As a reminder to mr Ogles, the following statement is part of a law of the Unites States.
"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen"
Good grief, Agnes! The Repubs are saying the quiet part out loud again, aren't they? They're scared of Muslims, probably scared of Jews, almost CERTAINLY scared of atheists. What's next? Scared of dishpan hands???
The real hell of it is, more than likely, little Andy Ogles has never MET a Muslim. Any bets?
We don't have Republicans saying the quiet part out loud anymore. We only have a bare handful of Republicans who still remember to 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 say the loud part quietly.
There has never been a time in my life, and I’m nearly 80, when the Republican party didn’t have one group or another they were blaming for all the country’s problems. There is always somebody they want to get rid of.
He blew up the deal that Obama made because "we didn't get anything for it". In reality, I think he blew up the deal because Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. All he had to do to win the Peace prize was to make a better deal. How frustrating for him that Iran then started to act as if there was no longer a deal in place and thumbed there noses as the toddler-king. He blames Biden because Biden wasn't able to make a deal with Iran either because the previous president blew up the deal that Obama made.
I can't imagine any country (friend or foe) making a deal with the U.S. and counting on it to last. One of the many, many ways Trump has fucked us over for generations to come.
Not only is hatred not a disqualifier for Republicans, it is a requirement. It would not surpise me if a majority of sitting NSGOP congresscritters agree with Ogles. And I bet they would add Hindus, Buddhists, and the LGBTQ community. We already know they hate brown people. The only reason they haven't outright tried to declare Christianity as the official religion is because they need to keep Netanyahu happy.
I honestly rather doubt Bibi would care, as long as the arms shipments kept coming and everything else remained status quo. It'd cause much unease in the Israeli population, who don't like him any more than we like our bloodthirsty authoritarian asswipe, but Bibi? Nah.
Further Thought: Ogles' statement is a product of the bubble culture he has likely lived his entire life in. Christians to the left of him, Christians to the right of him, Christians in front and behind him, and about as much diversity as one could keep in a Lilliputian thimble. The Christian culture is all he knows, and all he knows about Jews or Muslims or Hindus or Buddhists he probably got from the pulpit, and none of that was good or positive.
I'll never forget one my daughter's first reactions when she came home from her first year at Elon University. She had met kids much like Andy: culturally isolated, had never met anyone outside of their in-group. She never said what their reaction was, but it makes me wonder how the adaptation process went. And I think it's worthy of note that THIS is the breeding ground for the kinds of supporters Trump thrives on.
Andy Ogles should be censured, even impeached and removed from office. His views are abhorrent, racist, and disgusting- unbecoming to the role of congressman.in fact, if anyone has no place in America, it would be Andy Ogles and his racist followers. Such statements are unAmerican.
Aye, but he's an excellent representative. His constituents sent him to Washington to say exactly that. If he said something different, he wouldn't be representing their views.
You are correct, he should be. There should be some kind of rule that a congressman is required to represent everyone in his district, whether they voted for him or not.
Someone tried to blow up our Muslim mayor the other day. It’s all hate filled propaganda for the war machine. Christian Nationalists are putting all of our lives in danger.
It is how they feel about Atheists and Agnostics. But because we don't believe in their fever dreams, we are the ones who are subhuman. There doesn't appear to be any downside to bigotry, hatred, paranoid craziness, etc. anymore
Folks, I believe we haven’t lived in a democracy for quite some time now (if ever). This hit me sadly during COVID because time slowed down and I had a chance to think. We aren’t mourning its possible collapse so much as the aftermath of it. The theocratic authoritarians have now taken over and no politicians are coming to save us. We have to focus on our communities and keep our neighbors safe.
As someone who lives in TN, I'm sorry on my behalf and for their inexcusable hate speech. I'm furious that he and other Republicans spew this hatred and boost their feelings of entitlement that come along with it. It does allow everyone to see what these politicians are in our state and others. I believe we should call on groups like Indivisible to hold them accountable now, not in midterms. We don't have the luxury of time on our side right now.
I’m not going to say anything here that I haven’t said a few thousand times before. As a gay man, I’ve been watching the Republican Party devolve from the party of Eisenhower to the party of goldwater to the party of Ronald Reagan. That was a fairly gentle slope of degradation. With the election of Reagan,, the slope of degradation increased dramatically and has evolved all the way to beneath the bottom of the swamp— what it is today. Hate and fear, corruption (moral and financial) and contempt seem to be what motivates it. So none of this is a surprise to me.
