Governor calls student walkout, "shamefull"

[Stuart G]

Source: CNN

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) says he thinks the National School Walkout is a "shameful" attempt by a left-wing group to use students to further their political agenda

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/03/14/gov-mcmaster-walkout-shameful-orig-vstan-bdk.cnn

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I did not make this up. Hit the link, this governor said this. He starts talking about 37 seconds into the video. The entire video lasts about one minute and 12 seconds.

[underpants]

1. Wow way to come up with an original thought there Governor

Talk radio pablum

[lagomorph777]

18. Enjoy your #NRAROUBLES while you can, soon-to-be-ex-Guv'nor!

[olegramps]

25. He is the voice of the grim reaper. Just another evil Republican that stalks the depths of hell.

They wallow in the blood of innocents as they clutch their weapons of death and destruction. It is a substitute for the miserable little appendage that adores their infested crotch and their corrupt stinted intellect. Republicans chose to go down this path of over fifty years ago when Nixon disgraced the presidency with his Southern Strategy that cast the Blacks as leeches to be exterminated. They are in companion with the vultures of greed and feast on the ignorant and simple minded. They use the them like toilet paper and flush the drain and laugh at the useful idiots with glee. They must be stopped at all cost before they take the entire nation into the pit.

[SCantiGOP]

52. He is in a tough primary fight

He had a 0-3 record in statewide elections before he won the largely ceremonial Lt Gov spot that no one else wanted. When Nikki Haley went to the UN he became Gov.

He is a vacuous moron without any strong opinions on anything. A businesswoman is running far to his right, mentioning at every opportunity that her family owned slaves at one time and she is “proud” of her Confederate ancestors and their “heroic” fight. So the Gov is looking for any sound bites he can find to rally the hard right primary voters.

We have an excellent Dem candidate, so we are hoping the GOP primary gets nasty and damaging to give us a chance in November.

[potone]

60. Oh my God!

She is proud that her ancestors owned slaves??? That is a political advantage??? What century are we living in?

[SCantiGOP]

61. She is a disgusting pig

Having slaves back then was an accepted practice, they were well treated, bullshit like that.
You can imagine what your target audience is when you are trying to get 51% of the hard core 20% of the GOP in a primary in SC.
Dems have a lock on 40% of the vote; we need good candidates, and radical assholes on the other side, to get that magical 50% plus1. We elected a Dem governor in 1998 and have gotten in the 47-48% range in the last two elections so we need a little of that blue wave to get our young voters out.

[dchill]

62. Antebellum assholes.

[SCantiGOP]

63. An apt description

My family came to NC in 1732 and I lived my whole life in SC. I have about a dozen direct descendants who died in the war and even at least two cases of slaves.
I can’t atone for the sins of my grandparents.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Yeah. "All you students stay where you are so we can shoot you!"

The impulse to safety and freedom trumps idiots like Gov. McMaster anyday.

[Wwcd]

4. ✌🌏 Reply of the day .. +a million

Yeah. "All you students stay where you are so we can shoot you!"

He needs that on a billboard right in front of his capitol building.

Seriously, why are RWingers such cruel boneheaded fks?!!

[bucolic_frolic]

9. They are so busy ruling from their golden thrones

that they do not understand how common folk perceive their words and actions. They haven't a clue. When he says their behavior is shameful, what students hear is just about what I posted - some version of "stay in your place" and "we are in control". Students don't believe him. This is the arrogance of power, which is a by product of being in power too long. Incumbency becomes a lifestyle and a privilege more than a duty. The GOP is way past it because they do not understand how unpopular their laws and agenda is at this point. They are unaware. This is the stuff of wholesale change, a Blue Wave. Even a few of our own underperformers might get tossed.

[Wwcd]

14. True indeed.

[pangaia]

54. it's the other way around. Cruel boneheaded fks are RWingers ?!!

