source tells PEOPLE.

Omar Mateen and his wife, Noor Zahi Salman, visited Walt Disney World in April, the source says. Salman told federal authorities on Sunday that her husband had more recently been "scouting Downtown Disney and Pulse for attacks."
http://www.people.com/article/omar-mateen-disney-world-scouted-attacks

So the question on the table now is where did Mateen purchase the weapons needed to carry out this horrific tragedy? Well the gun store in Orlando where he purchased the assault rifles needed to carry out this attack may offer some clues. But first read where a reporter was able to buy an AR-15 in the same amount of time it takes one to send back their order at Starbucks:

That's how long it took me to buy an AR-15, the semiautomatic rifle used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

Seven minutes. From the moment I handed the salesperson my driver's license to the moment I passed my background check.

It likely will take more time than that during the forthcoming round of vigils to respectfully read the names of the more than 100 people who were killed or injured.

It's obscene. Horrifying.
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/helen_ubinas/20160614_Ubinas__I_bought_an_AR-15_semi-automatic_rifle_in_Philly_in_7_minutes.html

Recently news broke that an astonishing 91% of suspected terrorists were able to buy assault rifles. And now read about the gun shop that sold the guns to Mateen. They were shut down by the ATF twice. Twice!!!

The terrorist who massacred 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub bought the guns he used in the slaughter from a Florida store owned by a retired NYPD officer.

ATF Agent Sal van Susteren confirmed to the Daily News Monday that Omar Mateen, 29, bought the weapons at St. Lucie Shooting Center.

Authorities have said Mateen purchased an assault-style rifle and handgun within roughly the last week.

An employee at the store also said “The ATF shut us down,” apparently exaggerating why no customers were being allowed in the store.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/orlando-club-shooter-bought-guns-store-owned-ex-nypd-article-1.2671663

Holy shit! They were shut down by the ATF not once but twice for illegal weapons sales. Twice! Let’s go further.

“I have a business,” he said. “I follow the law, I don’t make the law.”

In December of last year, Henson posted to Facebook an image reading “In the name of freedom: F--k Islam, F--k Allah. F--k Muhammad. F--k the Koran. F--k people who support terrorism.”

Wow, with that kind of hate-filled rhetoric coming from the owner of a gun store, that guy sounds like a real winner!




[font size="8"]Gun Nut Apologists[/font]


So gun nuts are in a very awkward position now. This is yet another chapter in the circular firing squad of shit. And it screws us all. So the protocol is now this:

1. Gun nut commits mass shooting.
2. Gun nut apologists like Alex Jones spread propaganda that Obama is going to take guns away, which he hasn’t in, um 8 FUCKING YEARS!!! Give it a rest already!!!
3. Gun nuts buy up assault rifles in droves thinking that guns are going to be banned.
4. The NRA influences Congress on proposed assault weapons ban.
5. Congress does absolutely nothing and lets proposed assault weapons ban fail.
6. Repeat step #1.

And this week because the shooting took place in an LGBT night club, this also puts Christian fundamentalists in an awkward position. Because they hate anything associated with the LGBT community. And normally when a mass shooting happens, such as the one in Paris this week, they are usually the first to offer their “thoughts and prayers”. Like this:



Yup! That’s the first thing they do. But this week they’re oddly silent and very hypocritical on the situation. Behind Door #1, I give you Tennessee Rep Andy Holt, who announced a raffle of an AR-15 not even 24 hours after news of the shooting broke:

One day after the worst mass shooting in American history, Rep. Andy Holt, is firmly standing behind his decision to give away a semi-automatic rifle similar to the one used in the Orlando shooting.

While announcing his plans last week to hold his first annual "Hog Fest and Turkey Shoot," Holt, R-Dresden, said he will give away an AR-15 as a door prize to an attendee of his June 25 fundraiser.

The event is also scheduled to include a turkey shoot — participants are encouraged to bring their own rifle and ammo.

Holt said despite Sunday's massacre in Orlando that left 50 people dead and 53 wounded, he remains stalwart in his belief that the weapon used in the mass shooting is not to blame.

