New Mexico in the news, not in a good way, and some Trumpie news

[thewayne]

A guy who ran for the New Mexico House of Representatives was arrested. He lost by FORTY EIGHT POINTS. So naturally it was a rigged election, and he hired people to shoot up the houses of four other politicians.

As one would do.

He was taken into custody after a brief standoff with the SWAT team.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/solomon-pena-arrested-new-mexico_n_63c5fd52e4b0d6f0ba0758ea


Trump was suspended from Facebook for two years after the January 6 Capitol Riots. The original plan was that after that point, a review would be done and a further decision would be made whether to reinstate him, extend the ban, permaban, whatever.

Trump has sent a letter to Meta, the owner of Facebook, saying that their keeping him off of FB amounts to election interference. Let's see. He was kicked off for inciting political violence. And an idiot in New Mexico just had four houses shot up because he lost an election by 48%. Ten rounds went into the bedroom of a child. Fortunately no one was hurt, the same can't be said of the events at the Capitol.

No, clearly Trump doesn't incite violence. /s

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/trump-tries-to-get-back-on-facebook-claims-ban-is-electoral-interference/

Comments

[dewline]

Not buying DT-45's toxic waste either.

[thewayne]

No, he's definitely not going to be changing his tune.  He's in it for a small number of reasons: ego, money, and to try to stay out of prison - basically to continue the grift.  And if he'd simply not been elected to POTUS, he could probably have continued his grift until he had departed this plane of existence.  FB is simply a means to amplify his message, and thus donation income.

[disneydream06]

That is a whole lotta WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

Tell me about it.  At least even with this, we're not remotely in the same groupings as Arizona, Texas and Florida.   Case in point: a Texas state legislator just introduced a bill requiring that food products and drugs that contain human fetal tissue be prominently labeled.  Except it's illegal for food products to contain human fetal tissue and none do.  Drugs, it's a very complicated matter.  I'd love to see Eli Lilly et al say 'We're not going to sell X in the Texas market anymore'.

[disneydream06]

OMg, I think I saw a headline about that idiot. :o
Florida, Texas, and Arizona have some very "special" people living there. :o

[kaishin108]

What Jon said yes, so disgusting.

[gingeriana]

i would really love to read a neuroscience-for-dummies book explaining why some people just can't process and accept the simple fact that they have lost

[thewayne]

If you find it, and understand it, perhaps you can explain it to me. Far too many people have allowed themselves to be brainwashed into completely believing Republican/Trump talking points: if I lose, it's because the other side cheated, not because I suck as a candidate and no one voted for me, therefore violence is justified because My President Who Was Also Cheated Said So.  It's a ridiculous logic circle.  People are badly lacking critical thinking skills these days, on both sides of the political spectrum, but particularly among the die-hard Republicans.

[silveradept]

It's a setup so that they can claim to be persecuted and the victims of the Evul Librul Meedja. And possibly some other stochastic terrorist will set their sights on Meta for the slight.