Credibility Gap

Mike Johnson: "The problem is they're being ambushed by right now by in many cases paid protesters. You've got George Soros-funded groups. They are very well organized ... the actual constituents of these Republican members can't actually make it into the arenas." pic.twitter.com/ZAsjmp6Ukx

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 7, 2025

“They are actually lizard people who have eaten humans and are wearing their skins,” would be slightly more credible. And at least sound more honest.

TAPPER: How can you look at experts in nuclear weapons being fired then rehired and think, 'Oh, this process is working exactly as it should be'?

RICK SCOTT: I'm a business guy. You do the best you can every day. What they're trying to do is rein in government. Are they gonna be perfect? No. pic.twitter.com/pVlEP01axY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 9, 2025

Your business, Senator, was Medicare fraud. And Musk is running all his businesses like an adolescent on ketamine, while Trump is under judgment for massive business fraud, and has a string of bankruptcies in his record. Why don’t you sit all the way down?

And “they” fired all the inspectors general, who were doing the real job Trump and Musk pretend to be doing. You should just go sit all the way in the back, on your hands.

Ro Khanna on Fox on standing and clapping during Trump's speech: "A few of us said that we should be respectful, because it's about the institutions of American democracy." pic.twitter.com/EWzm6nfM44

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 9, 2025

This not the time for weasel words dressed up as sanctimonious claptrap. In fact, there’s never a time for that.

Go sit beside Rick Scott, and speak only when you’re spoken to.

Lutnick on tariffs: "If fentanyl ends, I think these will come off. But if fentanyl does not end, or he's uncertain about it, they will stay this way until he is comfortable. This is black and white." pic.twitter.com/hrwCDFUcuT

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 9, 2025

And yet the world is in color…

And, finally:

A) the Vance encounter with the protesters did occur (I stand corrected); but

B) it was in Cincinnati, not D.C. (no idea why he was in Cincinnati); 

 C) did not occur as Vance said it did (quelle surprise);

D) was with people going by on their way to the protest:

Ann Henry, who shared her video of the interaction with us, claims that Vance's X post is a complete fabrication of the incident. She says she and the other protesters spontaneously passed Vance as they were headed to the nearby protest.

"No one was chasing him," Henry told WCPO 9 News.

Maybe Republicans are weasel people wearing human skin. Big, if true….