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2021-02-03 Home Front: Politix
Former Sen. Corker: Trump Supporters are Stupid and Misguided, Have to Learn ‘Basic Civics,' Stop ‘Worshiping Personalty'
[Breitbart] Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s "Deadline" that President Donald Trump supporters who believed his tweets and public comments that former Vice President Mike Pence or Congress could have overturned the 2020 presidential election results on January 6 needed to learn "basic civics" and stop "worshipping personality."

Corker said, "It’s time to have a debate about who we really are and talk about policy issues instead of reliving things that aren’t true — conspiracy theories. It is amazing to me how many people believe these things. I still cannot believe that I have friends who are hard-working, thoughtful people that believe some of the things that have been put out."

He continued, "We’ve moved to a place where it’s all about personality. We’ve just never been in that place before. We’ve been about fiscal issues and leadership in the world, and we may disagree on a policy, but you are not thrown out. It’s going to take a while to get there, but that’s where we have got to go as a country because worshipping personality as we have seen is dangerous for our country. Our democracy is more fragile than we ever anticipated. We’ve got to move to a more mature understanding of what politics is about. It’s about policy. It’s not not about some person always being right when we know many times they were actually telling untruths."

When asked if conservative media is responsible for people believing misinformation, Corker said, "I do tell people it’s their responsibility to understand and to be educated. Not to just read something on social media or see a tweet and believe it to be true."

He continued, "I don’t know where people get their information. I mean, part of living in a democracy is having the responsibility to understand enough about the issues to actually have an opinion. What’s happened, unfortunately, Nicole, is the media is not trusted, and so when a president tweets out things and they don’t trust the media anyway, people begin to believe things."
Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-03 01:17|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 A revealing confirmation. The former senator is only saying what most of his former colleagues actually believe.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-03 01:22||   2021-02-03 01:22|| Front Page Top

#2 "Personality" - right. What a moron. The whole point of Trump was that he was popular DESPITE HIS PERSONALITY. People rallied to him, repulsive and blustering and bullying as he was, because this bizarre man actually was the only national political figure to speak the truth!

Ponder that, Corkee: the people could see that you and your fellow well-spoken well-groomed soundbite-slingers were constantly, reflexively LYING while this bragging BS'er was actually telling the TRUTH.

Trump's first and biggest truth was what none dared say: illegal immigration into this country is a scourge. It is intolerable. Supporting this scourge is insane. It must be halted, with every force and means available to us.

Trump then had the temerity to say that embracing and building up China as a great power rival to the US was suicidal. Insane. Explainable only by reference to the corruption and stupidity of our elites.

Then Trump pointed out that our elites are not good at winning the overseas wars they start, that they have destroyed this nation's working class, that they hate our native-born workers so much that they would rather import millions of helots and little H1B indentured servants than actually favor our own hardworking and talented children for these precious jobs.

And on and on. What does it say about you, cork-in-your-arse, that the Orange-faced Gameshow Host was more lucid, honest, sober and accurate than you and all your fellow whores are?
Posted by Woozle Threagum4040 2021-02-03 03:24||   2021-02-03 03:24|| Front Page Top

#3 Hes "Former" for a good reason - he was a squish.

And like the bulk of the establishment, he has it all wrong: Its not Trump's personality, its the fact that he actually DID things that the establishment only talks about. Build the Wall, Americans First, Stand Up to China, Stop placating our enemies in Iran, Bring troops home, stop starting wars, Create Jobs, push back on abortion, etc.

THAT is why the people like him - and why they do NOT like DC uniparty chumps like YOU Corker.

The only bad thing about Trump is that he is a loud mouthed abasive jerk. But people would rather have that then another mealy-mouthed weasel like Bush. Or Corker, Alexander, McConnel, etc.
Posted by Deadeye Jaiting7534 2021-02-03 03:45||   2021-02-03 03:45|| Front Page Top

#4 According to British legal stature, an idiot is an individual with an IQ of less than 20, an imbecile has an IQ of between 20 and 49, and a moron an IQ between 50 and 69. Cretins are specifically persons with a deformity or mental retardation caused by a thyroid deficiency; cretinism is now more commonly called hyperthyroidism.

I believe it is important not to disparage people unduly there fore, please use the above UK legal definitions when describing or commenting upon the questionable antics, pronouncements and activities of subjects in posted articles.

/sarc
Posted by One Rock 2021-02-03 06:05||   2021-02-03 06:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Stop ‘Worshiping Personalty'

After 8 years of Obama? The Left is fixed in Freudian Project, massive IMAX size.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-02-03 06:42||   2021-02-03 06:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Woozle has it, I vote for policies, not personalities. My principles haven't changed whether Orange Man Bad is in the White House or not. What you're seeing from the GOP old guard is an admission that their primary allegiance is to the Party not the Country, See Cocaine Mitch for further reference.
Posted by Mercutio 2021-02-03 07:52||   2021-02-03 07:52|| Front Page Top

#7 "...What’s happened, unfortunately, Nicole, is the media is not trusted, and so when a president tweets out things and they don’t trust the media anyway, people begin to believe things."

Ooooh - he's this close to figuring it out; maybe in another couple of years?
Posted by Raj 2021-02-03 08:35||   2021-02-03 08:35|| Front Page Top

#8 Nice to see the deep state confirming they hate us.
Posted by DarthVader 2021-02-03 08:40||   2021-02-03 08:40|| Front Page Top

#9 After 8 years of Obama? The Left is fixed in Freudian Project, massive IMAX size.

That is a fact.
Posted by One Eyed Tsar 2021-02-03 08:44||   2021-02-03 08:44|| Front Page Top

#10 Very true OET. Really sad part is, it has worked quite well for them.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-03 08:59||   2021-02-03 08:59|| Front Page Top

#11  I believe it is important not to disparage people unduly

*happy sigh*

Woozle has it, I vote for policies, not personalities.

Ditto. I was even willing to vote for Senators McCain (may he be enjoying the pleasures of Hell) and Romney.

How did the Senate impeachment thing go yesterday, does anyone know?
Posted by trailing wife 2021-02-03 10:19||   2021-02-03 10:19|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ It didn't make the news, so that's the story right there, TW.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-02-03 11:39||   2021-02-03 11:39|| Front Page Top

#13 Perhaps he was just speaking to the Capital Protesters. It seem fashionable for both parties to put them down.
Posted by Vespasian Ebboting9735 2021-02-03 12:06||   2021-02-03 12:06|| Front Page Top

#14 #8 Nice to see the deep state confirming they hate us.

Yup. I recall Biden saying the following on Nov. 01, 2020 in the run-up to the election: “I Don’t Need You To Get Elected”? A gaffe? I think not.

Posted by JohnQC 2021-02-03 12:17||   2021-02-03 12:17|| Front Page Top

#15 I see the Presidential Halo Picture is back in style.

And soon Dementia Joe will be that clean slate of personality people can project onto.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-02-03 16:42||   2021-02-03 16:42|| Front Page Top

#16 I don't know maybe you missed this one, before the installment of fearless leader.


Posted by Deadeye Chorong9260 2021-02-03 16:47||   2021-02-03 16:47|| Front Page Top

#17 ^ put down your disgusting paws, you filthy animal. Leave the little girls alone
Posted by One Eyed Spinerong5646 2021-02-03 16:55||   2021-02-03 16:55|| Front Page Top

#18 They hate a strawman version of us and are too lazy or egoistical to find out the truth.
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-02-03 18:07||   2021-02-03 18:07|| Front Page Top

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