"The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet was the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there," said U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Tuesday.
I feel like pointing out the ignorance or cowardice in this statement is just playing their game.
The main purpose of the statement is to get a scary sound bite from a high ranking government official that the media can use to “credibly” scare millions of people who don’t pay close attention to the world around them, and make the American dictatorship more palatable to them.
Then there’s always the secondary benefit of rubbing their open hypocrisy in their enemies’ faces.
I feel like pointing out the ignorance or cowardice in this statement is just playing their game.
The main purpose of the statement is to get a scary sound bite from a high ranking government official that the media can use to “credibly” scare millions of people who don’t pay close attention to the world around them, and make the American dictatorship more palatable to them.
Then there’s always the secondary benefit of rubbing their open hypocrisy in their enemies’ faces.