Read more: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/state/tennessee-rep-holt-to-give-away-ar-15-at-fundraiser-352f00e2-f4cc-176a-e053-0100007fb102-382739961.html

And behind door #2 – the inevitable ISIS paranoia:

It was sick-making to see one hypocrite after another offering up thoughts and prayers for the LGBT victims, when for years their thoughts and prayers have been fervently directed towards oppressing and even terrorising them. You might imagine that it would be exquisitely difficult, even painful, to square that circle, but Donald Trump was not the only massive idiot willing to try. One after another, conservative lawmakers, flush with funds from the gun lobby, lined up to offer their useless 'thoughts and prayers' and to drag everyone's attention away from all the dead homos and onto the killer's invisible friend, Allah.

Never mind that he was an unstable and aggressive man whose psychosis hooked onto radical Islam as the quickest way to earth for the lightning bolt of deranged violence building up within him. Never mind that the murderous arse-clowns of ISIS knew exactly nothing of him until they saw it all on Twitter and rushed out a press release to take a nice hot bath in all of the blood he'd spilled. Never mind that the gay community of Orlando… remember them, the victims? Well, never mind that they resisted any and all attempts to gather their surviving members into an anti-Muslim pogrom.
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/blunt-instrument/orlando-shooting-thoughts-and-prayers-from-hypocrites-do-nothing-to-help-20160613-gpi6rp.html

So you know there's a lot of solidarity with the Orlando victims now. And you know Obama ordered the flags at half staff. And there’s one county in Missouri, that naturally won’t have any of it. Why? Because they’re assholes. Read on:

Commissioner Kris Scheperle (R) similarly suggested that the Orlando shooting just doesn’t rise to the occasion. “I want to honor those who have served our country,” he said, “but we can’t lower it for every event like this that occurs. I do feel for those who were gunned down, but I don’t think it warrants lowering the flag.”

Neither commissioner elaborated any further as to why exactly they think the victims of the country’s deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11 did not deserve the honor.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/14/3788497/cole-county-missouri-flag-orlando-shooting/

And there’s Arizona pastor Stephen A. Anderson, who offered the usual sort of compassion that you would expect from an ultra far right winger:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/06/12/christian-pastor-celebrates-nightclub-massacre-theres-50-less-pedophiles-in-this-world/

Pastor Steven Anderson, whose hate knows no bounds, celebrated the deaths of 50 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando in a 4-minute mini-sermon that cited the Bible as justification for why they needed to die. (And if it didn’t happen via a shooter, it should have happened by way of government execution.)

It’s the most disturbing, hateful response to a mass shooting you’ll ever hear, and it was provoked by Anderson’s complete hatred of LGBT people.

And of course Alex Jones wasted no time in offering his usual bullshit that the Orlando attack was a false flag operation (it wasn’t) :

Jones repeatedly called the deadly Orlando terror attack a “false flag” and accused the government of letting the attack happen for political reasons. Jones’ website defines a false flag as a covert and deceptive operation that is used to “influence elections, guide national and international policy, and [to] cynically ... formulate propaganda and shape public opinion as nations go to war.”

Jones posted a YouTube video shortly after the shooting and claimed the “attacks on Orlando were a false flag terror attack. But before the mainstream media takes that out of context, I want to be clear. Our government and the governments of Europe allowed these huge hordes of radical jihadis in and have even allowed them in without vetting them on record, landing at airports across the country and not even checking their passports, IDs or visas. Our governments are bringing these people in and they’re allowing them to operate openly in our society so they can attack us and then have our freedoms taken.” He then concluded that President Obama “let it happen” so he can “pass laws and hate laws banning your speech” and taking “your guns.”
https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/06/13/trump-ally-alex-jones-calls-orlando-shooting-false-flag-take-your-guns-and-speech/210889

You know there’s some people who absolutely should have their guns taken away. Alex Jones is definitely one of them.

[font size="8"]Dan Patrick[/font]


Since news of the shooting broke there’s been a lot of stuff that has been coming fast and furious. And This might be one of the absolute saddest stories to come out of the tragedy at the Pulse:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/couple-killed-orlando-shooting-hoped-185908326.html
A couple who was deeply in love when they were killed during a gunman’s shooting rampage inside an Orlando nightclub will have a joint funeral service, their families said Monday.

