Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Saturday slapped down colleague Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), reminding her that federal infrastructure funds she called “communist” built the nation’s highway system.
Greene viciously slammed the 13 House Republicans (including Kinzinger) who voted to pass the Biden administration’s $1.2 trillion Infrastructure and Jobs Act on Friday.
She claimed in a tweet late Friday after the vote that they “handed over their voting cards ... to pass Joe Biden’s Communist takeover of America via infrastructure.”
She named all 13 Republicans — with their phone numbers in a separate tweet — in the bipartisan effort. (Some on Twitter said they were grateful for the list so they could call in their thanks.)
A later tweet by Greene characterized the infrastructure package as “socialist,” not communist.
Kinzinger schooled Greene on “communism” and the American government’s role in helping to build a nation.
“Infrastructure=communism is a new one,” Kinzinger mocked. Republican President Dwight D. “Eisenhower’s interstate system should be torn up or else the commies will be able to conveniently drive! Red Dawn in real life,” he quipped.
Infrastructure=communism is a new one. Eisenhower’s interstate system should be torn up or else the commies will be able to conveniently drive! Red Dawn in real life pic.twitter.com/WTPtBYDSHx — Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) November 6, 2021
He also mocked Greene for putting the word “Republicans” in quotes. Apparently, he noted in a following tweet, only those who believe in “Jewish space lasers” that sparked California wildfires (a pet conspiracy theory of Greene’s) — and roads —can be “real” Republicans.
Also I’m assuming that the “Republicans” being in quotes implies that if you don’t believe in Jewish space lasers, and believe in roads, you aren’t a real Republican — Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) November 6, 2021
Others jumped in on the slam — and thanked Kinzinger for his vote.
OK, so not a single penny should go to her district. — Chuck Berray (@EyeOnAlaska) November 6, 2021
Surely you know that anything that helps the "average" American is Communism, Socialism or Marxism. Anything that helps the 1% is called Capitalism. — CathyO (@cathyob1) November 6, 2021
The good news is that when the new roads are built, the new rail system is in place, and we have good, clean drinking water for everyone, Marjorie doesn’t have to drive on it, ride on it, or drink it. — Brett Baron (@brettbaron) November 6, 2021
It was Republican President Dwight David Eisenhower that signed the Interstate Highway act. He had surveyed the state of roads in America in the 1920s. In a way, it is a monument to him. Monuments to US Army generals no longer interest Republicans. — Albert Wong (@zbilbo9) November 6, 2021
So I wake up to find out that Joe Biden just accomplished in nine months what Donald Trump couldn’t get done in four years: sign into law a bipartisan infrastructure bill. — Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) November 6, 2021
MachReverb on November 7th, 2021 at 14:16 UTC »
A Day in the Life of Joe Republican
Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to insure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too.
He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained. Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.
Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards.
Joes employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune. Its noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression.
Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime.
Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.
He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.
Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day.
Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."
Edit: Not my OC, but the automod of this sub won't allow me to credit the OP, it needs to been seen though. Thanks OP.
Apotropoxy on November 7th, 2021 at 12:06 UTC »
I, for one, am delighted to be able to turn on my tap and get the communist's purified water spilling forth.
SinisterKnight42 on November 7th, 2021 at 11:42 UTC »
She's one of the worst extremist politicians out there. Everything Democratic is communism, every Democrat is a socialist, every bill not brought forth by Republicans is wasteful, illegal, blah blah blah. She insists on voting No on anything put forth by Democrats, just because it's from Dems. Yet everyone knows if Republicans put forth the same bill, she'd be screaming for it to be passed. She is a grifter, a fearmonger, a hypocrite and a bigot. If it had been Democrats who stormed the Capitol to try to disrupt the confirmation of Trump as President, she absolutely would be calling for the death penalty for all of them. She insults Congress regularly, calls any Republican who votes with Democrats a "traitor", refuses to call Joe Biden by his rightful title of President, and insults pretty much anyone who doesn't lick Donnie's asshole. Nevermind the fact that she's engaged in seriously shady financial dealings, and spews hate while claiming to be Christian (or Catholic, whichever).
I can't fucking stand her duplicity and hypocrisy. Pro-choice for vaccines but 100% anti-abortion. FMTG.