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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage...."
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Who cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him."
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He should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time.
And fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.
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[
"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots."
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A non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱
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[
"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean."
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“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱"
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At least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans"
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Republicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠"
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From now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.
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[
"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum"
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day."
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Republicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself"
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And if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn....."
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Just a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now.
Which is to say no information.
They’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.
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[
"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress."
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Republicans criticize... oh. That's new.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them."
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They would criticize him no matter what he did.
The point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s"
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What if it was a russian ballon tho
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors"
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They probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho"
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Satellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon."
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Of course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying"
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Gee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there."
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Shoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless."
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Consistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️"
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If the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.
Republicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points."
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Biden does x. Guaranteed headline of "Republicans Criticize Biden For x". Rinse, repeat.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?"
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They wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat."
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Lmfao there it is
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns."
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If Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.
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[
"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is"
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The floor!? Where is the floor?
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?"
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one"
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Can we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?
We can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him."
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What do they not criticize him for?
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news."
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Did trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?"
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?"
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Republicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free"
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What sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning."
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What they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love"
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This was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.
Unfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule."
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Funny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter."
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It doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail"
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what."
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Republicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~
Nothing to see here...
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump."
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Yes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here..."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace."
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Everyone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense."
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Let’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever.
That’s what I would do, in response.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on."
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Hey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.
Their entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.
But then they saw that the balloon was white........
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........"
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The Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.
Had the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?"
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Sure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone."
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They are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…"
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“He shot it down already?! What about debris?!” Bro it’s like fucking high school with these clowns.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…",
">\n\nThey are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…",
">\n\nThey are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was.",
">\n\n“He shot it down already?! What about debris?!” Bro it’s like fucking high school with these clowns."
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He could’ve taken it down in the middle of nowhere Wyoming,Alaska, Kansas, etc
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…",
">\n\nThey are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was.",
">\n\n“He shot it down already?! What about debris?!” Bro it’s like fucking high school with these clowns.",
">\n\nNext week there will be headlines in the news about right wingers deploying spy balloons because Biden wouldn't shoot the Chinese one's down."
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Could there be the benefit of the doubt that maybe, the hundreds of Pentagon employees including Admirals, Generals, Colonels and Captains, Analysts, bureaucrats, and everyone else had a better reason to wait to shoot it down?
It's not like the Pentagon is restaffed every two to four years with new people. I'm sure the CIA and State Department who monitor Chinese developments have a better understanding of what happened, what didn't happen, and the decision taken to get there.
And I'm sure, POTUS, whoever they are whenever these things happen, wasn't making a decision without many inputs from many people.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…",
">\n\nThey are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was.",
">\n\n“He shot it down already?! What about debris?!” Bro it’s like fucking high school with these clowns.",
">\n\nNext week there will be headlines in the news about right wingers deploying spy balloons because Biden wouldn't shoot the Chinese one's down.",
">\n\nHe could’ve taken it down in the middle of nowhere Wyoming,Alaska, Kansas, etc"
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And if it had been shot down over the mainland, they’d be lambasting him for it. Biden and the dems can’t win.
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…",
">\n\nThey are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was.",
">\n\n“He shot it down already?! What about debris?!” Bro it’s like fucking high school with these clowns.",
">\n\nNext week there will be headlines in the news about right wingers deploying spy balloons because Biden wouldn't shoot the Chinese one's down.",
">\n\nHe could’ve taken it down in the middle of nowhere Wyoming,Alaska, Kansas, etc",
">\n\nCould there be the benefit of the doubt that maybe, the hundreds of Pentagon employees including Admirals, Generals, Colonels and Captains, Analysts, bureaucrats, and everyone else had a better reason to wait to shoot it down? \nIt's not like the Pentagon is restaffed every two to four years with new people. I'm sure the CIA and State Department who monitor Chinese developments have a better understanding of what happened, what didn't happen, and the decision taken to get there. \nAnd I'm sure, POTUS, whoever they are whenever these things happen, wasn't making a decision without many inputs from many people."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…",
">\n\nThey are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was.",
">\n\n“He shot it down already?! What about debris?!” Bro it’s like fucking high school with these clowns.",
">\n\nNext week there will be headlines in the news about right wingers deploying spy balloons because Biden wouldn't shoot the Chinese one's down.",
">\n\nHe could’ve taken it down in the middle of nowhere Wyoming,Alaska, Kansas, etc",
">\n\nCould there be the benefit of the doubt that maybe, the hundreds of Pentagon employees including Admirals, Generals, Colonels and Captains, Analysts, bureaucrats, and everyone else had a better reason to wait to shoot it down? \nIt's not like the Pentagon is restaffed every two to four years with new people. I'm sure the CIA and State Department who monitor Chinese developments have a better understanding of what happened, what didn't happen, and the decision taken to get there. \nAnd I'm sure, POTUS, whoever they are whenever these things happen, wasn't making a decision without many inputs from many people.",
">\n\nAnd if it had been shot down over the mainland, they’d be lambasting him for it. Biden and the dems can’t win."
