Jimmy Higgins
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In a hearing about violence against Asians (thanks Trump), Rep Chip Roy (TX-*) started off with a quip about needing big trees and more rope.
Of course, this probably isn't the greatest thing to mention in a hearing about violence. Some took it to be speaking of public lynchings, but I can see it being about pro-capital punishment... kill the wrong doers. The trouble I have is his response.
We need more justice... less thought police. Okay, did we stop prosecuting murder? Are the courts saturated with cases about people saying mean things so that we can't prosecute murders anymore?
Need to restore order! While we must prosecute those that commits crime, this whole "restore order" reeks of Fascist / Authoritarian wannabee banter. We need to get tough to restore order! But order isn't exactly all that out of order. Crime still is near record lows, even despite it rising under the Trump Administration.
Not turn America into an authoritarian state like the Chinese Communists?! Okay, it is like he was rifling buzzwords/phrases from a list and didn't care about the context. Because what in the heck does America turning into an authoritarian state have to do with anything he mentioned earlier? We need to be tough on crime... not turn the US into an authoritarian states that... isn't tough on crime... and only prosecutes thought crimes?
The GOP is full of idiots!
Of course, this probably isn't the greatest thing to mention in a hearing about violence. Some took it to be speaking of public lynchings, but I can see it being about pro-capital punishment... kill the wrong doers. The trouble I have is his response.
WTF is that garbled mess supposed to mean? He knew he had time to write stuff down and think the response over, right?Rep. Chip Roy (TX-*) said:Apparently some folks are freaking out that I used an old expression about finding all the rope in Texas and a tall oak tree about carrying out justice against bad guys. ... I meant it. We need more justice and less thought police. We need to stop evil doers – such as those who carried out the attack in Atlanta this week, or cartels abusing little children, or those who kill our cops on the streets. We should restore order by tamping out evil actors… not turn America into an authoritarian state like the Chinese Communists who seek to destroy us. No apologies.
We need more justice... less thought police. Okay, did we stop prosecuting murder? Are the courts saturated with cases about people saying mean things so that we can't prosecute murders anymore?
Need to restore order! While we must prosecute those that commits crime, this whole "restore order" reeks of Fascist / Authoritarian wannabee banter. We need to get tough to restore order! But order isn't exactly all that out of order. Crime still is near record lows, even despite it rising under the Trump Administration.
Not turn America into an authoritarian state like the Chinese Communists?! Okay, it is like he was rifling buzzwords/phrases from a list and didn't care about the context. Because what in the heck does America turning into an authoritarian state have to do with anything he mentioned earlier? We need to be tough on crime... not turn the US into an authoritarian states that... isn't tough on crime... and only prosecutes thought crimes?
The GOP is full of idiots!