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22, and his 32-year-old boyfriend, Christopher “Drew” Leinonen, were among the 49 people who lost their lives Sunday in the worst mass shooting in American history. Services still need to be planned by the reeling families, but they want the two to be side-by-side when loved ones bid farewell, said Guerrero’s father, who has the same name as his son.

I can’t imagine what those two families must be going through right now since a wedding is now turning into a joint funeral. Now as I said earlier that one thing that is unusual about this tragedy is that the Christian right has been oddly silent. No “thoughts or prayers” coming from anybody in this tragedy. And then there’s Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick who tweeted this:



Yup – in response to one of the worst shootings in US history, Dan Patrick not only thumps the Bible, but proves that far right Christians are every bit as insensitive and assholish as you would expect.

A "reap what you sow" tweet from Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick that went out hours after approximately 50 people were killed at a Florida LGBT nightclub has been deleted amid backlash.
At precisely 7 a.m. Sunday Dan Patrick tweeted a photo with the words of Galatians 6 . The verse reads, "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows."The Twitterverse circled the tweet, commenting that it was inappropriate and insensitive considering the context of the day's events. The Texas Democratic Party called for Patrick to apologize.
"Tweeted as new breaks of mass casualties at a gay nightclub. Vile," one Twitter user said. "Have you no shame?"
Patrick's adviser Allen Blakemore issued a statement explaining that the tweet was an unfortunate coincidence.
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Texas-Lt-Governor-Dan-Patrick-tweets-reap-what-8076147.php

Unfortunate coincidence? Get the fuck out of here.



In fact his PR team had to do some damage control on Monday because of the “hateful comments he was getting”. It’s no secret that Dan Patrick is no friend to the LGBT community. But why did he post that Tweet if it was meant for Thursday?

What's interesting about the statement is that the point of contact was not Patrick's press team, but Allen Blakemore, of Houston-based political strategists Blakemore and Associates.

The implication is that Blakemore (who Patrick clearly has on speed dial) had been brought in to run some kind of damage control. However, the damage has already been done, and it's not really about Patrick's response to the Orlando shooting. It's that Texans (including the multiple people that liked the original post) think that this is exactly the kind of tweet that Patrick would send out in the aftermath of a mass shooting of gay people.

Moreover, if it was scheduled on Thursday, then his staff were planning to put this tweet out while Patrick was making national headlines for opposing gender-neutral bathrooms.

So Blakemore is left defending an officeholder who is a) a longstanding proponent of religiously-inspired intolerance and b) really bad at social media. Which is probably easier than trying to defend Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, who seemed to believe the worst mass shooting in U.S. history would have been avoided if everyone in a darkened club had been carrying guns.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2016-06-12/dan-patrick-excoriated-over-orlando-shooting-tweet/

Yes so Dan Patrick hired a guy who is a longstanding proponent of social intolerance, and it’s no secret among Texans that Patrick was opposed to gender-neutral bathrooms:

his morning, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick – who has led the charge against Ft. Worth ISD for its transgender inclusive policies – announced the next steps in his crusade against transgender rights. Patrick is requesting a legal opinion from fellow anti-LGBTQ state official Attorney General Ken Paxton to see if the ISD’s guidelines, which allow transgender students to use the restroom facility that corresponds to their gender identity, are illegal and whether or not Superintendent Kent Scribner had the authority to adopt the policy. Patrick signaled he and other lawmakers would delve into the transgender restroom issue during the next legislative session (but in what capacity is unclear). "When we have a rogue, runaway superintendent, and a rogue, runaway school board, then the Legislature this session will have to look at this issue," said Patrick during a Tuesday morning Capitol press conference. “… This fight is just beginning.”
http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2016-05-31/dan-patrick-ignore-obamas-transgender-policy/

Yup! That’s the kind of tolerance you would absolutely expect from far right Christian supremacists. I mean what else is Dan Patrick hiding? Why his defense of this guy:

As the horror of the Orlando nightclub massacre was unveiled Sunday, Texas political leaders offered prayers, perspective and the occasional politically charged comment.