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"It doesn’t matter what Biden does. They’re going to criticize him no matter what",
">\n\nI agree, and even though I don't like Trump, that's the same thing Democrats did when he was in office.",
">\n\nThe democrats criticized trump because trump kept doing things that broke laws or at the very least, tradition/good faith agreements. They aren't saying \"water is wet\" and then when trump says \"water is wet\" going \"well we think water is dry\".\nThey arent CHANGING their stances to disagree with Trump, which is key, since that's the difference between criticism and dishonesty.",
">\n\nThe tribalism is not helping America. It's only dividing us further. Democrats complained about everything Trump did (rightfully or not), and now they seem to be upset when Republicans complain about everything Biden does. \nIt's just turned into us vs them. I vote for many Democrats but I still hate the tribalism. It's the kind of stuff that makes people believe both sides are the same.",
">\n\nDemocrats complaining about the terrible policy decisions of Trump vs. Republicans complaining that Biden didn't drop something the size of 3 busses over a populated area... yeah that's the same thing.\nGive the \"both sides\" BS a rest.",
">\n\nYou don't have to agree with Trump's policies but it's all a matter of perspective. Some people say all of Biden's policy decisions are terrible. \nAside from the issue of Trump being a horrible human, I'd still bet a lot of his policies are things he (and his voters) thought were good for the country.\nI wouldn't say both sides are the same, but they are similar in many ways.",
">\n\nRepublicans, lets be real here, daddy Trump let three of these things fly over the US and he didnt even blink in their general direction. Yet somehow he is some peerless saint who can do no wrong and Biden is the dumbass since this incident went on so long during his term. Grow the fuck up.\nThis democracy is fucked. We're more concerned about party loyalty than we are working together to advance this country. Its fucking embarrassing.",
">\n\nAll Republicans agree on is that they want to hurt people.",
">\n\nEverything they do is in bad faith.\nIf we'd shot it down over the Pacific, they'd have complained it was provocative.\nIf we'd shot it down over CONUS, they'd have complained it was reckless.\nOnce we shot it down over the Atlantic, they're complaining it was untimely.\nThere is no pleasing them, because what they care about is weaponizing anything and everything \"to own the libs.\" They don't care about what's best for national security, the general public, public safety, international relations, or anything else. They care about what's best for them, Republicans, and what's best for them is contrarianism and grievance-mongering.",
">\n\nWas anyone legitimately expecting praise? For Biden? From Republicans? We know that's not gonna happen...",
">\n\nGuarantee if he shot it down right away they'd piss and moan on how he should have waited to shoot it down.",
">\n\nThey'd be telling us how Biden had unnecessarily antagonized the Chinese and possibly provoked a war over a false alarm.",
">\n\nWhich is exactly what they're doing right now, not kidding.",
">\n\nJust noise, they think a gun could shoot it down and can't comprehend that they were listening to it's signals to figure out its task. Beat it up, shoot it, gerrymander it, slander it, this is the Republican way.",
">\n\nWe were jamming it the entire time it was over the US, and we recovered its payload. Our tech guys are gonna have a field day with that.",
">\n\nYep, Let the professionals do their job.",
">\n\nGiven how virulently anti-porn the CCP is, I think it would have been hilarious if we jammed it with a livestream to a camgirl site.",
">\n\nI just don’t care what these fucking delusional people think at this point. If he had shot it down over land, they’d shamelessly criticize him for putting American lives at risk. They would attack no matter what he did",
">\n\nExactly...lol",
">\n\nMight as well criticize military while they are at it. Biden wanted to shoot it down on Wednesday but his military advisors advised him to wait.",
">\n\nHe gave the order Wednesday, but to do it when safe to do so.",
">\n\nHypothetical scenario: Biden shoots it down much earlier, falling debris damages someone's barn in the middle of nowhere.\nResult: Republicans criticize Biden of shooting it down over land putting American lives at risk.\nYou can't really win with these morons.",
">\n\nCrash it before it gets to Alaska? “Why would Biden let Russia get to it first?” \nCrash it down over remote Alaska? “Why would he let it crash in inaccessible wilderness? We’ll never recover it!” \nCrash it over Canada? “Blatant overreach! Not even on US soil!” \nCrash it over the continental US? “What if it took out a house / school / hospital? Destroyed a power line? Blocked a highway?” (Plus anything recoverable would be on eBay before the government could collect it). \nCrash it over the Atlantic Ocean where there’s zero risk of property damage / injury, and it’s more easily recoverable? “Why did he wait so long? Our guy would’ve dealt with it sooner!” (Meanwhile “their guy” let 3 of these things fly over without a peep).",
">\n\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project.",
">\n\nI’m really trying to get this part added but hasn’t taken off yet haha\nGaslight. Obstruct. Project. And close the coup.",
">\n\nWait, are these the same Republicans that said that Trump would have shot it down immediately??",
">\n\nTrump ignored 3 balloons, republicans hate America",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize anyone not republican, and also other republicans.\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.",
">\n\n\nOne of the many reasons why I take all republican arguments as ones of bad faith until proven otherwise.\n\nditto\n\nnot sorry",
">\n\nOne flew over Texas and Florida under Trump administration. They didn’t shoot it down so where was their outrage then?",
">\n\nTheir side was in charge, so no manufactured outrage was needed.",
">\n\nAmerican manufacturing boom. Just what the Public-can’ts wanted.",
">\n\nWhile now preparing to defend Trump for just ignoring them.",
">\n\nRepublicans hate military advice now",
">\n\nRepublicans would criticize Biden if he solved the border problem, ended world hunger and balanced the budget.",
">\n\nHe followed the recommendation of the Pentagon. Are they saying the Pentagon was wrong?",
">\n\nI'll make it easy for Reuters and just prep every headline they'll need for the next 2 years.\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden\n\nDone.",
