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As U.S. officials struggle to push back against misinformation about natural disasters hitting the country, at least three congressional Republicans condemned conspiracy theories repeated by fellow members of their party.

Representative Chuck Edwards, who represents a North Carolina district hit hard by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in late September, called out the "outrageous rumours" spread by "untrustworthy sources trying to spark chaos."

The flooding decimated much of North Carolina's inland west, an unexpected outcome in a state which is used to dealing with hurricanes along its Atlantic coast.At the time,Florida was bracing for a direct hit from the powerful Hurricane Milton, headed for its western coast.

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[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 89 points 2 months ago

This is of their own doing. They've been fine about misinformed being spread. Now it's bitting them in the arse. Reap what you sow.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 46 points 2 months ago

And even the ones who are calling out the misinformation are still throwing their support behind the people generating that misinformation.

It's less "leopards eating faces" and more "leopards eating their own faces."

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago
[-] Davel23@fedia.io 15 points 2 months ago
[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"I attached my own ass to my face, and my ass is a leopard, and the ass-leopard is eating my face, and our/my shared ass-leopard/human stomach is digesting my face, and I love it."

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Such a long walk. You were so close with attaching the ass to the face but the context of leopards just jars with he vibe. I think you could punch this up to be tighter.

[-] some_guy 24 points 2 months ago

Sorta like how they quietly tolerated Qanon when it served their purposes, then got MTG as a result.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is my answer to everything that has recently befallen Republicans, will hopefully befall them in November, and which they deserve to have continuing to befall them for the next couple decades.

You invited the worst people into the party, and you voted for them, and you defended them. And I don't just mean Trump. For as long as it seemed like you might be able to exert your will unilaterally on the populace, there was no bridge too far for you.

So go fuck yourselves, and I mean that from Donald J. Trump, down through every single elected Republican official, down to every single Republican pulling the lever at voting time.

Unless you rejected this bullshit from day one instead of only when it became clear the ship was sinking (so I guess maybe a dozen R nationwide get a pass), you can go fuck yourself, and there's not a single thing you can do that will ever pull a vote for a republican out of these two hands, because I see who you are, and I see what you support, and I've had a taste of what you think it means for America to be "great again."

[-] azimir@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

They invited them in and became the Nazi bar of the anecdote. Don't let them in, even if they're playing nice at the start. You can't use the right wing extremest for your own ends. They're going to take over because they don't have limits or the good of anyone in mind. Once they're in your tent they will eat you. It's happened time and again throughout history and you didn't learn so now you burn.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
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