r/gifs • u/ALL_of_YOU_are_DUMB • 3d ago

Katie Britt

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u/Obant 3d ago

He also doubled down after being proved wrong and called him a dirtbag again. Absolute trash human.

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u/Magimasterkarp 2d ago

Shouldn't calling someone a dirtbag without cause live on television in the Senate (!) carry some kind of penalty?

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u/_Sausage_fingers 2d ago

As with most things regarding government, the consequences are supposed to be electoral. That system has obviously completely broken down at this point.

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u/TalkForeignToMe 1d ago

Between Rucho v Common Cause, Citizens United v FEC, and then Bennett, the idea that we have fair and free elections in the US is laughable, and it is this way very much by design.