">\n\nNow we just need one if those big, red 'Easy' buttons from Staples that says, \"That was easy!\"",
">\n\nThey had zero problem with the three chinese ballons Trump let float over America while he was driving, so fuck these hypocrites.",
">\n\nThey wouldn't be happy if he left it, either. They're not interested in any objective betterment of process, it's all about owning the libs.",
">\n\nWe really missed the boat by not using the headline “Old white men yell at clouds”",
">\n\nOf course, because it's always bad faith with the Right.\nIf Biden had immediately shot it down they would've shrieked that he was a warmonger trying to start WW3.\nThere is nothing honest about the Right. They will always engage in bad faith at all times, no matter how much you try to accommodate them",
">\n\nClowns gonna clown.",
">\n\nRepublicans need to get a job that actually contributes to American society",
">\n\nThree times China sent balloons over us while Trump was president and he didn't shoot down a single balloon. They have probably sent many balloons over us. Apparently it's only bad if we can see it with our eyes from the ground, somehow. It's manufactured outrage.",
">\n\nThat tweet is whatever and not a source to refer to.",
">\n\nOf course. Because we should tell the Chinese exactly how we’ve exploited their surveillance attempt.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for <*insert headline here*>",
">\n\nI couldn’t careless what republicans think about anything.",
">\n\nWhy aren’t they criticizing China for floating the balloon in the first place?",
">\n\ntrumps financial concerns told them otherwise",
">\n\nThey are so predictable….",
">\n\nWell, OF COURSE they did.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for ___.",
">\n\nAn efficiency expert would just simplify the work and make all future headlines just “Republicans criticize Biden”.",
">\n\nThey would condemn and criticize any decision Biden made on this.",
">\n\nI thought I read somewhere that three of these flew over the USA while Trump was in office. Am I wrong?",
">\n\nAccording to recent reports this is true. Trump allegedly either ignored the balloons entirely or was never informed.",
">\n\nThe fact that this is a national story is a testament to how awesome the Biden years are. Boring af. Just how it should be.",
">\n\nBiden could’ve gotten it shot down as soon as it got to Alaska, went on tv and told China to suck his big dick and republicans would still talk shit about him.",
">\n\nMonday: Republicans criticize Biden for not putting his coffee cup in the dishwasher. \nWednesday: Republicans criticize Biden for not running the mostly full dishwasher after putting coffee cup in it. \nFriday: Republicans slam Biden for ‘environmental hypocrisy’ as he wastes tax payer dollars on running big government dishwashers that are only half full of dishes.\nGOP don’t care… they don’t have solutions, they’re not interested in good governance, they whine and criticize and then fuck it all up completely when they’re in charge and lie about it the whole time.",
">\n\nLet's remember something... republicans, by their very nature, do not care about the lives, safety or care of others at all. Their fist instinct was to run outside and shoot hand guns at a balloon that was astronomically higher than their bullets could even reach. Blindly and totally forgetting that bullets do fall back to earth... They posed for social media, held up guns proudly and basically were hoping to get clicks and likes off of this.\nRight wingers have never cared about helping you. It's all about themselves. Pure narcissism.",
">\n\nI didn't see them shooting it down either.",
">\n\nGas is expensive - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nGas prices go down - “Biden is ruining the economy”\nIt legitimately doesn’t matter what Biden does, the GOP is going to complain.",
">\n\nfigures gop would keep complaining",
">\n\nIf he shot it down over Alaska, then they would be complaining that it would trigger a war with China. If he shot it down over the mainland, they would be complaining about endangering lives. Biden is damned no matter what he does. Shooting it down over the water was the best course of action. Perhaps it could have been shot down over Alaska, but it may not have been feasible if you want to recover it.",
">\n\nI seen plenty of republicans post videos and images of their guns and how they will shoot it down themselves since Biden’s too much of a pussy. Now that he and the American government are responsible for shooting it down it should have been left alone.",
">\n\nI’m still waiting to see the Trump administration shoot down the two when trump was head poobah.",
">\n\nClearly he was too busy giving us all that great infrastructure and working in his perfect healthcare plan.",
">\n\nAnd seeing to his wall.",
">\n\nBut was it to be a Great Wall like the one in China? Or just an acceptable wall?",
">\n\nIt was the wall to save America. Criminals and gangsters. Herbs of the Gods.",
">\n\nLittle Marco was hilariously stupid with his attack of Biden.",
">\n\nThere is a balance of does it have its own deaddrop payload? What is it gathering? What type of communication does it have.\nAlso republicans are also blind to the fact there were three balloons during trump era and we have heard nothing of those",
">\n\nIf he had shot it down right away, republicans would have called him trigger-happy and unstable.",
">\n\nAnd if he had it destroyed immediately they would have criticized that too.",
">\n\nGOP are killing themselves. No leadership, no vision, no future in American politics.",
">\n\nIf he had not shot down the balloon they'd be threatening to investigate him over cowardice and weak leadership. This has been the GOP looking for a crime to accuse him of, rather than bringing up his poorer decisions, ever since he took office.",
">\n\nThey wanted him to shoot it down over the US so if the debris fell on a town or someone's house they could blame him for that.",
">\n\nTrump didnt shoot down 3",
">\n\nOh noooes... Anyway, how about that Jan jobs report?",
">\n\nIt appears that he waited just about the right amount of time. Long enough for the GOP to put their foot in their mouths.",
">\n\nGuess he could have ignored three of them like Trump did?",
">\n\nwondering if some of those top secret docs from trump missing have anything to do with the path it took",
">\n\nWho had \"Biden and the Chinese balloon\" on their crybaby Republican bingo card?",
