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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

State Sen. Kevin Corbin calls out “conspiracy theory junk” about unburied bodies and FEMA stealing money.

A Republican senator in the North Carolina legislature has issued a public plea for people to stop spreading conspiracy theories about the disaster recovery efforts in areas ravaged by flooding from Hurricane Helene. 

In a Thursday afternoon Facebook post, state Sen. Kevin Corbin, who represents the state’s westernmost area, asked his followers for a favor: “Will you all help STOP this conspiracy theory junk that is floating all over Facebook and the internet about the floods in WNC.”

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[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

Who is this Kevin Corbin? He is a low level senator that I hardly know. He came to me tears in his eyes and begged me for a job in 2025. I never heard of him before. Many people say he is a RINO. They said Sir! he is the most liberal Rebublican ever, even worse that LYIN LIZ CHENEY.

-@RealDonaldTrump

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

I love that Seth Meyers almost always includes 'tears streaming down his face' when doing a fake Trump speech. Because he says it all the fucking time. People just cry around him constantly apparently.

[-] whatalute@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Maybe people actually are constantly crying around him?? ...Maybe their eyes can't help but water up because of his reportedly horrible body odor.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Plausible.

“So if you take like armpits, ketchup, makeup, and a little butt,” Kinzinger replied. “It’s probably like that all mixed up.”

“That’s the Trump formula?” Kimmel quipped.

Kinzinger added that it is a “bit of a pungent odor I would say. You definitely wouldn’t want to bottle it up and wear Trump cologne. That’s for sure.”

https://www.thewrap.com/adam-kinzinger-donald-trump-odor-jimmy-kimmel/

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Also the "big man, strong man" and "sir". He's gotten the energetic Trump down pat.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I look forward to it every time he impersonates Trump or Giuliani. They both crack me up whenever he does them.

[-] cybervseas@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Yes! Also I look forward to when he stops impersonating them because they've faded into irrelevance ♥️

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