Senator Murphy Faces Backlash Over 'Awesome' Reply to Iranian Fleet Claim
I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not “awesome”. As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called “sarcasm”.
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Senator Murphy Faces Backlash Over 'Awesome' Reply to Iranian Fleet Claim
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On April 20, Murphy responded to a claim that 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels bypassed a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports, put in place around April 12 amid tensions after U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. U.S. military officials and reporters like Trey Yingst quickly called the report misleading propaganda, noting no evidence of recent departures from Iranian ports and confirming 28 vessels had been turned back. Murphy later explained it as sarcasm aimed at President Trump's handling of the conflict, but Republicans like Rick Scott and Laura Loomer condemned it as unfit for a Foreign Relations Committee member, renewing partisan divides over Iran policy.
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At least 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels bypass US blockade https://lloydslist.com/LL1156966/At-least-26-Iranian-shadow-fleet-vessels-bypass-US-blockade
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At least 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels bypass US blockade https://lloydslist.com/LL1156966/At-least-26-Iranian-shadow-fleet-vessels-bypass-US-blockade
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Ok Twitter, I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not “awesome”. As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called “sarcasm”.
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Ok Twitter, I can’t believe I need to clarify this but obviously Trump’s bungled mismanagement of this war is not “awesome”. As I have said a million times here, it’s a disaster and he should end the war immediately. My tweet was something called “sarcasm”.
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I wish Murphy hadnt given such a one word reply open to misinterpretation but, come on, its pretty obvious sarcasm. The usual right wing media misfits erupted.
Hyperpartisans look for things to be outraged about. It's almost a sport for some people.
Interestingly, only those on the right seem to be serious about making a towering mountain out of single word sarcasm molehills. They spend all day walking back what their own President has said, making excuses for why it's not as bad as what we all heard, but when an opponent doesn't clarify what they meant when posting a single word they jump to the worst possible conclusion. But that's how dishonest little shit for brains function so there's not much the rest of us can do but laugh at the demented desperate little morons.
Mmmm...maybe, but I spent a lot of my early time online parsing out what conservatives actually said to hyperventilating progressives. That was before the rise of the Tea Party and it's only gotten worse since Trump.
I'll admit, the left does have its own 'basket of dementia' if you will, those far-left fringe that believe the Blueanon bullshit and are just the counterparts to the crazy rightwing Qanon freaks. With that said, I don't see them being nearly as large a group nor 'mainstream' on the left as the crazies on the right seem to be within their party. The conspiracy theories on the right seem to have seeped deeper into the center of their party than have similar conspiracy theories on the left. You don't have 70% of Democrats believing a thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory as you do with Republicans (though I'm sure some of the aforementioned crazies on the right would claim otherwise).
Pointing out the few on the left that are behaving as bad as the legions doing worse on the right seems a bit of a 'speck of dust' vs 'timber' in the eye position.
Thankfully they are not the Establishment yet, but the number of people who would have identified as 'Bernie Bros' in the past are organizing and winning elections. I don't want AOC and The Squad running things anymore than I want The Freedom Caucus running things.
Turning a blind eye on your idiot brother won't fix family dysfunction either.
Fair enough. As I pointed out, the left does have its own 'basket of dementia' though sometimes it's hard to even consider them on the left. There should be a new direction we can use to refer to such nuts. Perhaps we should just refer to any political conspiracy theorist that won't shut the fuck up about their stupid nonsense a "southist" because they're simply trying to bring everybody and every conversation down into their mire of lies and gullible stupidity.
I usually use 'left-wing populist' but, yeah... nuts is nuts.
you can't expect dummies to understand sarcasm
Lloyd's List is a good source of information. Thanks for the link.
As someone with a masters in sarcasm I can recognize it when I see it.
That wasn't it.
After this comment and his Trump rant on foreign soil he is someplace between an embarrassment and a traitor.
Yet CT will vote him in again.
From Prager U?
Or perhaps Trump U.
Clearly you cannot. That was so obvious even a third grader would recognize it as sarcasm. The only thing it was missing was the rolled eyes and golf clap.
"awesome"
Keep defending, rationalizing and justifying the indefensible.
Is that the motto of MAGA? It would certainly seem so.
No. But if the shoe fits..........
Too true, and that 'shoe' of a motto fits MAGA like a glove.
A shoe fits like a glove.
Got it
Exactly. Since 'fits like a glove' is an idiom. Even the Cambridge English Dictionary uses another piece of clothing, pants, to make this point.
CT Senators are a guy who cheers and promotes literal Iranian propaganda and a stolen valor liar. Says alot.