">\n\nThe GOP criticises Biden over EVERYTHING because they can and it’s in their genetics. And in this case because they don’t have the brain to work out that the thing might very well have had something on board which would have been a danger to those on the ground. To deter … it being shot down! The shoot down was done just off the coast to minimise the risk.\nThey’d probably loaned out the single Republican brain cell to George Santos.",
">\n\nThe dumbest part is that their boy Trump let 3 cross over the US during his single term and literally did nothing. No hypocrisy there lol !",
">\n\n#Republicans only offer solutions and strategies that allow them to obtain power. They are not fiscal conservatives.... the #GOP are racist slobs who use fear and religion as their tools to manipulate those in this country who are have less education and lower IQ's... any man or woman who has supported or continues to support that orange turd has lost their true north... simply members of a cult.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize. Full stop. This is all they do. They have no solutions, no answers, just partisan bickering, and trying to get their mugs on TV with juvenile reality TV stunts. These are not serious lawmakers. I wish we had a way to track what they actually do for the country, a running tally, and a way to broadcast it everywhere. It really needs to be matter that these people are doing nothing for the country.",
">\n\nThere's reports that Trump had the chance to shoot some down during his term, and never ordered that. Don't expect consistency.",
">\n\nFunny how they're silent about Trump, who has yet to shoot down the three+ that flew over us on his watch 🤔",
">\n\nWould they rather it have fallen on their houses? It passed over mainly red states I believe.",
">\n\nThis is such disingenuous bullshit. Biden ordered it, military advised hold off until it was over water to minimize damage. I appreciate the military looking out for us. These party over country scum fucks go out on Sunday morning news circuit and argue FOR putting lives in danger and that Biden should have shot it down over US.",
">\n\nIt is a little strange, considering President Biden ordered them to shoot down the balloon and the Pentagon basically said not right now but we'll get back to you. Because apparently one or two Americans were at risk",
">\n\nRepublicans sidestep questions about balloons during Trump presidency\nLol,... so suddenly the Republicans have no leg to stand on but still have no shame about having a double-standard.",
">\n\nI am sick of the stupid \"spy balloon\" story. It shows me how easily the entire narrative in the US can be directed towards unimportant events. We aren't rioting over being expected to survive an economy where 90 percent of the revenue is taken off the top by a small minority of ridiculously wealthy people, we aren't demanding a total reformation of our police despite rampant abuse of power and corruption, we aren't taking any steps to prevent daily mass shootings, we aren't even mad that an entire political party is openly embracing fascism. We are yelling at a fucking balloon. The system is functioning as intended.",
">\n\nPerfectly said.",
">\n\nShocking!",
">\n\n“Assholes will always be assholes…”\n~Don’tLookUpMovie",
">\n\nMontana's senator Daines said should have shot it down over Montana as only antelope and prairie dogs are there. Who votes for this guy?",
">\n\nIsn't that the guy who assaulted a reporter during his press conference a few years back?",
">\n\ni just don’t like that they used a missile that cost 4x my college tuition to shoot down a balloon that could have been taken down by a single round of ammunition the cost of a classroom pizza party…",
">\n\nThey'll stone you when you're trying to be so good;\nThey'll stone just like they said they would;\nThey'll stone you when you let it hover over town;\nThey'll stone when you go ahead and shoot it down;\nBut I would not feel so all alone...\nEverybody must get stoned!",
">\n\nIs this not the same political party that criticized Obama for wearing a tan suit?",
">\n\nTan suit, mustard on a burger, actually going on a vacation. Yup, that's them.",
">\n\nThe ones that were ruminating it had biological weapons on board .",
">\n\nThat's with most Republican comments, it's performative and has no real value. Unfortunately, most of the conservatives listen to that garbage....",
">\n\nNo matter what Biden does they will criticize him.",
">\n\nWho cares? The republicans are, by and large, fucking idiots.",
">\n\nHe should say that he followed the advice of the military, end of story, every damn time. \nAnd fuck Little Marco, Gym Jordan and Sununu. They’d have found a reason to criticize him if he personally jumped out of a plane over the Alaskan coast, popped the ballon and rode it safely into the Pacific Ocean.",
">\n\nA non-issue and totally expected from Republicans. 🥱",
">\n\n“He should have shot it down over people! Who cares what dangers that might have posed!” -Republicans",
">\n\nAt least they’ve finally stopped blaming Obama 🫠",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for thing they ignored from Trump. \nAd nauseum",
">\n\nFrom now on, let’s just drop 2-3 city busses on Republicans from 50,000 feet and call it a day.",
">\n\nGOP can’t do anything without contradicting itself",
">\n\nRepublicans being hypocrites? Yawn.....",
">\n\nAnd if he shot it down immediately, they would have criticized him for shooting it down too early. Republicans are the Karens of Congress.",
">\n\nJust a reminder that these people are basically operating on the same amount of information we are right now. \nWhich is to say no information. \nThey’re clowns doing the work of the CCP for them.",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize... oh. That's new.\n/s",
">\n\nThey would criticize him no matter what he did.\nThe point is, we know what it is. Know how it works. And know how to avoid them getting info. We knew where it was going. The military thought it wasn't a threat. I trust the military more then a few Republican crisis actors",
">\n\nWhat if it was a russian ballon tho",
">\n\nThey probably waited to gather the maximum amount of intelligence. The information that comes off it, if it is a spy balloon can be just as useful to us…. Also don’t satellites exist in orbit. It’s probably literally a weather balloon.",
">\n\nSatellites can’t grab radio signals like high atmospheric balloons can, I’m just saying",
">\n\nOf course! Trump would have started WWIII and republicans would have praised him.",
">\n\nGee what a fucking surprise. As everyone has rightfully pointed out, if Biden had ordered for it to be shot down he would’ve been criticized for put American lives at risk. These are not serious people.",
">\n\n\"Republicans criticize Biden\"\ncould have stopped right there.",
