Are Republicans capable of empathy? As my Magic 8-Ball says, signs point to no. First example: Testimony from a Pennsylvania woman whose son died in a school shooting last year. She testified in Harrisburg in favor of a proposed gun-control measure and was horrified that many lawmakers ignored her to watch their cellphones, and a gun-nut lobbyist actually laughed at her on her way out of the hearing room. My favorite part: They like to pretend they’re Christians.
Here’s another example, this time by known loonball Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of South Florida. She went ballistic at a congressional hearing when an immigration expert laughed at her for disputing that children separated from their parents at the border were really the children of the parents in question. As is often the case with members of the Know Nothing and Proud of It Party, she refused to read the report on the issue and stood instead on her towering ignorance. This also serves as an important reminder that demography is not destiny – there are plenty of deluded Blacks and Hispanics who think the racist party doesn’t notice what color they are. Tim Scott, y’all.
Example No. 3: Republicans are putting riders onto unrelated bills in an attempt to get rid of the endangered species act. I suppose they’re aware the rest of their policies will eventually eliminate all mammalian life on the planet, so they want to shoot them while they’re still around.
Example 4: Jamie Dimon, a shining exemplar of a rich asshole thinking he’s smart, took to CNBC to tell Democrats to “grow up” and “listen to Trump voters.” Yeah, I have, Jamie. They’re assholes, just like you.
Trump’s disastrous appearance at his trial for damages in the E. Jean Carroll case has people wondering why he chose a lawyer without courtroom experience. Apparently there’s a ban on the media saying what everybody knows: He liked her tits.
A couple moved into their newly purchased home and found a human head in a freezer. Sadly, it was not Trump’s.
The floor’s yours.