MN. State Rep. tweet: 70 percent fewer NBA teams would lead to ‘increase in streetcrime’
Source: Raw Story
MN. State Rep. tweet: 70 percent fewer NBA teams would lead to increase in streetcrime
By Tom Boggioni
Sunday, March 9, 2014 22:19 EDT
Minnesota State Representative Pat Garofalo sent out a tweet today stating that no one would notice a decrease in NBA teams except for the possible exception of an increase in streetcrime.
Garofalo (R-Framington) tweeted: Lets be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime.
See tweet:
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/09/mn-state-rep-tweet-70-percent-fewer-nba-teams-would-lead-to-increase-in-streetcrime/
madaboutharry
(40,218 posts)There is no hope.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)People in the north are MUCH more progressive and inclusive.
Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Minnesota, Louisiana...all along the Gulf Coast they are so backwards!
(whaddaya mean it is Mississippi, and that Minnesota is a northern state? That's unpossible! Only the south has backwards people!)
24601
(3,962 posts)brett_jv
(1,245 posts)What a friggin' putz ... but what else do we expect from an (R)?
Sociopaths, the lot of 'em.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)If you wake up and hear 1000 Airplanes on the Roof, you know it has arrived.
Skittles
(153,182 posts)f***ing asshole
liberal N proud
(60,339 posts)I am not a basketball fan but what this says has less to do with basketball than anything else.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Yeesh.
yurbud
(39,405 posts)and have to kneel to demand your money?
rucky
(35,211 posts)70% of Republican reps could resign tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of decrease in white collar crime.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,167 posts)Marthe48
(17,011 posts)when I read about this. With a comment like this, he proves he doesn't merit a public office.
Digital Puppy
(496 posts)Does Twitter make you stupid or just highlight it?
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)and a stupid fuck too.
NickB79
(19,258 posts)That ought to help our small town attract businesses and new residents
This asshat has long been a local embarrassment to our town, and now he's going national.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,167 posts)You have my sympathies if that's the case.
NickB79
(19,258 posts)And while Minnesota in general trends liberal, you still get enclaves of conservative "enlightenment" here and there once you get away from major population centers like Minneapolis/St. Paul, St. Cloud, Duluth, Rochester, etc.