[Wwcd]

55. Certainly. Just cover the whole sick bunch of them

[dameatball]

22. I was thinking along these lines myself...:)

[amb123]

27. I'm amazed that some RW Nutcase hasn't tried to mow down the students with an AR-15 yet.

Here's where thoughts and prayers are appropriate. For the students.

[denbot]

3. And how much $ has the Gov taken from the NRA?

Or would that be a shameful question to ask?

[SergeStorms]

40. Downright Un-American!

Everyone knows the NRA pocketbook never closes for a solid "in the pocket" Republican. It's open ended, so there's no real way of telling how much the bribe was.

[lunatica]

50. His days as Governor are numbered

He’ll be swept away by the coming blue sunami along with his president. Let them bellyache all they want because every word they utter is a nail in their professional future.

[Va Lefty]

5. "Back to your abstinence and intelligent design classes!"

v

[defacto7]

6. Projection

[ffr]

7. S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster and NRA conservatives everywhere, he's your message

Link to tweet

[kairos12]

8. Students ask not to be riddled with bullets while in school. I thought

everyone could get behind that idea.

[duhneece]

56. I will use this often. Thank you nt

[RKP5637]

10. Asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[Stuart G]

11. This governor is a total "idiot" to say this.

My apologies to the ..idiots of the world.

This guy stands in a special ring in hell for saying this. I am sure that Dante would approve.

[knightmaar]

12. "... from the information I've seen ..."

Infowars? Fox & Friends?

[SergeStorms]

41. Pravda?

The Moscow Times?

[lark]

13. Stupid prick.

"This is not about the tragedy, not about what happened at the school. What the freak is he talking about? "These innocent kids are being used by some left wing group", but he has no idea which one. Stupid old man inferring that kids aren't smart enough to do this on their own. He's basically saying that getting shot at and having your friends die is not enough to move these young people to action? How stupid can one old fuck be?

Kids are smart. We knew what was happening when we marched against the Viet Nam war, and this current generation certainly knows that our gun laws are a threat to their lives and want this changed. They are the sensible ones. Protecting assault rifles is what is insane, giving them more value than human lives is totally fucked up as well as insane.

[Skittles]

15. of course, the NRA isn't a rightwing group that uses repukes to further their agenda

[Happyhippychick]

16. My daughter is waiting for her royalty check from George Soros

(the sarcasm tag is for the benefit of the free republic lurkers)

[LiberalLovinLug]

17. I hope these student leaders make a point to educate the masses that they are not being "used"

by any outside agenda group, and its all them based on their own experience and ethics. Because that will be the main talking point that Fox News and others will push as this march gets closer.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. I'd say his state's ranking in education is what's shameful."We're #50!! We're #50!!" nt

[ananda]

20. Since he can't spell s h a m e f u l ...

... well, you know.

[onenote]

21. Same argument they used about students fighting for civil rights in the 1960s.

[Javaman]

23. in other news: gov mcmaster can go eat shit and die. :) nt

[DinahMoeHum]

24. Hey, McMaster: Eat shit, you stupid goober.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

26. Here is the GREAT thing about that comment, he and millions like him BELIEVE that is

what this is, that is what is happening.

They are not going to see it coming when MILLIONS and MILLIONS of new voters vote their asses out of power permanently.

[world wide wally]

28. There must be a Soros conspiracy behind every high school kid in the country

This shit shouldn't even be reported.

[ck4829]

29. Wow. What they called "left wing" years ago - "I like the USSR!" What they call "left wing" today...

"Getting shot at school is bad!"

What's going to be "left wing" tomorrow, huh?

"Huh you left wing extremists, you don't want to put Muslims in camps or sacrifice people to appease the job creators. Typical."

[weissmam]

30. NRA up your ass much

[RhodeIslandOne]

31. They will be voting your lame ass out soon enough

[errant boy]

32. McMaster is the Shameful One

For you, Henry:

[Stuart G]

46. This one is truly great...special for McMaster...truly big..cause he's a big asshole..

[njhoneybadger]

51. +1000

Fuck You Gov

[SHRED]

33. GOP are fools

[zentrum]

34. Every time I think the Repug

…..Party can't get uglier, they get uglier!

