Senator John Kennedy froze and then properly zoned out—forcing Fox to cut the interview short.

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    The host knows this is a video right? We can see the senator’s lips not moving. It’s not an issue with the mic 🤣

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    How many Republican Senators does it take to change a light bulb? Zero. Trump says he changed it and they all clap in the dark.

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      gonna fix that for you…

      how many Republican Senators does it take to change a light bulb?

      Just one. But Trump has told them he already changed it and they applaud him in the dark.

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    That’s insane to me that the Fox News host tried to pretend it was an issue with the mic. It’s so clear the mic was working fine, what the fuck. This is the kind of obvious propaganda that I’d expect from North Korea

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      Fox News is way better and more sophisticated as a propaganda machine than whatever NK has.

      It’s one thing to brain wash people that have no access to education or outside sources it’s a completely different level to do it in a western country.

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        Not really. Is there much difference between no education and an American education?

        It doesn’t really count if you just make up all the facts and history.

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          I often think about how many people I went to school with felt that high school was difficult. High school in America is a fucking joke. I understand that high school is difficult if you have a disability of some sort, and I even buy the cultural bias argument for standardized testing, but I went to high school in a lilly white suburb with lots of supposedly normative kids and some of them barely made it through graduation.

          The American populace is chock full of idiots. Most of the people that even graduated high school here (which is not everyone) went on to never pick up another book again.

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            College too. I used to study in the business school beacuse it was new and the chairs were excellent. I’d frequently run into students doing the whole “Math is hard!” thing.

            So I’d offer to help, super basic high school algebra type stuff.

            I’d explain it and they’d go “Wow! You’re smart! What classes are you taking here?”

            “Oh, I’m an English major, I’m just here because the chairs don’t suck.”

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    Reminds me of the interview where he learned that you don’t need to swear on a bible. It broke his head. His jaw was agape while he struggled with that news. That was a while ago and this moron is still in congress. Absolutely mind boggling that people like him hold as much leverage as they do over people’s well-being.

    I’m not saying I could run the ball to the hoop, but I know there are more suitable people out there.

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      Reminds me of the interview where he learned that you don’t need to swear on a bible. It broke his head. His jaw was agape while he struggled with that news.

      Do you have a link? I’d like to see that.

      There are still just a whole lot of dumbasses that think America - a secular nation - was designed to be, and is, a xtian nation. This gomer is just one of them.

      One of my favorite things to ask one of these types is to tell me where their little book club - or the protagonist of that book club - is mentioned in the Constitution. I’ve seen multiple cases of them shorting out over this. Most of them just flat refuse to believe me. Of course. I tell them to “do their own research” on the matter. 🤣

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        I should have come armed with a link. My bad. I’ll see if I can dig it up at some point. It’s so awkward you nearly feel bad for him. His whole world looked like it was crashing down around him.

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          Holy shit, I agree with one of the first comments, “Flagging this video for depicting a murder”.

          JFC - “I know DAhnawld truhmp did it”.

          And oh, that attempt at the “Merry Christmas” dig at the end. Real sick burn, dude. FFS, these people. They use a fucking holiday as a way to really stick it to others, just like Jesus would have done.

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            Thing about Kennedy that is so infuriating is that Foghorn Leghorn homespun salt of the Earth/local yokel act is even more ridiculous when you know he went to Oxford.

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    running should only be allowed at an age less than that of retirement, and at federal minimum wage. want to fix issues for working class and elderly? Fix them while you’re in office while you are becoming too old to run again. Get the fucking zombies out of DC.

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      the minnimum wage thing only means that the people that go up for the job are the corrupt bastards cutting favors and deals.

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            Or … an example is made out of the corrupt ones, and laws change to ensure things improve.

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              Yes. We should have anti-corruption laws being reliably forced, and have anti-corruption laws strengthened.

              that won’t happen if all the good ones leave because they can’t afford to live in DC.

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              there is a problem with minimum wage, yes.

              but you’re solution isn’t a solution. it will lead to the exact opposite of what you want. even more so than now.

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                Not if we start hanging those who take bribes. In fact, I’d argue that the reason for most of what’s happening right now is that politicians and the rich are not at all scared of being dragged out of their homes by an angry mob and hanged for their crimes against humanity. You can’t craft perfect anti-corruption laws. Making them fear retribution from the people would work better than any fine or potential jail term.

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      They should have term limits. Funny how they gave the president term limits but didn’t vote on ones for themselves.

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        I see this a lot but until you can get rid of money in politics all this policy does is shift power to lobbyists who are even less accountable, because they become the keepers of long-tenured institutional knowledge.

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        They also vote on work requirements for things like health care benefits and then clock a zero hour day at their own fucking jobs.

        Congress should have to work a standard forty hour work week to receive benefits and make time off requests like the rest of us.