<snip>
Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, replied: “Yes, let’s address radical Islamic terrorist & eliminate gun-free zones where you can’t defend yourselves.”
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/orlando-shooting-texas-leaders-respond-with-prayer/nrfKN/

[font size="8"]Pat Robertson[/font]


So you’ve heard some of the most extreme spin on the shootings in Orlando so far, but no one and I repeat no one is as batshit crazy or more extreme than Pat Robertson on this. So here’s how Pat Robertson attempted to spin this. Can we roll the tape on that?

Yup, Pat Robertson is pulling the “kill ‘em all and let God sort ‘em out” argument. Let’s explain what he meant. Which is exactly that:

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pat-robertson-gays-islamists-are-allies-so-let-them-kill-themselves
Today on “The 700 Club,” televangelist Pat Robertson reacted to the massacre at an Orlando gay club by making the absurd claim that liberal LGBT rights advocates have aligned themselves with radical Islamists and are now reaping what they have sowed.

Robertson said that liberals are facing a “dilemma” because they love both LGBT equality and Islamic extremism, and that it is better for conservatives like himself not to get involved but to instead just watch the two groups kill each other.

“The left is having a dilemma of major proportions and I think for those of us who disagree with some of their policies, the best thing to do is to sit on the sidelines and let them kill themselves,” he said.

Earlier in the program, Robertson went into more detail about what he called “the dilemma of the liberals, the so-called progressives, because they have two favored groups. One, the Muslims. Number two, the homosexuals.”

So if you read that correctly the two biggest enemies of America’s right wing evangelical community are two groups embraced by the left – Muslims and gays. Well let’s go explore further:

UPDATE: The Christian Broadcasting Network released a statement today saying that Robertson was “clearly” using the word “killing” metaphorically during his discussion of a mass murder.

That’s right – Pat Robertson’s statement on the shootings was so extreme that it prompted the 700 Club to do some major damage control.




Oh no, 700 Club. You’re wrong. You’re dead wrong. There’s the “extremist left wing” blog sites that you refer to, and then there’s the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. See the other sites have to be careful about the things they say because of you know that thing called “liability”. We here at the TTCI do not have that. So with that in mind here’s some of Pat’s greatest hits about the LGBT community and people he does not agree with:

Or:

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Or my personal favorite:

Your move 700 Club.


[font size="8"]Brock Turner[/font]


You know… remember a week ago when the biggest thing we had to worry about was a pig headed Stanford athlete getting caught by Swedish tourists raping a woman behind a dumpster and getting off* because he and a judge shared the same thing in common – their alma matter? Man that seems like an eternity ago, but it was really last week. So let me remind you about that story for a minute.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/11/brock-turner-may-have-sent-friends-photo-of-victim-during-sexual/

The Stanford University student convicted of sexual assault in a case that has inflamed American public opinion may have sent a photograph of his victim's breasts to friends during the attack.

Detectives subsequently saw a notification appear on Turner's phone reading "WHOS TIT IS THAT" (sic), court documents show. The message came from a fellow member of Stanford's swim team.

Based on the timing of the message and the fact that the victim's bra had been pulled off one of her breasts, police concluded that Turner had probably sent a photograph, though after obtaining a search warrant for his phone they were unable to locate it.

That’s just one of the things this creep might have done but we still don’t know anything just yet about what’s real and what isn’t. But you know what’s even weirder than that? Judge Persky ran for being a judge in Palo Alto’s district for being tough on rape. Yes, you read that correctly oh fair readers of the Top 10!

http://cdn.thedailybeast.com/content/dailybeast/articles/2016/06/07/how-judge-aaron-persky-went-from-battling-sexual-predators-to-coddling-one/jcr:content/body/inlineimage.img.800.jpg/48843363.cached.jpg
Judge Aaron Persky of Santa Clara Superior Court takes pride in having once been a sex crimes prosecutor.

“I became a criminal prosecutor for the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, where I now prosecute sex crimes and hate crimes,” he wrote in a biography for the California League of Women Voters when he was running for a judgeship in 2002. “I focus on the prosecution of sexually violent predators, working to keep the most dangerous sex offenders in custody in mental hospitals.” Persky likely figured that his résumé would go over well with women, but he nonetheless lost the election to a fellow prosecutor. He was appointed to the bench the following year by then Gov. Gray Davis.

