In the vast, swirling cesspool that is the universe of potential Ass Clown Awardees, there's an occasional chunk that comes to the surface faster and bobs for attention more energetically than most. And so it is today, as we present the award for
The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for May, 2021
to
Representative Andrew Clyde (R, GA-9)
What is it with Georgia and the people it elects to Congress? The state already has the questionable distinction of having sent Marjorie Taylor Greene (the Left-Cheek Ass Clown for January of this year) to Washington for some reason, but another Georgia representative, Andrew Clyde, has reached a level of stupidity and denial of reality at least equal to Ms Greene.
During a May 12th House Oversight Committee hearing on the January 6th Capitol riot, Rep. Clyde said the House floor was not breached during the riot. Unfortunately, there is photographic evidence of him (second from the left) trying to hold the door to the House chamber against the rioters ...
He went on to say that,
"Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol, and walk through Statuary Hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes taking videos and pictures, you know ... If you didn't know that TV footage was a video from January the sixth, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.”
Let's look at a few images from January 6th of people on "a normal tourist visit" behaving "in an orderly fashion" ...
The level of gaslighting and blatant denial of reality of Republicans* in general, and of Rep Clyde in particular, is stunning. It's little wonder that many people are recalling this famous quote from George Orwell's prescient novel 1984:
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
The nation cannot afford to allow cynical liars like Andrew Clyde, Ted Cruz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Louie Gohmert, Ron Johnson, and others to obscure or bury the truth of what happened on January 6th, 2021. It was a huge and violent riot in which six people died, more than a hundred were injured, and massive damage was done to the Capitol Building and to the honor and international standing of the United States. It was the result of a disgraceful, sustained effort to undermine the results of a free, fair, legal, and proper election in the interest of a defeated party and a depraved individual unwilling to accept the legitimacy of the American people's choice for President.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the choice is clear: the Left-Cheek Ass Clown for May, 2021, is Georgia Representative Andrew Clyde. Like his fellow representative and Ass Clown Awardee Marjorie Taylor Greene, he deserves the opprobrium and disgust of every American who values truth, honor, democracy, and the primacy of the Constitution.
Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow, on Cartoon Saturday. See you then.
Bilbo
* The GOP was, of course, the Right-Cheek Ass Clown awardee for May, 2021.
I completely support your choice for the May 2021 award. Representatives like Andrew Clyde do this and I wonder, "What do they have on him? How could he be forced to make such an obviously false and misleading statement? How large a bribe from Trump's cash stash has he been offered to make this statement? Has he been offered a guarantee of not being primaried in his next election?" I bet these questions are just the tip of iceberg and we cannot imagine the corruption that occurs and pops like a boil with an occasional ass clown like Clyde speaking up. And, have a good Friday! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm part of the chorus you're preaching to but have to say AMEN!
ReplyDelete(adjective) liars. Fill in the blank with any negative word and it will describe today's republican.
ReplyDelete