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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Wed Feb 21, 2018, 01:26 PM Feb 2018

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Constituents bury GOP lawmaker after he mocks anti-gun student protesters on Facebook

Constituents bury GOP lawmaker after he mocks anti-gun student protesters on Facebook
Brad Reed 21 FEB 2018 AT 10:07 ET

Republican Pennsylvania State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe faced blowback from some of his constituents on Wednesday when he mocked students who are protesting gun violence in the United States.

Writing on Facebook, Metcalfe suggested that the student protesters demonstrating against gun violence were not genuine American teenagers, as he sarcastically used quotation marks every time he referred to them as “students.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/constituents-bury-gigantic-idiot-gop-lawmaker-mocked-students-protesting-gun-violence/

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Constituents bury GOP lawmaker after he mocks anti-gun student protesters on Facebook (Original Post) workinclasszero Feb 2018 OP

He's crazy. He is the one who told a colleague in a meeting... CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #1

He's fucked up...how in the Hell did he get elected?!? BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #2

Please tell me that there's a strong Democratic person opposing him in No Vested Interest Feb 2018 #3

Metcalfe's state house seat is safe R DeminPennswoods Feb 2018 #4

CurtEastPoint

(18,641 posts)

1. He's crazy. He is the one who told a colleague in a meeting...

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Feb 21, 2018, 01:30 PM

Feb 2018

Metcalfe, who last year made headlines for telling a male colleague to not touch his arm because he was a heterosexual,

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)

2. He's fucked up...how in the Hell did he get elected?!?

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 21, 2018, 01:42 PM

Feb 2018

I hope ending gerrymandering ends his career in politics. Maybe he can work as a bouncer at Right Wing events instead.

No Vested Interest

(5,166 posts)

3. Please tell me that there's a strong Democratic person opposing him in

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Feb 21, 2018, 03:23 PM

Feb 2018

the upcoming election.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)

4. Metcalfe's state house seat is safe R

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 21, 2018, 04:55 PM

Feb 2018

I doubt a Dem could win there, but a not crazy Republican probably could beat him as he must be endlessly embarrassing to his constituents.

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