AlgaeGirlMar 7
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽
Trump wants this guy in charge of Homeland Security.
Mar 6 at 10:40pmWeb
Show threadRachel RawlingsMar 6

@georgetakei AI generated captions? C'mon George.

Left: Markwayne Mullin crouches behind a bunch of seats in the congressional chamber on January 6, 2021, hiding from Trump supporters who stormed the building.

Right: Mullin stands on a box in order to appear the same height as his opponent, T.W. Shannon, in a primary debate for the Senate seat Mullin is leaving.

Show threadTony Agudo ✅Mar 6
@georgetakei If I were President, I'd have Rep. Reuben Gallego in charge of DHS. He served in the military, knows that immigrants aren't "the enemy", and he didn't cower in a corner on Jan. 6 like MarkWayneSteveDave Mullin did.
Show threadmtc_ukMar 6
@antoniusmisfit @georgetakei
If I were President, I'd fucking shut down the Heimatsicherheitsdienst that was created when this country collectively lost its shit. 'Homeland'? How Nazi can you get?
Show threadWooShellMar 7
@antoniusmisfit @georgetakei yea but that would make him actually competent for this job, and we can't have this in a Republican government..
Show threadgmokeMar 6

@georgetakei Insecure masculinity is a defining feature of male conservatism from Edmund Burke on. Aggressive (& contradictory*) "femininity" is the defining characteristic of female conservatism.

* Phyllis Schlafly, someone who made a political career out of telling women to stay home and out of politics being a prime example

Show threadsegfaul7Mar 6
@georgetakei Mark Lil Wayne ?
Show threadNeussWaveMar 6
@georgetakei and the problem is what exactly? Especially on TV it's pretty common to make people look like they have the same height. Also smells like bodyshaming AF. Did we stare into the abyss of our enemy so much that it stared back and grabbed us by the balls so we reached the same level now?
Show threadTim ZeeMar 7
@georgetakei
His replacement in the Senate will almost certainly be better than he is. (I know, faint praise.)
So Oklahoma Gov. Stitt will appoint a temporary successor to Mullin. Stitt is mostly a hardcore Republican but he did call for a "reset" of immigration enforcement after the DHS shootings of US citizens.
Show threadShanie MyrsTearMar 7
@georgetakei An overwhelming amount of things to bash the guy for - his height isn't one of them.
Show threadHywel MallettMar 7
@shanie @georgetakei Is it about his height? Or about the idea that he’s vain enough to want to appear taller?
Show threadShanie MyrsTearMar 7
@hmallett @georgetakei science and psychology have proven with sources I don’t have the urge to find right now find that height matters to many. There’s so much more to red circle highlight.
Show threadKChernecky For DemocracyMar 7
@georgetakei is that ron desatan's podium?