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applegrove

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Tue Mar 26, 2024, 04:18 PM Mar 26

GOP Lawmaker Blames 'Diversity' for Bridge Collapse [View all]

GOP Lawmaker Blames ‘Diversity’ for Bridge Collapse

March 26, 2024 at 4:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 9 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/03/26/gop-lawmaker-blames-diversity-for-bridge-collapse/

"SNIP.........

Utah lawmaker Phil Lyman (R), who is running for governor, quickly used Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse to boost his gubernatorial campaign by blaming the accident on efforts to make workplaces more diverse, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.

Said Lyman: “This is what happens when you have Governors who prioritize diversity over the wellbeing [sic] and security of citizens.”

In a subsequent post, Lyman added: “DEI=DIE.”

.........SNIP"

Applegrove:

GOP are all trying to show off to each other showing who can lie best. Thanks to Trump for making lying go nuclear.

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snork.. AllaN01Bear Mar 26 #1
Stupid pig ismnotwasm Mar 26 #2
Poorly coded. IrishAfricanAmerican Mar 26 #13
For all intents and purposes.... SergeStorms Mar 26 #28
Exactly. It takes a particularly vile sort of vermin to resort to B.See Mar 26 #60
Wow... This is Offensive Deep State Witch Mar 26 #3
The Governor of Maryland hired the captain of the ship? Probatim Mar 26 #4
The government of Maryland hired the pilot who jump applegrove Mar 26 #8
Republicans take advantage of every tragedy to score points - that should be one of the takeaways. Probatim Mar 26 #10
They attach their propaganda to emotional events. applegrove Mar 26 #14
Exactly Mad_Machine76 Mar 27 #66
well.... if that smoke has been WHITE this might not have happened!!!!!!! Takket Mar 26 #55
Here's a video where the narrator says the pilot would have been aboard but the ship would be under ... Jim__ Mar 26 #57
Yeah, that would have been a cute trick, wouldn't it! ShazzieB Mar 26 #41
No. Biden did that. He was in charge of maintenance COL Mustard Mar 26 #44
Well, of course calguy Mar 26 #54
Bring this asshat to a street corner in Baltimore Charging Triceratops Mar 26 #5
"Try That in a Big City" LOL n/t TxGuitar Mar 26 #9
LYMAN ... LIE, MAN Charging Triceratops Mar 26 #6
I came here to say that. eggplant Mar 27 #62
. Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 27 #64
Connect the dots, Pepe Silvia! PEPE SILVIA! ck4829 Mar 27 #65
Yeah Turbineguy Mar 26 #7
Sounds like Qanon CT LeftInTX Mar 26 #11
What an IDIOT! beaglelover Mar 26 #12
The ship was a Singapore ship MiniMe Mar 26 #15
And the contractor was a Danish shipping giant. Nt spooky3 Mar 26 #27
The cause of the accident was a corporate "tool" hauling corporate "profit" ... sanatanadharma Mar 26 #16
Yeah. Maybe all this propaganda is because coming on the heels applegrove Mar 26 #18
It's all over Twitter as well as wild conspiracy theories underpants Mar 26 #17
Yeah. Maybe all this propaganda is because coming on the heels applegrove Mar 26 #19
The Mayor of Baltimore being DEI was my favorite underpants Mar 26 #20
insanity in the youtube comments also. BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 26 #21
This s highly illogical flakey_foont Mar 26 #22
Those people get more stupid every day. StarryNite Mar 26 #23
WTF does this lunatic Lyman even think he is saying. flashman13 Mar 26 #24
Stupid Trump trash dalton99a Mar 26 #25
That didn't take long. Harker Mar 26 #26
OK, what does the ship's mistake have to do with diversity? ananda Mar 26 #29
How the frig does a ship from Singapore crashing into a bridge hadEnuf Mar 26 #30
Lyman obviously didn't bother to check any of the facts. ShazzieB Mar 26 #42
If the bridge construction started in 1972 hadEnuf Mar 26 #48
A Singapore company ship chartered by Danish shipping giant Maersk crashing in the United States Brother Buzz Mar 26 #43
This governor wantabe CRK7376 Mar 26 #31
The brisge was built between 1972 and 1977 soldierant Mar 26 #32
It was just his turn to jump into the fray johnnyfins Mar 26 #33
That makes no sense. paleotn Mar 26 #34
The only diversity here is in the pretexts and excuses nt Xipe Totec Mar 26 #35
"If only they hadn't named that bridge after a woman!" haha JohnnyRingo Mar 26 #36
The conservative way ClimateHawk Mar 26 #37
This is very strong evidence that the Groupies Of Putin have no living brain left. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 26 #38
Knee jerking jerk Warpy Mar 26 #39
Oh, ffs! ShazzieB Mar 26 #40
He heard the victims were brown and thinks white people would have done a better job. Oneironaut Mar 26 #47
White male, state GOP, legislator... LuvLoogie Mar 26 #45
So trashy. Not an ounce of concern for the people who lost their lives. Oneironaut Mar 26 #46
Go suck an egg, Phil. ProudMNDemocrat Mar 26 #49
They're all like a bot now. marmar Mar 26 #50
Yikes Faux pas Mar 26 #51
"Apply the campaign talking points to everything that happens. Blame Democrats!" bucolic_frolic Mar 26 #52
Singapore-flagged ship.... viva la Mar 26 #53
Some peeps on Facebook durablend Mar 26 #56
Another dumber and dumber republican. republianmushroom Mar 26 #58
Racist much, gubner? marble falls Mar 26 #59
[sic] burn JoseBalow Mar 26 #61
Who owns this ship? Owens Mar 27 #63
Watching GOP leadership running down the field holding this flat ball of stupid Torchlight Mar 27 #67
Scum. twodogsbarking Mar 27 #68
More Like Deregulation DallasNE Mar 28 #69
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