The freaks are freaking nuts, CPAC edition --
CPAC attendee sent me this pic of a card they were handed about a “7-pt. plan to restore Donald J. Trump in days, not years,” which involves installing Trump as speaker and ousting Biden & Harris. pic.twitter.com/dS0tQ5jW7b
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 9, 2021
Madison Cawthorn says today that Biden’s plan to send people door to door to offer vaccines is really a plot to confiscate people’s bibles and guns. pic.twitter.com/h6CPdJwv9t
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 9, 2021
Real classy stuff, Cpac https://t.co/GGRRxrIaHU
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 10, 2021
This clip of Rep. Mo Brooks lying about the 2020 election at CPAC Dallas shows how Trumpers are just as radical as they were on January 6. These lies will be central to their campaigns in 2022 and beyond. pic.twitter.com/oD14g3bANw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 9, 2021
Moving right along --What the right used to say: We don't need new gun laws, we should just enforce the gun laws already on the books.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) July 10, 2021
What the right now says: We need to "stop the guy" who'll enforce existing gun laws. https://t.co/Ybi7FgV3nX
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the Jan. 6 select committee, is not wasting time getting started. Thompson told @MSNBC the first hearing will be held on July 21 or 22 — even if Kevin McCarthy hasn't named his picks for the committee by then.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 10, 2021
Here's the start of my list of prominent Republicans who should be questioned by the new House select committee investigating the 1/6 attack. Read the whole list in the new issue of my #ThisLand newsletter:https://t.co/3vzP1jLFz8 pic.twitter.com/pT8PGNN6tt
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 10, 2021
What Mr. Sulu said --
There’s something obscenely American about refusing a vaccine that millions around the world are desperate to get.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) July 9, 2021
No intelligence found --
The test results came back negative. https://t.co/vuKsspglMi
— Steve Metz (@steven_metz) July 10, 2021