Evidence shows Trump admin caused Reflecting Pool damage it blamed on sabotage: ex-insider
a day ago by spaghettiwestern to c/politics
An ex-GOP lawmaker has heard enough about phantom left-wing saboteurs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and he is pointing at the only suspects who fit the evidence: the people Trump hired to clean it.
In a series of posts and a new video, former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger dismantled the administration's vandalism narrative by accepting one piece of it. Yes, he conceded, chemicals were used on the pool. The catch is who used them and why. "Just for those who are saying there was chemical sabotage to peel the paint in the reflective pool, you're right," Kinzinger wrote. "It's just, you guys did it to kill the algae."
you're a liar!!! š”
you're a liar!!! š”
Nu-uh!! I said it first!!! š¤
Why would you tell me that you said it second? You're obviously admitting that I'm the only one smart enough to have said it first. That's why it's so amazing. This initiated disaster is amazing. I never even said the thing that you said first, because I don't even know you. You ask such nasty questions.
Obama said it first. š¤
As if evidence actually matters.
It's patently obvious to anyone with a functioning brain that this was neglect and/or incompetence. There is no way to "cause" an algae bloom in an adequately maintained pool or fountain in the amount of time between when it was "taken care of" by Trump's wealthy friend and contributor and when it turned green with algae. Then again most of MAGA could be considered mentally handicapped IMO. So most of his mouth breathing followers will nod along and think "Yeah, must be them libtards dun sabotaged it".
Clearly all that's needed is a couple of vats of Ivermectin.
Hey we could all pee really hard at it
I don't think I'd ever get tired of shitting on Krasnov's grave. I would like to submit this proposal to the irb for a research grant to find out.
Edit: like I got charts and graphs and shit and everything. I was a trained economist and bullshit artist once, give me five minutes for realsies
I got charts and graphs and shit
Sounds like everything necessary to conduct the research.
They should put some magnets it it
They have a fight. Reflecting pool wins. Bronzer Man, Bronzer Man.
Person man, woman cam. Hit on the head with a frying pan. Lives his life as a garbage can, person man.
Is he racist or just a rapist? Isn't he just totally worthless? Who elected person man? Degraded man, orange man.
Tremendously.
I mean when's the last time any of them bathed?
don't forget about mister Duck who died fulfilling his duty for this country š«”
I repaired pools one summer. Pools tend toward algae. Pools half-saturated with chlorine develop algal blooms. Pools with heat-absorbing paint on the bottom, absent or insufficient water filtering, and location in a literal semitropical swamp are a constant (very careful, with lots of water testing) battle to prevent algal blooms. Then you go dumping peroxide in... It seems unlikely this could have gone any other way.
Please maga drink the algae water Iām so ready to be owned on his situation.
Who cares. Everyone said the algae would return, and it did because it's a stagnant pool of water without chemicals.
And fairly clear he rushed it to get it done for his birthday
Everyone needs to stop talking about what he claims, and instead openly ask him why painting the bottom at all would stop the algae. Everything else is basically defence
Insider tells world the blatantly obvious is, in deed, fact.
Is it even ālyingā any more if thatās literally all theyāre capable of?
It is a delusional narcissistās false projected reality that can only be immediately dismissed, because if you take time to even consider it the intended effect of injecting doubt has been accomplished. Itās just noise; a memetic hazard fishing for a weak impressionable mind to inhabit. At this level of broad transmissibility and influence, I can only manage to describe it in the terms of a dangerous psychological phenomenon.
In the end, the reflecting pool is a symptom and not a cause. It accurately reflects the state of our country right now. If a dirty pool meant we spent the money and effort on food, housing, and schools, Iād be happy to see it. Instead, we have a fitting monument symbolic of Americaās corruption, inept leadership, and Trumpās sad obsession with gaudy real estate projects built in his image by the lowest bidder most capable of fellating his ego.
It is a tidy distraction from the cold-blooded murder abroad and at home, and from bargaining away the country to Americaās enemies for the low price of funneling money and power to Trumpās interests.
It defies description.
Thank you. The attempts to normalize unacceptable behavior have been a big part of the problem.
Lying has not stopped being lying. Lying has not stopped being wrong.
Just to be clear, normalizing it is not my intent here. Itās to emphasize that it goes so, so far beyond simple lies - so far that I think itās deep into pathological disorder, on a national scale. These people are literally incapable of saying anything approaching the truth. They are projecting an alternate reality that Iām not completely sure they can see outside of, to varying personal degrees.
This does not excuse their criminal behavior, it indicates that they are criminally insane. Politicians lie. Police officers lie. Pundits lie. But they at least seem to be aware of it. The stuff coming out of the Trump administration is full on delusional.
Thereās lying, and then thereās remorselessly wielding presidential power to manipulate the stock market with an illegal war. The latter is a crime against humanity.
I appreciate your explanation. I had misunderstood. And I do agree with your point.
This is a post-evidence society. MAGA is more of a religion than a political movement
It doesn't matter what the evidence says, the Orange Overlord's lie has already been planted in the empty heads of his cult.
Surprised Raichu at this point, anyway who gives a shit, where are the Epstein files?
Pretty sure that's a Pichu.
So are they going to issue an arrest warrant for some waddling old fat guy with a Foghorn Leghorn haircut?
I heard the leader of ANTIFA and the hacker known as 4chan teamed up for this one. That's probably why they can't find any evidence.
Scheming on a thing, thatās a mirage
Nonsense, our empire is fine! Do accompany us to the Arena, there's a gladiator match today!
another blocked troll. bye bye.
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