A Republican resigning over a little crack? My word

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Gork@sopuli.xyz · 104 pts · 47d (21 replies)

Just resigned, no other consequences?

Party of Law and Order, everyone.

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 34 pts · 47d

Article linked in another comment said he was arrested & behind bars. Your guess as to whether they mean the pub variety.

PapaStevesy@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 47d (15 replies)
zergtoshi@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 47d (14 replies)

"[...] is behind bars again, this time for allegedly sexually assaulting and molesting a child."
Right, but as always the drag queens are the dangerous ones...

victorz@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 47d (12 replies)

Not to mention he was going to drive or had just driven while high on crack cocaine...

Zero regard for human life.

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 46d (11 replies)

This comment made me question what crack does to your reaction times. It isn't making them hallucinate as far as I know. Alcohol and cannabis slow your reaction times, but I was curious. So I ended up stumbling on this study where John Hokins er... Drugged animals https://pure.johnshopkins.edu/en/publications/effects-of-cocaine-on-simple-reaction-times-and-sensory-threshold-3/

The curious part to me was this line from the abstract. "at higher doses, either decreases or increases in reaction times were observed, depending upon the animal. "

So apparently there are times with certain beings that may have quicker reaction times maybe. Need to figure out if I'm interested enough to read the whole study to find out what they meant.

victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 46d (8 replies)

Even if the reaction times were to increase, I doubt that there's zero impact on the ability to make safe judgement calls, practice safe driving, etc.

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 46d (7 replies)

Oh yeah I get what you mean but maybe we shouldn't assume they were making safe judgement calls in the time leading up to smoking the crack cocaine either, haha.

victorz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 46d

Oh must assuredly not πŸ˜†

modus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 44d (1 reply)

Just smoke crack and report back.

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 44d

TIL everything seemed to go great, the next day modus told me someone must have ran into the sides back and front of his car though. Don't think they're gonna let me borrow the car again, AITA? It must have happened after I dropped it off

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 46d

There's only one thing you can use the word "always" with and it's the word "projection". They will always project. So if they're screaming about pedos, that's what they'll be.

VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 46d

Something something Hunter Biden something massive penis something laptop crack hahahaha

iocase@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 46d (2 replies)

Rob Ford smoked crack and he didn't resign like a pussy he admitted it during a press conference! He was the best mayor ever! 😑

/s

Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 46d (1 reply)

Didn't he also have a prostitute? Such a great way to give back to the community by stimulating the local economy.

guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 46d

He had more than enough to eat at home!

stopdropandprole@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 47d (10 replies)

oh is this the same Republican councilman also suspected of first degree child molestation?

hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 32 pts · 47d (3 replies)

Of course he was molesting children, but crack is illegal in USA

SuperEars@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 47d (2 replies)

but crack

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Lemme guess where the other "T" went...

fartographer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 46d

Up your but

D_C@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 47d (2 replies)

I'm confused. If he's diddling with kids then, obviously, he is trying to run for presidency at some point in the future. So why resign?

Is this kiddie fiddler so incompetent that he doesn't know about darvo? The "deny everything and loudly project" process? The flooding the zone with shit approach?
If so then, yeah, he'll make a great president. The best. Tremendous even ...because that's the sort of person america votes in (TWICE!!).

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 47d (1 reply)

Resignation for Republicans isn't the end of their career, but instead a nice vacation while they wait for the public's collective short attention span to do its thing. Then they come back in some other better paid position.

Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 46d

And even if a scandal blows up enough to kill their political career, they can still make bank by becoming a paid lobbyist or Fox News commentator.

NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 46d

Kenny2999@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 47d

I assumed thats what the title referred to.

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 46d

Isn't the entire GOP suspected of child molestation at this point?

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 36 pts · 47d (2 replies)

Why would he resign? Republicans have no shame he could he just continued on like nothing happened.

Enkrod@feddit.org · 4 pts · 46d (1 reply)

No, you see, crack is a "lower class/black people drug" so that's why he had to resign. If he would've just snorted snow things would've been different. Because THAT is an "upper class white people pick-me-up", those are okay.

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 1 pts · 45d

ok can someone please get a crackpipe to trump stat. we need this man hooked on crack please CIA do your thing.

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 47d (2 replies)

Crack put him to sleep? Bro is either mixing it with downers or has ADHD.

Ajen@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 46d

Maybe he took too much downers and though the crack would pick him back up? He might not have even smoked any before he passed out.

diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 46d

He’s just a hard working American and deserves some rest

DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 46d

What a dummy. Smoking crack isn't the way. Doesn't he know if he wants to rise through the ranks of the GOP he needs to molest some children?

mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 46d (4 replies)

uhh what about the DUI and felony possession charges???

starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 46d

He's a GOP chairman, there won't be any felonies or DUIs

mkwt@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 46d (2 replies)

It's gotta be an "operating" or "actual physical control" charge because they didn't see him driving.

mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 46d

I'm referring to how people get charged with DUIs for sleeping in the back of their car with the keys outside of the car

I don't know the actual charges in that area, but thank you

kgbbot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 46d

Oh my friend they absolutely do not need to see you driving impaired, just in a position you could drive impaired... Driver's seat and keys in the ignition, DUI. I think it's stupid as hell but it happens

BlackPenguins@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 46d

...and is now the sheriff of the police department.

chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 47d

I'm shocked he resigned. That's usually the first step to a cabinet gig.

AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 47d

Tacky4092@feddit.org · 12 pts · 47d (1 reply)

What a shithole of a country

Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 46d

It's so much worse than anyone outside the country realizes... But it's also better in the sense that people fighting back is never repeated in the media.

This country is deeply divided and people are protesting and resisting in every city.

solidheron@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 46d

Really he resigned over crack? Well guess he has more time to do crack

Archangel1313@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 47d

Don't worry, guys...Trump will pardon him.

SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 46d
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 47d (1 reply)

But who is this guy and why have I never heard of him? Seems like a convenient distraction for something.

Malyca@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 46d

I believe he was chair of one of the states gop and a state representative.

brem@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 47d

Look, we're all just humans; capable of mistakes

Not saying that politicians are humans or anything like that..

..but I digress

Lemminary@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 46d

Always the ones you suspect the most

LemmyFeed@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 46d

Who hasn't taken a little crack nap after a hard day's work? This is just a hard working American!

/s

Snapz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 46d

Hey, love to talk about this more but I need to go spend so much time with family now.

Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 46d
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