">\n\nNo one cares what the Republicans think. Their words are empty and meaningless.",
">\n\nShoot the balloon down. the size of a couple of buses and take out American people? No,he did it where people would not be hurt! Responsible ☺️",
">\n\nConsistency and hypocrisy are only concerns for those whom care about whether what they believe and tell others is true or not. That concern is not part of the GOP nor conservative mindset.",
">\n\nIf the Pentagon assessed that the balloon was not a threat, and that they could actually extract valuable data from it, before it entered the US, it was their decision then to not shoot it down. They probably have been tracking this thing since the pacific at least.\nRepublicans don't know how any of these decisions work, and the ones who do know are attacking Biden to score political points.",
">\n\nRepublicans suffer whiplash, from the sudden turnaround of, why don't you, -to-, Why did you?",
">\n\nBiden does x. Guaranteed headline of \"Republicans Criticize Biden For x\". Rinse, repeat.",
">\n\nThey wine about everything. If the book was shot down immediately they would have said it was too quick. They’re fucking clowns.",
">\n\nLmfao there it is",
">\n\nIf Biden could walk over water, the Republicans would critizise Biden that he can‘t swim.",
">\n\nThe floor!? Where is the floor?",
">\n\nIf you can recover it, you know know what they were collecting by analyzing it.",
">\n\nSays no one",
">\n\nBiden would say breathing is a good thing and the Republicans would disagree with him.",
">\n\nCan we stop reporting on the opinions of the idiotic GOP and just stick to reporting the inhuman policies and practices they keep trying to (and in some cases successfully) pass?\nWe can let comedians continue to mock them and when needed use their words in arguments with them. But let's stop allowing their dumb gapping mouth noises to be recorded as news.",
">\n\nWhat do they not criticize him for?",
">\n\nDid trump shoot any of the 3 during his presidency down?",
">\n\nTrump let 4 balloons go free",
">\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden for whichever thing he decided to do, they weren’t paying attention because they were at a book burning.",
">\n\nWhat sucks is that no matter what is done, it's never enough or doesn't happen fast enough. It's wild. Fucking politics. One love",
">\n\nWhat they can't seem to realize is one person does not make a single decision that affects hundreds of millions of people, there are hundreds of advisors who think that will be a good or bad decision and sometimes they can overrule.",
">\n\nThis was the perfect kind of scandal - no matter what the action taken, Republicans would have seized on the theoretical benefits of doing the other thing and praised Trump for not being Biden.\nUnfortunately for them, this one is SO meaningless that it's probably doomed to live on only in conservative circles, increasingly forgotten by the rest of us, and only mentioned as part of an endless list of shorthand scandals that only conservatives think matter.",
">\n\nFunny how trump didn’t do anything at all when there was one 🤔 perhaps the criticism was lost in the mail",
">\n\nIt doesn't matter when he did it or if he did it. They had a narrative plotted to complain for all possible scenarios. He was going to be blamed for his actions/inactions no matter what.",
">\n\nOk now do trump.",
">\n\n\nRepublicans criticize Biden ~~for waiting to shoot down Chinese balloon~~\n\n\nNothing to see here...",
">\n\nYes, he should have shot it down days sooner while it was in Canada for violating US airspace.",
">\n\nYes, let’s violate Canadian Airspace to shoot down something for violating our airspace. This makes sense.",
">\n\nEveryone turning themselves on knots trying to explain Republican behavior and hypocrisy. It’s so easy! Call them commies! They act exactly like a communist party. They always seem to have the commie Russian dictators interests at heart. They check so many boxes and if you look at the Soviet Union republicans lies gaslighting misinformation and worship of cult daddy all fits the communist mold. Just say the Republican commies are going to lie like commies do and move on.",
">\n\nLet’s just start yeeting balloons at China and troll the shit out of them, put down bets on how many balloons get shot down by their planes if they can even go that high 🤣 it would be more interesting than betting on the stupid mega millions lottery or whatever. \nThat’s what I would do, in response.",
">\n\nHey cut the republicans a break they were very conflicted.\nTheir entire life they have been told that if faced with a problem, any problem, the answer is to shoot it with a gun. Works every time.\nBut then they saw that the balloon was white........",
">\n\nBy what standard are they speaking?",
">\n\nThe Biden administration waited till the balloon flew over the ocean to shoot it down because it would’ve been risky to shoot it down on land with the potential to hurt/kill someone or damage property.\nHad the Biden administration shot it down on land, republicans would’ve criticized the administration saying that they could’ve endangered someone.",
">\n\nSure, let’s shoot down a flying object over land that’s 60k ft in the air and going to spread debris over 7 miles. Can’t see anything going wrong there…",
">\n\nThey are just disappointed that they can’t complain about him shooting it down over land so that they could scream about how reckless and dangerous that was.",
">\n\n“He shot it down already?! What about debris?!” Bro it’s like fucking high school with these clowns.",
">\n\nNext week there will be headlines in the news about right wingers deploying spy balloons because Biden wouldn't shoot the Chinese one's down.",
">\n\nHe could’ve taken it down in the middle of nowhere Wyoming,Alaska, Kansas, etc",
">\n\nCould there be the benefit of the doubt that maybe, the hundreds of Pentagon employees including Admirals, Generals, Colonels and Captains, Analysts, bureaucrats, and everyone else had a better reason to wait to shoot it down? \nIt's not like the Pentagon is restaffed every two to four years with new people. I'm sure the CIA and State Department who monitor Chinese developments have a better understanding of what happened, what didn't happen, and the decision taken to get there. \nAnd I'm sure, POTUS, whoever they are whenever these things happen, wasn't making a decision without many inputs from many people.",
">\n\nAnd if it had been shot down over the mainland, they’d be lambasting him for it. Biden and the dems can’t win.",
">\n\nWhat if it carried covid 20 ?"
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Totally a republican.
