February 2019 - Page 4 of 8

All hail Donald Trump, the Commander-in-Thief!
He found a way around emergency declaration grief.
He’ll grab some money
From the U.S. Army,
And steal the rest from California and Puerto Rico disaster relief.

Americans Say Mueller More Credible than Trump

February 12, 2019 Buck Banks

56% to 33%

A new Washington Post-Schar School poll finds more Americans say they trust special counsel Robert Mueller’s version of the facts than President Trump’s, 56% to 33%. And by nearly as wide a margin, more believe Mueller is mainly interested in “finding out the truth” than trying to “hurt Trump politically.”

Hannity: Border Deal a ‘Garbage Compromise’

February 12, 2019 Buck Banks

“Any Republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain.”

— Sean Hannity, quoted by Politico, after lawmakers announced a border deal to prevent a government shutdown.

W.Va. GOP Lawmaker Compares Gay Community to the Ku Klux Klan

February 12, 2019 Buck Banks

“The LGBTQ is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.”

— West Virginia Delegate Eric Porterfield (R) compared the gay community to the Ku Klux Klan after an anti-gay and lesbian rant he delivered in committee, the West Virginia Mail Gazette reports. He also called the gay community a “terrorist group” and said he is being “persecuted” by the gay community in retaliation for his remarks, including receiving threats on Facebook and voicemails.

Fox News Host Hasn’t Washed Hands in a Decade

February 12, 2019 Buck Banks

10 years

Fox News host Pete Hegseth confessed on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing,” the BBC reports. “Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.”

Walter Jones Is Dead

February 12, 2019 Buck Banks

“Because I did not do my job then, I helped kill 4,000 Americans, and I will go to my grave regretting that.”

— Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), quoted by the Raleigh News & Observer in 2015 on voting to authorize the Iraq war. Jones went to his grave Monday, Feb. 10.

Harris Won’t Be ‘Played’ with Racist Rhetoric

February 12, 2019 Buck Banks

“So I was born in Oakland, and raised in the United States except for the years that I was in high school in Montreal, Canada. And look, this is the same thing they did to Barack. This is not new to us and so I think that we know what they are trying to do. … They are trying to do what has been happening over the last two years, which is powerful voices trying to sow hate and division, and so we need to recognize when we’re being played.”

— Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) directly confronting “critics Monday who have questioned her black heritage, her record incarcerating minorities as a prosecutor and her decision to marry a white man,” CNN reports.

$500 million

$22 trillion

“The U.S.’s financial burden is growing despite a strong economy,” Bloomberg reports. “Total public debt climbed to more than $22 trillion as of Feb. 11, according to a Treasury Department report Tuesday.”

“Now copy my plan on health care, a fairer tax system, and voting rights.”

— Hillary Clinton, responding to a tweet from President Trump in which he appeared to copy her 2016 campaign slogan, “Stronger Together.”

56% to 33%

“Any Republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain.”

— Sean Hannity, quoted by Politico, after lawmakers announced a border deal to prevent a government shutdown.

“The LGBTQ is a modern day version of the Ku Klux Klan, without wearing hoods with their antics of hate.”

10 years

Fox News host Pete Hegseth confessed on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing,” the BBC reports. “Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.”

“Because I did not do my job then, I helped kill 4,000 Americans, and I will go to my grave regretting that.”

— Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), quoted by the Raleigh News & Observer in 2015 on voting to authorize the Iraq war. Jones went to his grave Monday, Feb. 10.

— Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) directly confronting “critics Monday who have questioned her black heritage, her record incarcerating minorities as a prosecutor and her decision to marry a white man,” CNN reports.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

11

30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%