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Reminds me of that SNL skit he was in: https://youtu.be/7AWuBh1MbbM?si=UVg016Prcl9WbYYB

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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The billboards like this are oftentimes from Republicans that are anti-MAGA, this one however is some guy that was a low level cabinet member of Clinton who decided to create his own PAC (Mad Dog PAC).

It isn't the DNC putting these up, it's basically people that just want to troll Trump, and when Trump stops running I'm sure most of these groups will move on to other things.

[–] FMT99@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The way things are going, if and when Trump exists there will be a crazier guy or gal replacing him. And we'll keep circling the drain trying to make the other guy look stupid.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not 100% sure on that. They will 100% double down on evil, but they will do it like the Turtle, just a giant smirk as they fuck Americans over. I think they know the batshit stuff doesn't really work outside of Trump, not like backstabbing and sneaky subversion of our country does.

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you're being downvoted because if you had a reputable link you'd just link it.

Any time someone says "just Google it" it sets off massive bullshit alarms.

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Fair enough. :) Tell you what though... Green shirt and denim jeans sounds like a solid combo.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah this guy doesn't have the most reputable friends, but are you saying you believe Trump/Barrs spin of the report? Trump's DOJ did him a solid, and Barr did another Iran-Contra style cover up.

[–] greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol how did you even come to that conclusion? All I’m saying is this dude lied on twitter about being an insider to the mueller investigation and leveraged that into this PAC that he takes a salary on.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 1 points 1 month ago

He spread so much fake shit about mueller investigation ...

Sorry, I read that as not believing in the report itself, as many believe the Trump/Barr version of the report, stating the opposite of what Mueller actually wrote.

As for this guy, I kinda remember him and noticing he was a bit ... out there. However, his billboards get under Trump's skin and that's fine by me. And I would imagine if you ran a PAC you would take a salary from it, and it looks like besides a $100 donation to a Maryland Dem none of that PAC money is actually going into politician coffers either. Way too many of these PACs and SuperPACs dumping millions of dollars into local/state elections to swing votes.