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Well, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..
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Did he threaten to make them dress like him?
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"GOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh.."
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As a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?
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">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?"
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GOP speedrun
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"GOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?",
">\n\nAs a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?"
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Totally a republican.
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"GOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?",
">\n\nAs a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?",
">\n\nGOP speedrun"
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Well, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..
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">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?",
">\n\nAs a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?",
">\n\nGOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican."
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Did he threaten to make them dress like him?
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"GOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?",
">\n\nAs a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?",
">\n\nGOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh.."
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As a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?
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">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?",
">\n\nAs a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?",
">\n\nGOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?"
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">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?",
">\n\nAs a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?",
">\n\nGOP speedrun",
">\n\nTotally a republican.",
">\n\nWell, he’s checking all the boxes which has to be perplexing to his piers.. “he’s one of us, but he’s not one of us?”.. sigh..",
">\n\nDid he threaten to make them dress like him?",
">\n\nAs a right leaning American, I’d like to see every reporter that asks this guy a question immediately follow up Santos’ response with ‘is that a lie’?"
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McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years.
Get ready, we're going to hear a lot about them
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It is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.
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I doubt it will be as "successful". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.
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"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing."
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They use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.
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"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift."
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Yeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference
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"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse."
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So simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference"
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Good luck with that one.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues."
] |
>
At this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror.
I'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well "going high" went.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one."
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>
"Going high" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast "we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean," so-called "strategy."
Does anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?
Whenever I hear a whine about "civility" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting "blood and soil" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went."
] |
>
A lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).
That's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor."
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Fair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog."
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I know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him."
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I think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office."
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There was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place."
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Let’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.
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"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020."
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The go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy."
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Republicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats."
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It's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically "should have" been, it was a loss for Republicans.
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"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care."
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That's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something "different", so they picked trump.
In 2018 they said, "JFC, that's what different looks like!", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010.
In 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.
In 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end.
They are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans."
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You're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough."
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A bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase.
A minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did."
