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The JFK moment was illuminating. These people don’t have an actual educated base of knowledge to draw on to make connections to support their arguments. They just throw out their bullshit and figure that’s good enough. He has no clue what AES was referring to much less what it meant. Blank slates

Nah, it doesn't matter if he got owned. He got exactly what they wanted. We're talking about it. Conservatives will get their "win" simply because cause this is getting posted. It matters not what was actually said. Only matters is that "Muslim Brotherhood" & El Sayed are in the same post.

No different than Charlie Kirk’s bullshit, but Kirk was clever enough to always work from a stage he owned.

I remember the Pope question. When conservative Catholics agree about a "Christian Nation" they really need to think about WHICH Christian. There was 30 years of rather deadly fuss about that just a few hundred years ago. Not to mention why the Pilgrims and Puritans came here.

It was excellent!

that’s the arrogance of evangelical Christianity in a nutshell

El-Sayed letting Tommy know he's in at the deep end reminded me of something so I had to make a gif of it

What did white Tommy’s white parents do to raise a white child who’d ask a Rhodes Scholar seeking higher office if he was a terrorist?

He lives for monetizing fake attention. No walking out when the cameras are recording.

I’ve adopted Maron’s phrase for this: The monoculture of free thinkers.

When your beliefs cannot survive their first brush with reality.

A tiny part of me sometimes almost feels like leaving Bluesky or, worse, writing a furious and deadly reply when that happens. Instead, I'm vicious with the mute button.

I thought the same.

That’s the same tiny part of me that almost sort of feels sorry for Katie Zacharia in her humiliation until I remember who she is.

He's a Hawley staffer, so very familiar hanging around with putzes.

There is reporting that he comes from a Christian nationalist background, so whether on purpose or not, he did say what he believes

When Sen Schmitt proved he didn't know the difference between the NBAs Atlanta Hawks & the womens NCA# Iowa Hawkeyes he got praised by podcast bros for getting Jack Smith Youre right, same thing here

Live your life in a way where the candidate you’re opposing doesn’t turn you into a viral campaign video.

Always sad to witness a battle of wits when one if the opponents is unarmed.

Tommy is exactly like the privileged wet-behind-the-ears asshole that yelled “red state” and “Trump” as he gunned his parents’ car past my #NoKingsGOTV event today. Probably can’t read…

they generally are not smart. I'm not saying they aren't potentially intelligent. but i've learned lots of "intelligent" folks aren't smart. most of them tried to talk to me about Jordan peterson.

Dude (“Tommy”) was a plant, apparently. And he got properly schooled

Tommy and the proverbial tail between his legs……

TBH the other thing is their mission is to ask the question, not listen to the answer. It's the "have you stopped beating your wife?" strategy and sadly it works with the media and a lot of audience.

His dad was homeschooled, so I might have to increase my bet on his son following in his educational footsteps.

Somewhere in a dark study, Sam Alito is furiously typing his upcoming opinion: Why Freedom of Religion Doesn't Mean White Christian Nationalists Can't Make The Rules

Yes

Like watching a Jiu Jitsu match between a bantamweight and a heavyweight

Is it just me or does anyone else just love the way Tommy slinks away at the end?

He's the son of far-right Christian nationalist Louisiana activist Timmy Teepell. He's the furthest from a random conservative someone you wouldn't recognize can be.

This is Tommy. Tommy is a Republican Christian Nationalist. This is Abdul. Abdul is an American. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

The lower a player’s handicap the more I know he doesn’t actually work or spend time with family.

To which "they" said okay, and kept going on with their lives, wondering why they would want anything to do with "us".

Now you know who he is bsky.app/profile/mari...

Resting GOP face.

I bet he's affiliated with that snot nose Nick Shirley.

Tommy says he's a four handicap but has actually never broke 80

Well he says it's 10, it's probably 18 because Tommy is self-deluded 🤷

His dreams of being a podcast bro just went poof

I have my doubts about Tommy being in good faith in asking this question. He kept repeating it as if he could not even grasp what AES was explaining. Sounds like "my mind is made up don't confuse me with the fact" attitude. Not at all a "genuine" disposition towards debate.

Tommy is a former staffer to Senator and Runner Josh Hawley. He's a Republican operative, pushing the racist Republican line.

Tommy wanted a debate that no needed.

He worked on Josh Hawleys campaign

Literally a paid protester — apparently the college Republicans are offering $200 to go to an event and heckle

Tommy is visibly surprised when Abdul said yes. He doesn’t prepare for that. I am convinced he is brainwashed by Trump.

Tommy looks very much like Will Forte playing a slow witted character in an SNL skit.

Don’t take a Truth Social talking point to a Truth Bomb fight.

Forget School House Rock, every kid in America (and their parents) needs to watch this video!

Since this is obvious Twitter brain, it’s once again a clarion call that all journalists and their outlets need to get off that site yesterday.

and yet, Jan Crawford and the WaPost don't understand the bullshit, either...

And he was reluctant to give his name then we find out why. He's not a local "concerned voter". He's an out of state Republican operative and the son of another longtime Republican operative. None of these guys looking for viral moments are real. It's all a scam.

El-Sayed nails it. Worth a watch.

Seems tommy wants attention from trump.

Also, they're so deep in their own bubble-shaped echo chambers its kind of sad watching them flail around when they're nudged off-script and are incapable of formulating and articulating a response on the fly.

This is how you expose a cult.

“Mongo no longer like this con thing you speak of”

In other words, an ignorant spoiled brat. A dum(b) punk who wasn’t even alive on 9/11, an ass who votes Republican bc “that’s what we do.”

Aside from paid travel to pretend to be from a small town, that is.

Well, Tommy did give it his best shot; I hope he reads up on some JFK history now and maybe a wee bit of the Constitution, like the First amendment and the Free Excercise clause.

He’s pretty young & probably indoctrinated. Not able to think outside of what he was taught. Ugh.

Sure. Except they're in charge. Put in charge by the American voter.

It's been a banner week for dudes being called by their first name while getting ruined on camera though. Love to see it.

And they wonder why we think they are unfuckable…

He had a plan until he got punched in the face.

They have indulged in so much in group speech it's practically a separate language

Man, he just cooked that poor kid.

He knew. He is a white christian nationalist associated with Josh Hawley

Education, education, education!

It was heartening to me to see a white, rural, working class audience not buying into this bullsh*t. I say this as a Michigander who lived through the 2024 election and has to endure the current GOP advertising blitz.

Tho the accusation is not a novel (on the right), El-Sayed handles this so effectively and even considerately

turns out conservative ideologies and an isolated echo chamber culture (brought to you by Big Tech) are a brewing stew of fascism who could have seen that coming

He keeps stating, "You haven't disavowed..." AFTER El Sayed disavowed. Like a Tommy robot.

So nice to hear a person running for office with intelligence.