At the same time, I am highly disappointed in the Democratic Party, because it barely seems to stand up and be counted. Obama was for my marriage before he was against my marriage before he was for it again. Even my governor seems to have retreated from a stand against whatever the Republicans stand for. We have a billionaire running San Francisco. He seems to be a decent sort, but I have learned not to trust billionaires. They’re not my friends.
I don’t have an answer for this. If the Democrats are only willing to be not Republicans, then there isn’t much hope for this country ever recovering from its current malaise. The only good news is that I’m nearly 76 years old, and perhaps the world might last as long as I do.
The GQP is a party of racist, pedophile knuckledraggers and proud ignoramuses, so while still shocking it is unsurprising.
Every hate group in this country came out in support of Donald Trump and that support is as strong as it ever was.
You forgot sociopaths.
And "Bigots."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLpmswBKVN4
Gotta look out for them Methodists! 🤪
✔ ✔ good one JTD … that sure is CRIMINAL TRUMP and his team.
… 🦘🦘🦘
misogynists, insecure puppy killers ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYTQ7__NNDI
As a reminder to mr Ogles, the following statement is part of a law of the Unites States.
"As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen"
In the GOP, ignorance is bliss.
Good grief, Agnes! The Repubs are saying the quiet part out loud again, aren't they? They're scared of Muslims, probably scared of Jews, almost CERTAINLY scared of atheists. What's next? Scared of dishpan hands???
The real hell of it is, more than likely, little Andy Ogles has never MET a Muslim. Any bets?
I'm kinda wondering what Andy ogles? Little boys in the gym? Little girls at the pool?
We don't have Republicans saying the quiet part out loud anymore. We only have a bare handful of Republicans who still remember to 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 say the loud part quietly.
I won't take that bet. Sadly, I suspect you're right.
Just reissue this comment under his name: "Christians don't belong in American society."
And... "the choice between dogs and Christians is not a difficult one.”
Let him cry that he was misquoted.
There has never been a time in my life, and I’m nearly 80, when the Republican party didn’t have one group or another they were blaming for all the country’s problems. There is always somebody they want to get rid of.
When you have no accomplishments that help your fellow citizens, you need scapegoats to blame.
Trump is now blaming both Obama and Biden for the war in Iran that he started.
He blew up the deal that Obama made because "we didn't get anything for it". In reality, I think he blew up the deal because Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for it. All he had to do to win the Peace prize was to make a better deal. How frustrating for him that Iran then started to act as if there was no longer a deal in place and thumbed there noses as the toddler-king. He blames Biden because Biden wasn't able to make a deal with Iran either because the previous president blew up the deal that Obama made.
I can't imagine any country (friend or foe) making a deal with the U.S. and counting on it to last. One of the many, many ways Trump has fucked us over for generations to come.
Yep. The deal had Obama’s name on it so the toddler had to destroy it
I suspect that Ogles ogles kid porn.
𝐼𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟: 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠.
Not only is hatred not a disqualifier for Republicans, it is a requirement. It would not surpise me if a majority of sitting NSGOP congresscritters agree with Ogles. And I bet they would add Hindus, Buddhists, and the LGBTQ community. We already know they hate brown people. The only reason they haven't outright tried to declare Christianity as the official religion is because they need to keep Netanyahu happy.
I honestly rather doubt Bibi would care, as long as the arms shipments kept coming and everything else remained status quo. It'd cause much unease in the Israeli population, who don't like him any more than we like our bloodthirsty authoritarian asswipe, but Bibi? Nah.
As it comes to the LGBTQ+ community, I have to wonder what has become of Log Cabin Republicans ... or have they become an endangered species?
Further Thought: Ogles' statement is a product of the bubble culture he has likely lived his entire life in. Christians to the left of him, Christians to the right of him, Christians in front and behind him, and about as much diversity as one could keep in a Lilliputian thimble. The Christian culture is all he knows, and all he knows about Jews or Muslims or Hindus or Buddhists he probably got from the pulpit, and none of that was good or positive.
I'll never forget one my daughter's first reactions when she came home from her first year at Elon University. She had met kids much like Andy: culturally isolated, had never met anyone outside of their in-group. She never said what their reaction was, but it makes me wonder how the adaptation process went. And I think it's worthy of note that THIS is the breeding ground for the kinds of supporters Trump thrives on.