The one-time battler of sexual predators is now reviled everywhere as the judge who sentenced a 20-year-old former Stanford swimming star named Brock Turner to a term of just six months for assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman, sexually penetrating an intoxicated person with a foreign object, and sexually penetrating an unconscious person with a foreign object.

But now Turner’s own parents are playing the “move along, nothing to see here” card! Cue the sad Hulk music:

She said she hasn’t been able to decorate a new home because she can’t bear to put up happy photos of her family. She said Turner was just “trying to fit in with the swimmers he idolized.”

She continues later that Turner will have to register as a sexual offender, and is concerned that he will have to register at the highest tier.

“Brock will have to register at the highest tier which means he is on the same level as a pedophile/child molester. There is no differentiation,” she writes. “The public records will reflect a Tier 3 so people will wrongly assume he is a child molester. I fear for his lifelong safety.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/rapists-mother-wrote-letter-to-judge-complaining-about-decorating-and-not-one-word-about-the-victim/

OK the safety thing might actually be a legitimate concern. Oh and he was banned from USA Swimming:

“‘USA Swimming condemns the crime and actions committed by Brock Turner, and all acts of sexual misconduct. Brock Turner is not a member of USA Swimming and, should he apply, he would not be eligible for membership,’ USA Swimming spokesman Scott Leightman said in a statement obtained by ABC News today. ‘Had he been a member, he would have been subject to the USA Swimming Code of Conduct. USA Swimming strictly prohibits and has zero tolerance for sexual misconduct, with firm Code of Conduct policies in place, and severe penalties, including a permanent ban of membership, for those who violate the Code of Conduct.'

http://abcnews.go.com/US/usa-swimming-bans-stanford-student-brock-turner-life/story?id=39752826

Ed. Note – poor choice of words, I know! Bad Initech!


[font size="8"]The Bathroom Police[/font]


I cannot wait to tell you about this next story. You know, there’s so much homophobia and transphobia that’s been going on all year thanks to North Carolina’s horrific HB-2 bill. But you know, I’ve often said that if the bathroom police are going to take away a group of people’s right to pee in a public place they’d better start providing alternatives. Like what about adult diapers? Surely no one has a problem with that, do they? Well one entrepreneur in Mt. Prospect, Illinois has begun selling adult diapers. The company is called “Tykables” and not only have they been selling adult diapers, the company’s founder has begun expanding their brand to include things to cater to America’s active adult babies including onesies, giant play pens, and adult size cribs and high chairs. Well, the people of Mt. Prospect naturally won’t have any of it:

CHICAGO -- A new business, a baby store for adults, is sparking outrage in suburban Mt. Prospect, Illinois, CBS Chicago reported.
Dozens of residents showed up at village hall Tuesday night, calling for the business to be shut down or moved.
However, officials said they had no legal basis to bar the business, Tykables, which includes features such as a seven-foot crib, an over-sized high chair and adult-sized playpen.
"Things for people to come and play, take pictures with. Not everybody has access to a nursery," the owner says in a YouTube video.
The owner of the store on Northwest Highway said the primary focus of the business is selling adult diapers for medical needs and for "ABDL" or "Adult Baby Diaper Lovers," some with baby or sexual fetishes.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/locals-up-in-arms-over-new-fetish-store-in-illinois-town/

Well I think I know who Tykables’ biggest customer might be:



I hear he’s looking for a house close to Mt. Prospect, Illinois.

But in other stranger bathroom police news, they’re taking things way too far. In fact this happened in a Target restroom this week. As you may know, we talked about this story a couple of weeks ago but I think we need to bring it back up again in order to provide a proper context for the next story:

The American Family Association has been "testing" Target's new policy allowing employees and customers to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity by sending men to women's bathrooms, according to the conservative group's director of governmental affairs, Sandy Rios.