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This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)
When Democrats took back the House in 2018, they made good use of their congressional committees, putting pressure on the Trump White House and investigating the long list of the president's misdeeds.
The high-profile committees that Republicans hope to use to spearhead their investigations are now crowded with the Trumpesque members whom Kevin McCarthy was forced to appease in order to secure his speakership.
Comer's promised investigations certainly don't have the relevance or national interest of previous Oversight Committee investigations such as whether Donald Trump played a participatory role in Russia's efforts to swing the 2016 election in his favor.
Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Committee^#1 Republican^#2 House^#3 Oversight^#4 new^#5
|
[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.",
">\n\nA bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase. \n\nA minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump."
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The problem is, you have a member of the house who just made the claim that an elementary school has received billions of dollars in funding for CRT.
When you are allowed to just lie, then there will always be more lies than truths. I’m so sick of congresspeople being allowed to lie on the floor. Seems like automatic grounds to lose your fucking job.
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.",
">\n\nA bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase. \n\nA minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nWhen Democrats took back the House in 2018, they made good use of their congressional committees, putting pressure on the Trump White House and investigating the long list of the president's misdeeds.\nThe high-profile committees that Republicans hope to use to spearhead their investigations are now crowded with the Trumpesque members whom Kevin McCarthy was forced to appease in order to secure his speakership.\nComer's promised investigations certainly don't have the relevance or national interest of previous Oversight Committee investigations such as whether Donald Trump played a participatory role in Russia's efforts to swing the 2016 election in his favor.\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Committee^#1 Republican^#2 House^#3 Oversight^#4 new^#5"
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Not elementary schools, but one specific school. I hope and think enough Americans can see through that blatant lying. If not we were never going to be okay anyway.
Also cathode ray tubes are horrible. No cathode ray tubes in our schools!
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[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.",
">\n\nA bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase. \n\nA minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nWhen Democrats took back the House in 2018, they made good use of their congressional committees, putting pressure on the Trump White House and investigating the long list of the president's misdeeds.\nThe high-profile committees that Republicans hope to use to spearhead their investigations are now crowded with the Trumpesque members whom Kevin McCarthy was forced to appease in order to secure his speakership.\nComer's promised investigations certainly don't have the relevance or national interest of previous Oversight Committee investigations such as whether Donald Trump played a participatory role in Russia's efforts to swing the 2016 election in his favor.\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Committee^#1 Republican^#2 House^#3 Oversight^#4 new^#5",
">\n\nThe problem is, you have a member of the house who just made the claim that an elementary school has received billions of dollars in funding for CRT.\nWhen you are allowed to just lie, then there will always be more lies than truths. I’m so sick of congresspeople being allowed to lie on the floor. Seems like automatic grounds to lose your fucking job."
] |
>
The problem, of course, is that the average Republican voter will not be able to discern the difference between functional governance and “trolling the libs.”
|
[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.",
">\n\nA bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase. \n\nA minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nWhen Democrats took back the House in 2018, they made good use of their congressional committees, putting pressure on the Trump White House and investigating the long list of the president's misdeeds.\nThe high-profile committees that Republicans hope to use to spearhead their investigations are now crowded with the Trumpesque members whom Kevin McCarthy was forced to appease in order to secure his speakership.\nComer's promised investigations certainly don't have the relevance or national interest of previous Oversight Committee investigations such as whether Donald Trump played a participatory role in Russia's efforts to swing the 2016 election in his favor.\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Committee^#1 Republican^#2 House^#3 Oversight^#4 new^#5",
">\n\nThe problem is, you have a member of the house who just made the claim that an elementary school has received billions of dollars in funding for CRT.\nWhen you are allowed to just lie, then there will always be more lies than truths. I’m so sick of congresspeople being allowed to lie on the floor. Seems like automatic grounds to lose your fucking job.",
">\n\nNot elementary schools, but one specific school. I hope and think enough Americans can see through that blatant lying. If not we were never going to be okay anyway. \nAlso cathode ray tubes are horrible. No cathode ray tubes in our schools!"
] |
>
The average republican is not going to change their mind no matter what. It's the independents and casual voters who need to see how crazy the Repubs have become.
|
[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.",
">\n\nA bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase. \n\nA minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nWhen Democrats took back the House in 2018, they made good use of their congressional committees, putting pressure on the Trump White House and investigating the long list of the president's misdeeds.\nThe high-profile committees that Republicans hope to use to spearhead their investigations are now crowded with the Trumpesque members whom Kevin McCarthy was forced to appease in order to secure his speakership.\nComer's promised investigations certainly don't have the relevance or national interest of previous Oversight Committee investigations such as whether Donald Trump played a participatory role in Russia's efforts to swing the 2016 election in his favor.\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Committee^#1 Republican^#2 House^#3 Oversight^#4 new^#5",
">\n\nThe problem is, you have a member of the house who just made the claim that an elementary school has received billions of dollars in funding for CRT.\nWhen you are allowed to just lie, then there will always be more lies than truths. I’m so sick of congresspeople being allowed to lie on the floor. Seems like automatic grounds to lose your fucking job.",
">\n\nNot elementary schools, but one specific school. I hope and think enough Americans can see through that blatant lying. If not we were never going to be okay anyway. \nAlso cathode ray tubes are horrible. No cathode ray tubes in our schools!",
">\n\nThe problem, of course, is that the average Republican voter will not be able to discern the difference between functional governance and “trolling the libs.”"
