Just two examples, quickly found this morning, of Republican state legislators and their offensive, heinous agendas (our emphasis).
A Colorado State Representative apparently decided the best way to protest a bill designed to help disabled people is to attack their intelligence.
On Tuesday, Rep. Richard Holtorf (R) spoke out against HB23-1032, a bill that clarifies the remedies a person with a disability is entitled to under current Colorado law regarding discrimination in public spaces.
Holtorf felt so strongly the bill was a bad idea for Colorado residents that he protested it by ... using “Spanish” law?
... Holtorf said Colorado doesn’t need additional protections for people with disabilities against discrimination because Spain won’t let participants at the famous “running of the bulls” in Pamplona sue if they get injured.
“If you’re dumb enough to get on this road and run the eight blocks, ten blocks and run in the ring and you get hurt, you own it,” he said. “And that’s Spanish law.” [Ed.: he should know "dumb" all right]
“There’s no liability, there’s no lawsuits, you don’t get to do any of that,” he added. “Because you’re responsible for the risks that you take in this running of the bulls.” [snip]
In what might be the least shocking political news ever, this isn’t the first time Holtorf has said or done something offensive or dangerous.
Last May, he was reprimanded after calling a colleague “Buckwheat” during a legislative stimulus measure debate.
In March 2022, he tripped while hurrying to the House chambers for a vote, causing his gun to fall to the ground. Luckily, the gun did not discharge, and no one was hurt. [Ed.: not even him... sad!]
In February 2021, he was heavily criticized after he told another lawmaker whose son was murdered in the Aurora theater shooting, “You have to let go.”
Republicans in the Missouri State House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to strip all public libraries of their funding a week after lawmakers debated the budget proposal that Governor Mike Parson submitted to the legislature.
The version that will now head to the State Senate eliminated "not only the $4.5 million Parson had slated for libraries, but also costs for diversity initiatives, childcare and pre-kindergarten programs," Heartland Signal reported.
The move appears to be a retaliatory response to legal action taken by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Missouri House Budget Committee leader Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) proposed cutting library aid due to a recent lawsuit filed against the state last February," Heartland Signal explained.
"The lawsuit — filed by the ACLU of Missouri on behalf of the Missouri Association of School Librarians and the Missouri Library Association — seeks to declare Senate Bill 775 unconstitutional, a bill that has resulted in over 300 books getting banned from school libraries, many of which include LGBTQ characters or racial justice themes," the outlet added.
Who elects these troglodyte shitstains? Oh, right. Malignant Loser- supporting Republican voters, easily distracted by bogus culture war issues as their rights, quality of life, and children's educations get degraded by the people they elect. But, as long as the libs are owned ...
Sic transit gloria, America.
BONUS: Grassroots fascism --
Well this is some nightmare fuel https://t.co/BywEDH5XSs pic.twitter.com/3XHvJTWBOx
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 12, 2023
BONUS II: Cutting to the chase --
Please take 2 minutes out of your day and watch @PeteButtigieg perfectly articulate why Republicans behave the way that they do, and how it harms people more than it could ever help.
— VoteVets (@votevets) April 11, 2023
Well said, Pete. Thank you.pic.twitter.com/ik1p4dkh5k