"I think there’s no question that when you say that there are no barriers in the bathroom, and that if men or women feel like they are men or women, the opposite of however they are equipped, and you have no restrictions, the net effect will be, people will not be stopped," Rios told "Breitbart News Daily" on Monday. "We’ve already had people testing this, going into Targets and men trying to go into bathrooms. There is absolutely no barrier."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/american-family-association-testing-target-bathrooms
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Yup, so the American Family Asshats are so paranoid about bathroom crimes involving trans people that they’ve resorted to testing the waters by sending people into Target’s restrooms to make sure that nothing kinky is happening. Hey AFA, you know who actually committed a crime in a fucking bathroom? Why Omar Marteen! Who hunted people down in the bathroom of the Pulse and began mowing them down with an AK 47! That’s exactly what a bathroom crime is, so shut the fuck up about trans people who need to use the restroom! So here’s what happened in a Target bathroom in Illinois this week.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/small-bomb-blows-up-target-bathroom-while-company-faces-right-wing-wrath-for-transgender-policy/
A small bomb detonated in a women’s bathroom at a Target store in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Wednesday afternoon. Officials are not yet sure if the bomb was related to the right-wing wrath the company has endured as a result of their bathroom policy, but investigators are looking into it.

Commander Joe Dugan told WGNT that says there were no people inside the bathroom when the explosion occurred. While it caused minor damage, no person was injured. The bomb was made with a plastic bottle but did not contain nails, tacks or other projectiles like we saw with the Boston Marathon bombing. He said that they are reviewing the security footage to find the individual responsible.

Target announced that any customer of the store could use the bathroom consistent with their gender identity. Since then, over 1,330,585 people have signed an American Family Association petition saying that they will boycott the store. Since Target announced the policy, have been several reports of protesters walking through the aisles of Target while shouting transphobic comments and citing biblical passages.

Well this is one of those stories that clearly needs some more information. With that in mind we can only speculate but from my youth there’s only one solution that I can think of coming from the Bathroom Police:

And remember when I said I would post an actual sex offender story every single time the fundies feel the need to harass innocent trans people? Well first off I don't need to point out how Mateen went into the bathroom and murdered all the people in the bathroom during the nightclub shooting because I already did that. Well they leave me with no shortage of material once again:

This is Dave Reynolds, the recently fired pastor of the Cornerstone Bible Fellowship in Sherwood, Arkansas. He’s currently facing 70 counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing child pornography.

Oh, and he’s also vehemently antigay.

The 40-year-old pastor regularly preached that marriage is between a man and a woman and that all homosexual activity is a sin.

He was arrested after police received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which claimed that a social media account in Sherwood was storing pages and pages of child pornography.
https://unitedhumanists.com/2016/06/10/anti-gay-pastor-arrested-on-70-counts-of-child-pornography/

Ooh ooh! I think I know what his favorite song is! Can I guess?

I just watched 10 Cloverfield Lane last week. John Goodman's character played that song and it was creepy as shit. Every time I hear that song I can't help but think of the Trinity killer from Dexter...




[font size="8"]Charles Grassley[/font]


Now it’s time for another installment of:



This week we’re going to tell you about Iowa Senator Charles Grassley (R-Obviously). So how did Mr. Grassley get elected? He’s the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee – you know the people who make decisions about who gets nominated as a justice for the Supreme Court? This guy picks the people who make the supreme laws of the land. Well recently he had absolutely no problems with Donald Trump picking the next justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia:

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says “there’s no problem with” presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “appointing people to the Supreme Court,” according to the Associated Press. Grassley’s statement is informative in no small part because, while the senator apparently can find no reason why a reality show host who has built his presidential campaign on overt racism and appeals to violence should not choose a Supreme Court justice, Grassley has taken a very different position on whether President Obama should be allowed to do the same.

Almost immediately after news of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia’s death broke, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) announced that the GOP intended to offer massive resistance to anyone Obama chose to replace Scalia. Grassley has wholeheartedly supported this strategy, refusing even to hold a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/05/10/3776868/senate-judiciary-chair-no-problem-trump-appointing-people-supreme-court/

This prompted Iowa’s leading newspaper to call Sen. Grassley “completely spineless”:

Democrats and Republicans are never going to agree on where the blame lies for the alarming number of judicial vacancies in the federal court system.

