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In reply to the discussion: Mike Johnson has hit a nerve with his prayer talk: [View all]drmeow
(5,687 posts)28. Dear Mikey "baby face" Johnson
You seem to have forgotten that thoughts and prayers are only effective for mass shootings. As a MAGAt famously once said "you're not hurting the people you [need] to be hurting." Apparently you need to be reminded that these are the "deserving" Americans, you know, the ones on food stamps and welfare who never get bailed out or have the government help them out. These are not those heathen foreign liberal elites who don't rake their forests to prevent fires, these are "real" American who live in flash flood alley where people pull themselves up by their own bootstraps. You know, the ones to whom the government they love to hate OWES something!
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They are confident they are 'saved'. It's why they lie and crime with ease.
travelingthrulife
Friday
#31
Then he should quit his fucking job and go join a fucking monastery. There is no purpose for that shit in politics.
Karasu
Thursday
#5
It looks like trump drooled on the carpet. Quick, scrape it up and preserve Dear Leader's sacred essences. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Thursday
#11
The scene would make more sense if they were looking for someone's contact lens instead of an on-display prayer circle.
Intractable
Friday
#27
He made a similar comment following the October 25, 2023, Lewiston, Maine, mass shootings.
John1956PA
Thursday
#12
It's called "separation of church and state," a concept fundamental to the First Amendment, found in the
sop
Thursday
#16
Representative Johnson puts too much effort into public demonstrations of how religious he is.
patphil
Thursday
#23