Legislator 'accidentally' recommends Confederate flag to list of approved Florida flags - Alex Wagner

[Rhiannon12866]

Alex Wagner reports on Florida State Senator Jay Collins including "the flag of the Confederate States" on a list of flags that would be exempted from a law barring the flying of "improper" flags in the state of Florida, but quickly arguing that item was included by accident. - Aired on 03/17/2023.

[old as dirt]

1. Reminds me of this.

Steve King posts meme warning that red states have ‘8 trillion bullets’ in event of civil war

Rep. Steve King has civil war on his mind.

The Iowa Republican broached the subject in a Saturday evening Facebook post — a meme of two fighting Frankenstein figures, one red and one blue, each an amalgamation of states based on their political leanings. The art was ripped and uncredited, as meme art usually is, from a New York Times book review in 2013, and was originally designed by Yarek Waszul.

“Folks keep talking about another civil war,” the meme read. “One side has about 8 trillion bullets, while the other side doesn’t know which bathroom to use.”

King, who Congress recently stripped of committee assignments over his comments about white supremacy, annotated the image with a smirking emoji and mused, “Wonder who would win....”

The implication was incendiary: King was openly pondering violent, armed conflict, apparently joking about Republican-leaning states fighting their Democratic-leaning neighbors in a second American civil war.

But King, an Iowa native and sitting congressman, may have been confused about which side he was on. There, forming the blue warrior’s biceps, was his home state, delivering a cartographic uppercut to the jaw of its red opponent.

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[Rhiannon12866]

2. Not to mention that MTG has also recently called for a "divorce" between red and blue states

The issues that resulted in the previous Civil War may be different in 2023, but the reasons are the same, a refusal by the MTGs of the world to accept those who are "different" than they are - and as an attempt to restrict their behavior and certainly their freedoms. And it's getting worse, just look at DeSantis and Florida as an example.

[Walleye]

3. In a battle of wits they are completely unarmed

[Timeflyer]

4. Like it--may I borrow that phrase? (I going to anyway)

[Walleye]

5. Be my guest, I'm sure I stole it from somewhere.

Sounds like something my brother would’ve said

[dalton99a]

6. Like he accidentally got $5M from DeSantis