But it is surprising to see the office of Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, dismiss these vacancies as a “manufactured crisis” undeserving of public attention. Regardless of who is to blame for the vacancies, the senator should at least recognize the value in having those critical positions filled.

This is, after all, a long-running problem. Eight years ago, federal judges began retiring or moving to “senior judge” status at a rapid clip, at times averaging one new retirement every week. It didn’t take long before the number of vacancies in the U.S. district courts had doubled, resulting in dramatically increased caseloads in certain regions of the country. In Tucson, Arizona, for example, three judges were each juggling 1,200 criminal cases. Predictably, the increased workload angered judges and fueled even more retirements.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/06/08/editorial-grassley-ignores-judicial-crisis-and-trumps-racism/85549460/

And attempts to find a formidable challenger to dethrone Sen. Grassley have otherwise been futile at best:

'With Senator Charles E. Grassley under attack for his handling of the Supreme Court nomination process, a formidable Democratic challenger will run against him this November, the most significant sign yet that Democrats see the court and the candidacy of Donald J. Trump as twin liabilities for Republicans.

Patty Judge, a former Iowa lieutenant governor and state agriculture secretary, is expected to announce her challenge this weekend to Mr. Grassley, who is seeking a seventh Senate term and had previously been seen as having little opposition to re-election.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/us/politics/charles-grassley-patty-judge-iowa-senate-race.html?

But where is he? Some say it’s like playing a really fucked up game of “Where’s Waldo”:

So, where is Chuck?

The few events he is holding (just 3 during the 15 day recess) are in three of the most Republican counties in Iowa. He wanted to cherry pick his audience.

We've also heard a few rumors about other events. Instead of holding more public events, he's having private events. And closed-door meetings. He's scheduling 'media availabilities' ... without notifying the media.

It's almost as if he doesn't want any attention. And it's no surprise he wants to hide. Iowans have been speaking out in the tens of thousands, calling on Senator Grassley to stop his obstruction of the Supreme Court nominee. He's using his powerful position as Chair of the Judiciary committee to block hearings, and his constituents are frustrated and disappointed that he won't do his job.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10514192

Which of course has nothing to do with him complaining to the media about the fact that he could lose his job. Once again we need the Sad Hulk Music:

FORT DODGE, Ia. — Sen. Chuck Grassley told delegates at the 4th Congressional District convention Saturday that he’s facing a “severe” campaign for re-election.

Grassley, seeking his seventh term, said people may think he’s safe because of his past “slam dunk” wins. “This is not going to be such a race and so I’m calling on you, I’m asking you, I’m begging you, I’m imploring you — will you do all you can to help me win re-election?” (…)

Grassley is known for never taking re-election for granted but he said this is not just his way of appearing humble. “You know, the situation’s a lot different now. When you’ve got the White House organizing a campaign against you … it’s still something that you’ve got to take into consideration.”
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/11/1513825/-Chuck-Grassley-whines-about-how-he-could-lose-his-job

So not showing up at your own campaign events, being soft on domestic issues, and whining to the media about possibly losing your job. That’s Charles Grassley. Yet another inexplicable offering in the vast wasteland that is:




[font size="8"]Ash Vs. Evil Trump Supporters[/font]




Ash Vs. Evil Dead. How fucking great is that show? I don’t put in too many plugs, but in fact season 2 will premiere on appropriately enough, Halloween of this year so set your DVRs. I recently rewatched "Army Of Darkness" (the second movie) and it still holds up amazingly well. And well this story involves a beaten Donald Trump supporter, Donald Trump, and Bruce Campbell, the star of Ash Vs. Evil Dead. So here’s how the news media reported it:

SAN JOSE, Calif. —Protests outside a Donald Trump rally in downtown San Jose spun out of control Thursday night when some demonstrators attacked the candidate’s supporters.
Protesters jumped on cars, pelted Trump supporters with eggs and water balloons, snatched signs and stole “Make America Great” hats off supporters’ heads before burning the hats and snapping selfies with the charred remains.
Several people were caught on camera punching Trump supporters. At least one attacker was arrested, according to CNN, although police did not release much information.
“The San Jose Police Department made a few arrests tonight after the Donald Trump Rally,” police said in a statement. “As of this time, we do not have specific information on the arrests made. There has been no significant property damage reported. One officer was assaulted.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/03/ugly-bloody-scenes-in-san-jose-as-protesters-attack-trump-supporters-outside-rally/

