Rep. Paul Gosar said that the “homosexual-promoting” general “would be hung” in a better society.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) called for the execution of General Mark Milley, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a homophobic tirade this weekend.
In his newsletter this weekend – published to his Congressional website – Gosar accused Milley of being a “homosexual-promoting-BLM-activist” who delayed the military’s response to the January 6 riot. An election denier, Gosar has in the past claimed that he “started the revolution,” referring to the insurrection.
If all the quotes in the article, both from Gosar and Trump, are correct, that’s pretty outrageous. I didn’t fact-check them.
In any case, I heard Milley interviewed by Fareed Zakaria about a week ago. You can tell that he is completely bemused by all these crazy Republicans accusing him of being “woke”. He is an old, white, grizzled, buzz-cut, 45-year army general. He is the epitome of The Establishment. In any previous decade, he would have been a staunch conservative. But the Republicans have gone crazy and alienated all of the sane conservatives.
We need more than 2 political parties to fix this shit show now, I don’t believe what we’ve got now is sustainable, especially on the right.
We almost had it when the Tea Party was spinning off into their own party. However, in a grab for relevancy the GOP agreed to drink their crazy KoolAid to maintain the bodies in the GOP.
I like the Australian system better. It ain’t perfect, but it is better imo. Regardless, dragging the conservatives kicking and screaming into modernity, much less the future, has thus far proven to be a mixed bag at best. The fact that they’re currently backsliding is hard as they possibly can isn’t helping.
MMP is the “better” system.
No system is perfect. NZ went from First past the post (what the USA uses) to MMP.
The aus system is pretty good too, but still dominated by two parties.
It’s really three parties though, the Liberals have needed the Nationals quite often in order to gain the house. Plus last election we saw a surge in support for independents, who are actually being extremely effective in both Parliament and Senate. Lastly, year-on-year the Greens poach more from both sides as climate change becomes topical.
“Vote for your preferred colour of neoliberal party”
One party is relatively conservative and the other is batshit insane and fascist. We need a party that represents the progressive majority in this country.
FYI: There is the Forward party that is trying to get started. https://www.forwardparty.com/. They are focusing their efforts on 12 states local elections to start with. They are intentionally not trying to only compete at the federal level to start locally.
Don’t take issue with your point, but he’s 65. I doubt there are many, if any, 45 year old 4 star generals.
Think he meant 45 years in the army. Could be wrong though.
Yes, I meant he has been in the army for 45 years. I worded it poorly.
You didn’t, people just misread it
Sorry to be petty but isn’t he 65?
the 45 years refers to service term i believe
TIL 45 is old.
Haha, I worded that poorly. I meant to say that he’s been in the military for 45 years.
After 30, it’s straight downhill to the grave.
I heard it best: aging is when you wake up with a new pain and wonder if it’s permanent.
Signed, An almost 40 yo.
It is.
Signed, a 53 yo.
The guy running against Gosar having all of Gosar’s immediate family in an ad saying Gosar sucks will always be one of my favorite campaign ads.
Wow, you weren’t kidding.
Yeah, my family has a cabin in his district and I damn near fell out of my chair laughing when this came on the TV.
And yet, he was still elected.
Given my experience in the district, he almost seems like a moderate compared to a lot of the residents.
I had completely forgotten about this, thanks for the pleasant stroll down memory lane!
Christ on a shitstick.
Wait where is that? I gotta see it
Someone else linked it replying to my comment
I would like, if I may, to ask the distinguished gentleman from Arizona, exactly what better society he is referring to here? I can only think of nations like Russia or Saudi Arabia who would do such a thing so I would like the gentleman to clarify which nation he thinks is better than the United States of America.
I would also like to inform the gentleman, that to be hung, one would need to be a portrait or a porn star. A criminal would be, in fact, hanged.
The modern GOP in a nutshell: come for the bigotry, stay for the Freudian slips.
Neither Gosar nor Trump have served in the military.
That pretty much goes without saying, but bears repeating anyway.
Oh look, another worthless republican traitor.
T - 8 months until Paul Gosar is found with child porn on his computer.
Didn’t he vote against an anti-sex trafficking bill, along with Gaetz the Groomer and other Republicans?
Is this the same death that was called for by a twice-impeached piece of shit?
Yes
So … Milley is a “BLM activist” (etc.) … who delayed the miltary’s response to Jan 6? That doesn’t even make any sense.
It does if you’re trying to pretend it was antifa.
Ohhh you meant if GOP Congressman Crazypants was trying to pretend it was antifa. I was confused. Let me try and get it straight:
Milley, a BLM activist, delayed the military response to Jan 6, because the real perpetrators were antifa, and he wanted to protect them so that they could make the right wing look bad by … doing exactly what the right wing wanted done?
A few cycles ago his opponent ran an attack ad that was, no joke, all of his siblings denouncing him and urging the voters to support his opponent.
Here’s a link to some news coverage of it:
Here’s the actual ad with all his siblings/relatives:
And he was still elected.
Precisely.
And he would have gotten away with it too. But Mike Pence didn’t get in the car.
Now you’re GOPing!
So now they’re not even trying to not be like Saudi Arabia.
would be hung
This is the the Free speech the right so desperately fights to say in the internet discourse. Either thinly veiled threats or dogwhistles.
Unfortunately for them such speech has consequences for them outside of their small bubbles.
Maybe by hung he meant cock size like if he wants a general in the army to blast him in the butt he wants them to do it with a hog leg.
Somebody get Chuck Tingle, I have a million dollar idea
Not Getting Pounded in the Butt by the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Even After I Attempted a Coup to Get Him to Notice Me.
Truly, this is one of the ways of all time for one to Prove Love. His trot is truly unlike any other.
Obviously. Otherwise you say hanged
That is very homosexual of him to write this and publish it.
Join the army!
Free penis enlargement with promotion!
Thinly veiled? He’s saying the quiet part out loud.
“Hung” lol
“They said you was hung!”
“And they was right!”
Isn’t hung penis size and hanged correct English?
Interesting that you went to penis size and not a painting on the wall.
But, yes.
As a gay man who has hung a picture of a starry night on my wall, I did NOT think about that when I saw the word hung.
It like if I said “a women’s chest size” to most men, they would not think of a hinged box size.
You’re absolutely right!
As a cis-het male (who actually learned that he was “very well hung” from the penis doctor), can I laugh at this fabulous difference?
I already did. It’s just too great.
Exactly
Yes
For executions, hanged is correct. If I was to place a painting on a wall, it was hung. Or if I ended a phone call, I hung up.
I knew they’d work Hunter Biden in somehow
delayed the military’s response to the January 6 riot
I thought it was just a tourist visit? Or is it only bad when it’s convenient for them?
Also, isn’t Gosar the one who’s siblings all appeared in an ad for the guy that was running against him?
Yes. That says a lot. Who else knows you better that your own family.
My brother would have to be super duper evil for me to make a commercial campaigning against him.
Also, isn’t Gosar the one who’s siblings all appeared in an ad for the guy that was running against him?
He is, I spend a lot of time in his district and saw the ad on TV.
Deport him to Uganda so he can live in his “better society”
What’s up with all these pro life conservatives wanting to kill people? /s
who delayed the military’s response to the January 6 riot.
So Jan 6th was a riot now? And those were in fact insurrectionists?
It was a riot caused by anitfa pretending to be good upstanding Trump supporters on a tour of Congress.
I believe that covers all the bullshit excuses these fuckle heads have come up.
