GOP Rep Dave Brat compares his constituents to murderous white supremacists

[PunkinPi]

<snip>Virginia Rep. Dave Brat compared the constituents in his district to the murderous white supremacists who created havoc in his own state over the weekend.

The tea party Republican has represented the 7th Congressional District since his shocking upset in 2014, when he successfully challenged then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor for being insufficiently conservative. Brat has complained for months about constituents criticizing him at town halls, saying in January, “Since Obamacare and these issues have come up, the women are in my grill no matter where I go.”

Brat was asked by CNN if it was important for Trump to condemn the white supremacists, and he agreed, then piled on the equivocation.
“I got yelled at by 700 people swearing at me,” he complained, “and no call out from the media about, you know, to my senators who are Democrats in my state to say, hey, do you condone the hatred — 700 leftists, not Democrats. Far left.”

The hard left came out and the Women’s March. And I was getting caustic comments,” he said. “I got booed at my town hall by 700 people.”</snip>

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EMILY’s List Executive Director Emily Cain blasted Brat’s comments in a statement.

“It is disgusting that Dave Brat would compare the outrage of his own constituents over his vote to rip health care away from millions of Americans to the racist white supremacist attacks in Charlottesville this weekend,” she said. “Instead of using his platform to call for healing after a deeply horrifying weekend of violence, Dave Brat somehow thought it would be appropriate to whine about his own unpopularity. Concerned families are in no way comparable to neo-Nazi assaults on our nation’s diversity.”

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Hopefully the people in his district will show him the door in 2018.

[lapfog_1]

1. can we now dispense with the phrase "in my grill"

given that the front of a car is often referred to as the "grill" and it was used as a weapon of mass destruction by a white supremacist terrorist?

[PunkinPi]

3. Those with some kind of class or grace would, this is just like trump's tweet with

the train running over CNN. GOP no class or grace.

[lapfog_1]

4. yeah - images or phrases about people in front of trains or cars or grills

should be retired.

I almost bet that whoever made the image of the train running over the CNN person did it precisely as a "dog whistle" to the KKK Nazi alt right assholes. Only dog whistles are supposed to be unheard by everyone except for the intended audience. These are becoming like the steam whistle at my old alma mater signaling the end of the class period.

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. He's a slimy piece of shit and a coward, all worried & shit about women

yelling at his stupid face. Far left my ass.

[OilemFirchen]

5. Wait. Dude's a tea partier and is complaining about dissenters at town halls?

That takes some chutzpah.

Likewise this 53-year-old pasty white guy uttering the words "in my grill":

[Duppers]

6. How sick!

Wingers' contorted logic would astound pretzel makers.

Sick asshole. Apparently not all of his constituents are rich assholes who put him in office.

Thank you, p.p.

[neeksgeek]

7. Awww, did you get your fee fees hurt?

I'm sick of this false equivalence. Constituents demanding that their representatives *represent* their constituents is part of the job. You weren't elected to a Duchy or any other such thing. You were elected to represent WE, THE PEOPLE.

Almost makes me wish I lived in his district so I could vote against him. I'll have to settle for voting against Pittenger.