So the police were called to a Donald Trump protest and counter protest. Arrests were made. Fights broke out. And that resulted in this image:



That’s a pretty horrific image, right? Well let’s explore further, shall we? Here’s how another news story spun it, and *spoiler alert* - it’s not in our favor. In fact it makes us look like violent thugs:

The violence from liberal protesters is continuing at events for supporters for Donald Trump. After a rally in San Jose, California, a left-win mob threw bottles at Trump backers — bloodying one Trump voter who spoke with the media after the violence.

Liberal activists have created a tense and violent-prone environment outside rallies for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for weeks. That potential for violence came to a head in New Mexico recently when one Trump voter in a wheelchair was assaulted.

http://www.lifenews.com/2016/06/03/mob-of-liberal-protesters-attack-and-bloody-donald-trump-supporter-after-rally/

Now wait! Go back! You know we reported on the violence happening at the New Mexico rally back in Idiots #29! And here’s that story:

It's not just a fight between Trump and a prominent Republican Latina. Martinez is also the chairwoman of the Republican Governors Association, tasked with electing GOP governors this fall, with Trump leading the party on the ballot.

Trump's event in New Mexico was most notable for the protests that erupted afterward, with anti-Trump activists breaking through police barricades, throwing rocks and bottles, setting signs ablaze and in one case smashing a glass door into Albuquerque's convention center, where Trump held his rally.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/25/politics/susana-martinez-donald-trump-fight/

Now wait a minute – the story called these morons “anti Trump” activists. They never said anything about whether or not they were liberal or conservative. There’s plenty of conservative anti-Trump people out there.





Oh! Someone’s got some ‘splainin to do! So since anti-Trump was not clearly defined, what else could be going on in San Jose that weekend? It certainly wasn’t the Sharks vs Pengiuns game. I have been to a lot of hockey games, never got into fights with the crowd that badly, although at the Stanley Cup Finals that might be expected.

The original photograph of Weaving was actually posted by the actress herself (as well as by her make up artist Hannah Wilson) way back in January when she was filming comedy horror television series 'Ash vs Evil Dead'.

However, its most recent use illustrates what is becoming a disturbing trend among Trump fans to circulate disturbing hoax images, claiming to be evidence of attacks from liberals.

This comes after several Trump supporters were legitimately attacked outside a rally for the presumptive GOP nominee in San Jose, California, last week.

While several real pictures of supporters post-rally are being circulated online, such as the one shared by NBC News reporter Jacob Rascon (below), the photograph of Weaving is not one of them.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/06/07/the-only-horrifying-thing-about-this-photo-is-how-its-being-use/

Yup! That wasn’t a Trump rally picture! That was a publicity shot for season 2 of Ash Vs. Evil Dead, which is currently filming in New Zealand. So Bruce… you got some ‘splaining to do!

Over the course of the last six months, violence has escalated on the campaign trail, particularly during Donald Trump rallies. After an image went viral last week, showing a blonde young woman covered in blood, allegedly from violent liberal protesters, it turns out it was all a hoax.
Trump campaign violence

When Trump campaigned in San Jose, California last week, protesters clashed with supporters, as video tape evidence shows at least one woman being hit with bottles and eggs, and man with blood running down the side of his face. However, another image made the rounds on the internet, which was quickly debunked by a horror movie icon and star of the hit show "Ash vs Evil Dead," as reported by Mediaite on June 8.

http://us.blastingnews.com/news/2016/06/bloody-donald-trump-supporter-exposed-as-actress-never-attacked-by-liberals-at-rally-00958683.html

#AshVsEvilTrumpSupporters



That’s it for this week. I appreciate you baring with us through this difficult time this week. This was certainly not an easy one to do. However, I assure you that next week we will be back to our usual hijinks and we might even bring back the Wheel O’ Corruption, which we originally planned for this week, for the next edition.

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