GOP lawmaker claims KKK is ‘the military wing of the Democratic Party’ in closed door meeting ahead of antisemitism hearing | CNN Politics
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GOP Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania said in a closed door briefing with lawmakers on Tuesday that the Ku Klux Klan is the “the military wing of the Democratic party” and that migrants coming to the US “have no interest in being Americans,” according to audio of Perry’s comments shared with CNN.
      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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        6 months ago

        iOS autocorrect generates them. I discovered this while attempting to use vim in an embedded terminal emulator.

        • lolcatnip@reddthat.comEnglish
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          6 months ago

          That’s kind of evil. I hate it when I paste source code from a document and I have to fix non-ASCII characters that some overly clever UI inserted.

  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    6 months ago

    The wack part of this is that he said it in a closed door meeting with a few of his peers or staff, not to a crowd of people. That shows he actually believes this bullshit.

  • jhymesba@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The KKK did NOT endorse Hillary in 2016, nor Biden in 2020. Guess who they endorsed, Mr. Perry? Pro-Tip: He’s running on your side this year and is currently grousing in a courtroom as they determine if he broke the law or not…

    • baru@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      They don’t care if their claims are true. Lies spread more easily than the truth.