As U.S. officials struggle to push back against misinformation about natural disasters hitting the country, at least three congressional Republicans condemned conspiracy theories repeated by fellow members of their party.
Representative Chuck Edwards, who represents a North Carolina district hit hard by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in late September, called out the “outrageous rumours” spread by “untrustworthy sources trying to spark chaos.”
The flooding decimated much of North Carolina’s inland west, an unexpected outcome in a state which is used to dealing with hurricanes along its Atlantic coast.At the time,Florida was bracing for a direct hit from the powerful Hurricane Milton, headed for its western coast.
This is of their own doing. They’ve been fine about misinformed being spread. Now it’s bitting them in the arse. Reap what you sow.
And even the ones who are calling out the misinformation are still throwing their support behind the people generating that misinformation.
It’s less “leopards eating faces” and more “leopards eating their own faces.”
ouroboros leopards
The Human Centi-Leopard.
“I attached my own ass to my face, and my ass is a leopard, and the ass-leopard is eating my face, and our/my shared ass-leopard/human stomach is digesting my face, and I love it.”
Such a long walk. You were so close with attaching the ass to the face but the context of leopards just jars with he vibe. I think you could punch this up to be tighter.
Sorta like how they quietly tolerated Qanon when it served their purposes, then got MTG as a result.
Exactly
“untrustworthy sources trying to spark chaos.”
He doesn’t actually say the names, because he he trying to thread the needle.
He can’t call out his own party, because that would be disloyal.
At least he didn’t blame “inner city rap fans” or “urbane cosmopolitans.”
It’s all just words until you kick them out of the party.
Condemning them without acting on the condemnation is the equivalent of:
Optimistic of you to think the conspiracy misinformation scumbags would be the ones getting the boot!
You guys literally trained each other to do this about everything. It’s your own damn fault.
at least three congressional Republicans
How does that compare with the number of congressional Republicans actively spreading this disinformation?
It’s at least three being drowned out by many more loud and repeatedly amplified voices. Maybe just three. But at least three is newsworthy!
Some poor FEMA worker is going to get murdered over this.
Barely. They need to call out the lunatics like MTG. Reps and Senators. By name.
The Harris campaign forgot (again) how every single Republican is a scumbag and actually went out of their way to highlight Tillis’ statement calling out misinformation, which predictably blew up in their faces
Do you think quoting Hosea 8:7 is a little too on the nose?
In the Bible’s Book of Hosea, God says, “They sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind”.
For those few who don’t know the Bible by heart
