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TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:16 PM Apr 2018

BREAKING: Tammy Duckworth Spends $47K to build a Silent Room (SCIF) around her Senate Desk!

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Just kidding. That was some Trump EPA asshole who did that, with taxpayer money no less!

Check out this bullshit:



Conservative whines Tammy Duckworth will ‘weaponize her baby’ on Senate floor — and the backlash is brutal

A day after it was reported that Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) would be allowed to bring her newborn daughter Maile Pearl Bowlsbey onto the Senate floor if necessary, a conservative pundit for Turning Point USA lamented the impact that baby could have on future legislation that might affect children and mothers.

After there were complaints about how having a nursing newborn among the mostly male Senate might affect the political body’s “decorum,” Richard Armande Mills took to Twitter to express misgivings.

“I agree with their statements on “decorum.” Not because I have a problem with babies at the workplace, but because I have issues with Duckworth potentially being able to weaponize that baby to affect legislative decision making. And I could see her doing that,” Mills tweeted.

The conservative who previously expressed concerns about “unborn children,” was promptly spanked harshly on social media for comparing a newborn to a “weapon” used to promote social services that primarily help the poor.




https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/conservative-whines-tammy-duckworth-will-weaponize-baby-senate-floor-backlash-brutal/

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BREAKING: Tammy Duckworth Spends $47K to build a Silent Room (SCIF) around her Senate Desk! (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Apr 2018 OP
Weaponize a baby??? HopeAgain Apr 2018 #1
Why are they so opposed to this baby's 2nd Amendment rights? nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2018 #2
No words JustAnotherGen Apr 2018 #8
Projection. Pro-lifers use fetuses as political weapons...then forget about them once born flibbitygiblets Apr 2018 #3
I agree gademocrat7 Apr 2018 #6
What's she going to do? get the red out Apr 2018 #4
Well, my 2-year old granddaughter's diaper after a #2 is definately weaponized. As are her farts. haele Apr 2018 #7
Now that you mention it, I kinda like the throwing dirty diapers idea. Take that, Turtle! Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #10
Weaponize a Baby - Sure, Dipwad DarthDem Apr 2018 #5
What a delicate little flower Mr. Mills is gratuitous Apr 2018 #9
It seems to me. Blue_true Apr 2018 #11
so the rules should be designed to keep democrats from scoring political points. i see. unblock Apr 2018 #12
Have you seen the Senate in session on CSpan? Nothing happening. Might as well use it as a nursery. FarCenter Apr 2018 #13
They apparently need to issue blinders to OldHippieChick Apr 2018 #14
"Anti-choice forces already weaponize "babies" when they force women to have them." CousinIT Apr 2018 #15
They are afraid because that's what they would do. nt chowder66 Apr 2018 #16
The best way to stop a bad guy with a baby, is a good guy with a baby? jberryhill Apr 2018 #17
What's one more whining baby in the Senate? At least this one will have good reason. (nt) klook Apr 2018 #18

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
3. Projection. Pro-lifers use fetuses as political weapons...then forget about them once born
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:23 PM
Apr 2018

The hypocrisy never ends.

get the red out

(13,466 posts)
4. What's she going to do?
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:24 PM
Apr 2018

Throw dirty diapers at Republicans? DEAR GOD! They have weaponized zygotes to try to control women's autonomy for decades, but "don't be bringing that already born baby in here!" says the terrified "pro-life" R.

haele

(12,660 posts)
7. Well, my 2-year old granddaughter's diaper after a #2 is definately weaponized. As are her farts.
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:35 PM
Apr 2018

Even the cats run in fear when they catch the first whiff of the gooey mess. In fact, that's the first indication we know she's got a dirty diaper.

We're in the process of potty training her while spouse is babysitting during the day, so hopefully, she'll be using the toilet in a few months. (Her parents seem to think that changing a diaper is less trouble than potty training, but then, they're living in an apartment with wall to wall carpeting.)

Haele

DarthDem

(5,255 posts)
5. Weaponize a Baby - Sure, Dipwad
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:25 PM
Apr 2018

If you're the first ever to use an expression, check it on the stupidometer first.

And as always, Republicans love the unborn - until they're, you know, born and start causing ALL MANNER of problems.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
9. What a delicate little flower Mr. Mills is
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:47 PM
Apr 2018

He obviously doesn't think much of the current crop of Senators, either (nobody does, but it's for a completely different reason). Our pastor recently had her second baby and our aging congregation of former hippies didn't bat an eye when she nursed him during worship, just as she had done previously for his older brother.

Get over yourself, Richard Armande Mills, and please to grow the fuck up.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. It seems to me.
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 02:59 PM
Apr 2018

That the Senate and House can order personal slip shields for female members that need to nurse. She can take the baby inside, have aides pull over the shield and no one bother her until she indicates that the baby is breast-fed.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
14. They apparently need to issue blinders to
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 03:21 PM
Apr 2018

those senile Senators who can't bear to see a woman breast feed. Cracks me up.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
17. The best way to stop a bad guy with a baby, is a good guy with a baby?
Thu Apr 19, 2018, 04:04 PM
Apr 2018

Jesus, these people want to be able to carry guns everywhere they go, but a baby frightens them.
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