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Zorro

(19,001 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:54 AM 2 hrs ago

GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim

WASHINGTON—Imploring their colleagues across the aisle to be mindful of how the highly charged language might elevate national tensions, congressional Republicans urged Democrats Tuesday to tone down the rhetoric they used to quote President Donald Trump verbatim.

“Temperatures are running high, and the last thing we need are hotheaded Democrats spewing hateful, inflammatory statements sourced directly from the president’s speeches,” said Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), adding that there was already enough political violence in the country without stoking it further by taking words right out of the president’s mouth and repeating them in public.

“We’re sitting in the hallowed halls of the Capitol, a place with a requisite decorum, and who knows how many shooters might be inspired to commit heinous acts after hearing Rep. [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez read the president’s latest Truth Social post word for word? It’s shocking—and honestly quite shameful—that my colleagues in the Democratic Party would stoop to such lows.”

Johnson went on to slam Democrats for their “reckless and divisive” recitations of his own remarks on same-sex marriage.

https://theonion.com/gop-urges-democrats-to-tone-down-rhetoric-used-to-quote-president-verbatim/

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GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim (Original Post) Zorro 2 hrs ago OP
theonion.................... Lovie777 2 hrs ago #1
yes, but the onion does display Trump very Truthfully!! riversedge 2 hrs ago #3
Kick dalton99a 2 hrs ago #2
I'm amused by the MAGA morons taking offense agingdem 2 hrs ago #4
On facebook, I reply with the puke emoji Marthe48 52 min ago #24
Okay, just like with the borowitz report in another thread, mwmisses4289 2 hrs ago #5
Same here PatSeg 2 hrs ago #6
Same here malaise 2 hrs ago #8
There was a Spurious News post the other day that, if not having it in the title, I would've fact checked lol Cheezoholic 2 hrs ago #12
It's sad that it took me so long to figure out it was a joke. ECL213 1 hr ago #18
This is a first. WinstonSmith4740 2 hrs ago #7
It had to be the Onion! But to quote Stephen Colbert from his old show - DeeDeeNY 2 hrs ago #9
Indecipherable from reality SSJVegeta 2 hrs ago #10
Trump's own words... BH liberal 2 hrs ago #11
I had to check the link! niyad 1 hr ago #13
You almost had me there. nt Susan Calvin 1 hr ago #14
OMG, here's a post I read right after this one, thought it had to be the onion, but its REAL!! JFC we are in trouble.... Cheezoholic 1 hr ago #15
It is time for the Republicans to clean up their rotten mouths before they whine Stargazer99 1 hr ago #16
What's sad is EnergizedLib 1 hr ago #17
🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣. Like his fawking owner, tRump, hasn't spewed hateful, and inflammatory a kennedy 1 hr ago #19
OK, OK, YA GOT ME....... a kennedy 1 hr ago #21
I actually thought that was real. CaptainTruth 1 hr ago #20
Me too. Aligns with how things have been going... Wounded Bear 1 hr ago #22
I was somewhat surprised when I saw this is from The Onion Martin Eden 1 hr ago #23
Excuse me? SergeStorms 48 min ago #25
FUCK THE REPUBLICANS !!!! dave99 46 min ago #26
It is certainly believable that they could say something... 3catwoman3 38 min ago #27
Its believable Historic NY 33 min ago #28
This is hilarious precisely because it is so close to being believable. DFW 32 min ago #29
I love the smell of onions in the morning. usonian 27 min ago #30

agingdem

(9,050 posts)
4. I'm amused by the MAGA morons taking offense
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:19 AM
2 hrs ago

when Trump’s verbal sludge, and their verbal sludge, is thrown back in their faces….do they think their lies, once spoken, cease to exist?..do they not understand the internet is forever?..…

Marthe48

(23,736 posts)
24. On facebook, I reply with the puke emoji
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:50 AM
52 min ago

To reply to loathesome comments and rarely respond to any replies. maga don't like it.

mwmisses4289

(5,139 posts)
5. Okay, just like with the borowitz report in another thread,
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:19 AM
2 hrs ago

I couldn't tell if this was truth or satire!

Cheezoholic

(4,098 posts)
12. There was a Spurious News post the other day that, if not having it in the title, I would've fact checked lol
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:41 AM
2 hrs ago

But thats another thing. These satire sites make for good fact checking practices. As Nicole Wallace said last week about the reflecting pool crap, "I can't believe I'm having to report on this type of bullshit because thats what it is, bullshit. Every hour it's just more BS. We're literally writing the show as it airs anymore because this regime (yes she used the word regime) is spewing so much corrupt BS by the minute you can't keep up..". I paraphrase but that was just about word for word. Her frustration was at a boiling point, as are all of ours.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,487 posts)
7. This is a first.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:27 AM
2 hrs ago

I actually got all the way through this and didn't realize it was The Onion until I saw the link. I nornally pick it up in the first couple of lines, but the Rethugs have gone so far off the path of reality, I could really see that asshole Johnson whining about this.

DeeDeeNY

(3,979 posts)
9. It had to be the Onion! But to quote Stephen Colbert from his old show -
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:30 AM
2 hrs ago

The truth contains a well-known liberal bias!

BH liberal

(193 posts)
11. Trump's own words...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:33 AM
2 hrs ago

are the Dems' best weapons heading into the midterms. Is it too much to ask to finally get an effective Democratic messaging campaign going this time, before it's too late?

Stargazer99

(3,605 posts)
16. It is time for the Republicans to clean up their rotten mouths before they whine
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:48 AM
1 hr ago

They started the rotten mouth stuff and have no intension to stop it but want the Dems to stop! Just how stupid can some people be!!

EnergizedLib

(3,208 posts)
17. What's sad is
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:48 AM
1 hr ago

I believed it until I saw it was The Onion because dissent is treason in the eyes of the cult.

a kennedy

(36,739 posts)
19. 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣. Like his fawking owner, tRump, hasn't spewed hateful, and inflammatory
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:53 AM
1 hr ago

remarks. Just shut the hell up ya little weasel. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

Martin Eden

(16,037 posts)
23. I was somewhat surprised when I saw this is from The Onion
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:19 AM
1 hr ago

After Charlie Kirk was killed, Republicans were enraged when direct quotes from Kirk were used.

SergeStorms

(21,040 posts)
25. Excuse me?
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:53 AM
48 min ago

ReTrumplicans are telling Democrats to stop "spewing hateful, inflammatory statements."



Sit on it and rotate, you freaking hypocritical fatherfuckers!

On edit: OK, I learned my lesson. The Onion it is. They got me again.

This is exactly something those pretentious asshats would say, though.

dave99

(530 posts)
26. FUCK THE REPUBLICANS !!!!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:56 AM
46 min ago

They should take responsibility.

The word they ALL run away from.

3catwoman3

(30,151 posts)
27. It is certainly believable that they could say something...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:04 AM
38 min ago

...this tone-deaf.

This is the sentence that tipped me off - “Temperatures are running high, and the last thing we need are hotheaded Democrats spewing hateful, inflammatory statements sourced directly from the president’s speeches."

Heaven forfend that any of TSF's vile utterances should be quoted accurately.

DFW

(60,764 posts)
29. This is hilarious precisely because it is so close to being believable.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:10 AM
32 min ago

The Onion does it again!

usonian

(27,098 posts)
30. I love the smell of onions in the morning.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:15 AM
27 min ago

So I looked up Der Fuhrer's own words.

These are the non-violent ones.

Too early in the morning to post his hate tweets.

The Twitter Time Machine (TTTM) says:















WAIT! VANCE WANTS TO CHIME IN!!



just found this little sign.


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