And I see it as a serious problem for the US.
Andy Ogles should be censured, even impeached and removed from office. His views are abhorrent, racist, and disgusting- unbecoming to the role of congressman.in fact, if anyone has no place in America, it would be Andy Ogles and his racist followers. Such statements are unAmerican.
Aye, but he's an excellent representative. His constituents sent him to Washington to say exactly that. If he said something different, he wouldn't be representing their views.
You are correct, he should be. There should be some kind of rule that a congressman is required to represent everyone in his district, whether they voted for him or not.
Someone tried to blow up our Muslim mayor the other day. It’s all hate filled propaganda for the war machine. Christian Nationalists are putting all of our lives in danger.
The Ogler may be a flaming bigot, but at least he's a deranged ammosexual:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11908439/Tennessee-congressman-faces-backlash-posing-rifle-2021-holiday-card.html
I see pictures like that and all I can think is "what the fuck is wrong with you people?"
Andy sure seems to be trying to compensate for something.
My guess: penile agenesis.
That would be humorous since he acts like he's 100% penis.
Hell of it is, I'm pretty sure that's not the only Christmas card I've seen like that.
If I'm Santa, I might be avoiding that house.
OT:
Has someone been showing dementia don some Monty Python skits?
"All the people that died through the roadside bombs, died in, are, right now, walking around with no legs, no arms."
-- Donald Trump,
What should be obvious to everyone is that Trump's walking around (well, sitting around) without a functioning brain.
Every single day, the media harped on Biden's decline but not a peep out of them at the obvious, in your face decline of the orange swine.
Where is Jake Tapper now?
Phase 3: Profit!
He needs a new one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmWeEvW-Ec
I think it's more likely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw6xBdXl1Aw
Tis but a scratch.
You want denial?
youtu.be/BFvkxK4Qsis
You just need to learn Newspeak and it will all make sense.
Pinin' for the fjords.......
It is how they feel about Atheists and Agnostics. But because we don't believe in their fever dreams, we are the ones who are subhuman. There doesn't appear to be any downside to bigotry, hatred, paranoid craziness, etc. anymore
Folks, I believe we haven’t lived in a democracy for quite some time now (if ever). This hit me sadly during COVID because time slowed down and I had a chance to think. We aren’t mourning its possible collapse so much as the aftermath of it. The theocratic authoritarians have now taken over and no politicians are coming to save us. We have to focus on our communities and keep our neighbors safe.
And of course we need to get authentic grassroots folks into positions of power at every local level.
https://www.theguardian.com/global/commentisfree/2026/mar/08/trump-democracy-oligarchy-policy
As someone who lives in TN, I'm sorry on my behalf and for their inexcusable hate speech. I'm furious that he and other Republicans spew this hatred and boost their feelings of entitlement that come along with it. It does allow everyone to see what these politicians are in our state and others. I believe we should call on groups like Indivisible to hold them accountable now, not in midterms. We don't have the luxury of time on our side right now.
I’m not going to say anything here that I haven’t said a few thousand times before. As a gay man, I’ve been watching the Republican Party devolve from the party of Eisenhower to the party of goldwater to the party of Ronald Reagan. That was a fairly gentle slope of degradation. With the election of Reagan,, the slope of degradation increased dramatically and has evolved all the way to beneath the bottom of the swamp— what it is today. Hate and fear, corruption (moral and financial) and contempt seem to be what motivates it. So none of this is a surprise to me.
At the same time, I am highly disappointed in the Democratic Party, because it barely seems to stand up and be counted. Obama was for my marriage before he was against my marriage before he was for it again. Even my governor seems to have retreated from a stand against whatever the Republicans stand for. We have a billionaire running San Francisco. He seems to be a decent sort, but I have learned not to trust billionaires. They’re not my friends.
I don’t have an answer for this. If the Democrats are only willing to be not Republicans, then there isn’t much hope for this country ever recovering from its current malaise. The only good news is that I’m nearly 76 years old, and perhaps the world might last as long as I do.
Every morning when I wake up I think to myself, "Well. I'm awake. I guess none of our enemies nuked McDill Air Force Base overnight."
Did they nuke the 'a'? (MacDill : )