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Former GOP House member's wife said Sen. Markwayne Mullin put his finger in the noses of sleeping members of Congress and their spouses on a trip to Israel (www.businessinsider.com)

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I want off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride.

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[–] Hairyblue@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Is this the same Republican that threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony? And... no it is not, but they share the same temperament.

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No, he’s the one that threatened embassy staff when they wouldn’t let him fly into Tajikistan with a suitcase full of cash where he intended to cross the border into Afghanistan to play hero right after the US military pulled out.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

slices of the the same asshole pie

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao holy fuck, what? How did I miss that??

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure, it was national news, but there was a lot of news going on during that time, so it was probably easy to miss. He’s quite the cartoon of an “alpha” male.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, must have just gotten lost in the wash for me.

At any rate, I’m just waiting for all these regressive idiots preoccupied with “alpha-ness” to realize that literally everyone else is laughing at them, and not in a nice way.