They are such a pox on the entire planet.

[ailsagirl]

35. What a jerk

[Soxfan58]

36. These are the voters of the future.

Be afraid GOP Be very afraid

[Initech]

37. He's part of the problem then. Douchebag.

[SayItLoud]

38. When's this douchebag's term up?

Wanna put it on my cal to make sure we don't forget his position.

[SCantiGOP]

53. See my post above

It’s the fourth one.
He is running this November. While SC is about +10 generic Repub margin this guy is not that popular and a smart Dem Iraq War veteran who is a second term State Senator will be well-financed against him.

[GoCubsGo]

39. I KNEW it was going to be that POS before I even opened up this thread.

I am not at all surprised that the dirtbag said that. Not at all. He is even more reprehensible than his predecessor, which is saying something.

[TheSmarterDog]

42. But allowing children & other innocent people to be murdered isn't?

Conservatives have an odd notion of what is "shanful".

[NoMoreRepugs]

43. Motivated, make that highly motivated High School

young adults mobilized to turn out the Democratic vote would be an AWESOME thing to witness.

[NastyRiffraff]

44. Nobody is using those students

for a political agenda or for anything else. They definitely have minds of their own. This is THEIR movement, and good for them!

[pecosbob]

45. Death threats against schools announcing walkouts have already begun...

not blaming anyone...just sayin'...

[rock]

47. Yeah, it is shameful

That they have to go through this to overcome the bought and paid-for politicians.

[Maxheader]

48. Actually guv baby...

They're being groomed for the voting booths when they
turn 18,,,And young people will remember the party that
trashes their efforts to protect themselves and
school kids in the future..

[cannabis_flower]

49. What's shameful

Is a governor who thinks a peaceful protest is shameful!

[Gothmog]

57. Who cares?

[PatrickforO]

58. I suspect Governor McMaster will pay for that statement at the polls next time he

is up for reelection.

Because you know what? That old smear shit isn't going to wash. Not with most people now.

Not after months and months of lies, just bald-faced lies, from Trump and the rest of the GOP.

People are wising up, and as long as we stay awake and actively resist, those smears won't be working.

[thegoose]

59. All the Pukes are diseased

No surprise here...

[47of74]

64. Hey McMaster FUCK YOU

[Nitram]

65. The Governor can go to hell. He'd rather support the 2nd amendment for adults than the 1st for

children.

[Scalded Nun]

66. What is shameful

is that a majority of voters in your state saw fit to elect your sorry, despicable ass.

[TwistOneUp]

67. Now why did I know...

This was a Red State?

[Zambero]

68. Critical thinking and democracy, BAD!!!!!!!

How dare these students advocate for policies that would serve to enhance etheir chances of survival!!!

[No-Bozos]

69. Governor, the NRA called. Your bonus check is in the mail.

As a special Thank You, we are including a coupon for a free AR-15. Be sure to show it to the kids.

[oberliner]

70. This guy sounds like a parody

“This is a tricky move, I believe, by a left-wing group, from the information I’ve seen, to use these children as a tool to further their own means,” McMaster said. “It sounds like a protest to me. It’s not a memorial, it's certainly not a prayer service, it’s a political statement by a left-wing group and it’s shameful.”

Rather than walkout, McMaster had another suggestion for the students involved.

Pray.

"What we should all do and what these students should do – I imagine a lot of them intend to do – is to pray and to hope for the families of those who were slain," McMaster said.

Disturbing that he is for real.

[randr]

71. For shame, students with a political agenda

What does he call the money he gets from the NRA?

[MissMillie]

72. They can't vote

so they don't matter.

But yet they're dying.

[Orsino]

73. But does he realize that he is among those being shamed by it?

He's certainly reacting out of fear.

[NurseJackie]

75. Exactly right!

[NurseJackie]

74. Awwww...

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

76. I heard a right-wing radio vomit-spouter say Liberals use talking points that they repeat.

Pot, meet kettle.