Oh, irony. Sweet, sweet irony. I remember you—hale and hearty, pink-cheeked Pollyanna—living the life of Riley before Republicans curb-stomped you to death in front of a Georgia public high school that obviously used to be a Pizza Hut.
While scrolling through Twitter, I discovered that congressional Republicans’ assignment for Tuesday was to falsely blame President Joe Biden for our current high gas prices (though, somehow, Donald Trump still gets a pass for having the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover). I also stumbled on this gem: An Iowa family drove to Washington, D.C., and, for some reason, decided their idea of a good time was listening to the Senate’s second-longest-serving member solemnly reflect on his 40-plus years of distinguished government service before artfully segueing to the months-old Egg McMuffin he found in his suit coat pocket this morning.
Seriously, folks. What’s wrong with this picture—other than the fact that Sen. Chuck Grassley apparently sends his pants out to be tailored by folks who have never before encountered pants.
For the nontweeters:
GRASSLEY: “Met w the Sparlin family from Preston today. They drove to DC from Iowa so we talked about soaring ga$ price$”
So the obvious remedy for sky-high gas prices is … don’t drive 1000-plus miles for a bracing mouthful of Sanka breath, COVID-19, and lies, when you could get the same bullshit spin from a phone call or email. Gas prices are high for several reasons—none of which have anything to do with President Biden.
But hey, Republicans are gonna demagogue—and they don’t really care who they rope into their little dog and pony show.
At least one Twitter denizen noticed the cynicism.
Several more noted the irony.
Wait. Democrats are trying to come up with solutions to this problem while Republicans just sit on their hands and whine? How can this be?
Grassley breezed through Tuesday’s GOP primary and is likely to win re-election, but there are other opportunities to take back the Senate in November. Vote. Them. Out.
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