] |
>
If they can’t see it by now, they are not “casual voters” they are brain dead.
|
[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.",
">\n\nA bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase. \n\nA minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nWhen Democrats took back the House in 2018, they made good use of their congressional committees, putting pressure on the Trump White House and investigating the long list of the president's misdeeds.\nThe high-profile committees that Republicans hope to use to spearhead their investigations are now crowded with the Trumpesque members whom Kevin McCarthy was forced to appease in order to secure his speakership.\nComer's promised investigations certainly don't have the relevance or national interest of previous Oversight Committee investigations such as whether Donald Trump played a participatory role in Russia's efforts to swing the 2016 election in his favor.\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Committee^#1 Republican^#2 House^#3 Oversight^#4 new^#5",
">\n\nThe problem is, you have a member of the house who just made the claim that an elementary school has received billions of dollars in funding for CRT.\nWhen you are allowed to just lie, then there will always be more lies than truths. I’m so sick of congresspeople being allowed to lie on the floor. Seems like automatic grounds to lose your fucking job.",
">\n\nNot elementary schools, but one specific school. I hope and think enough Americans can see through that blatant lying. If not we were never going to be okay anyway. \nAlso cathode ray tubes are horrible. No cathode ray tubes in our schools!",
">\n\nThe problem, of course, is that the average Republican voter will not be able to discern the difference between functional governance and “trolling the libs.”",
">\n\nThe average republican is not going to change their mind no matter what. It's the independents and casual voters who need to see how crazy the Repubs have become."
] |
>
Yes
|
[
"McCarthy’s deal with the far right also resulted in the new Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Chaired by Representative Jim Jordan under the Judiciary Committee, the weaponization subcommittee seems to be the broad sword Republicans will wield over the next few years. \n\nGet ready, we're going to hear a lot about them",
">\n\nIt is their new House Unamerican Activities Committee and it will be just as fraudulent and ultimately embarrassing.",
">\n\nI doubt it will be as \"successful\". Republican politicians don't actually care about the investigations, they do it to con their voters and their financial backers. There is no ideological motive this time around, just grift.",
">\n\nThey use this as outrage theater and to keep 'dem under investigation' headlines churning. They found nothing during the 8 benghazi investigations, but they kept hillary out of the whitehouse.",
">\n\nYeah I think people too easily forgot that those investigations, while fruitless, muddied the water enough to make a tangible difference",
">\n\nSo simple: keep them out of the news cycle. No talk = no issues.",
">\n\nGood luck with that one.",
">\n\nAt this point I honestly believe the best thing Democrats could do is openly mock these idiots. MTG wants to investigate space lazers? Play along, then point and laugh. McCarthy wants more Hunter's Dick for his collection? Play along, then point and laugh. Geatz wants to investigate Grooming? Give him a mirror. \nI'm tired of playing make believe. The Republican Party is a party of idiots, and we saw how well \"going high\" went.",
">\n\n\"Going high\" was basically appeasement. I am also tired of this liberal milquetoast \"we can't call them Fascist cus it's mean,\" so-called \"strategy.\"\nDoes anyone still sincerely think that if you go easy on Rightwingers, they'll stop attacking women's rights, public education, anti-corruption, environmental policies, public infrastructure, and so on?\nWhenever I hear a whine about \"civility\" I just want to ask where was the civility when hundreds of Conservatives marched through Charlottesville chanting \"blood and soil\" because the state decided to take down a statue of a fucking traitor.",
">\n\nA lot of that was from a Black president, who had to avoid looking like an aggressive Black man at all cost (similar issue applies to any female candidate).\nThat's why you unfortunately need an angry or snarky White guy (think Al Franken, Tim Ryan, John Fetterman) to play the attack dog.",
">\n\nFair point. Obama wore a tan suit once. If only he had led a coup attempt instead, then maybe Republicans would've liked him.",
">\n\nI know you're being facetious, but Obama's tightrope routine was less about appeasing Republicans and more about not spooking the racists in the Democratic party. Even with that approach Obama lost 1.8% of the vote between 2008 and 2012. Had he lost reelection, the system would have interpreted it as a sign that black folks weren't qualified for the office.",
">\n\nI think that if Obama had lost in 2012 the only people who'd believe Black people weren't qualified for the office were the same people who already thought that way before he was ever elected in the first place.",
">\n\nThere was a lot rhetoric, both quiet and out loud, that we need an old white man (Biden) to compete with Trump from the Dems in 2020.",
">\n\nLet’s be honest, the republicans are kinda making it easy.",
">\n\nThe go-on-offense strategy—one which pits their own level-headedness against the fever dreams of the far-right—has proven successful for Democrats.",
">\n\nRepublicans have been completely unhinged for over 5 years now, and they still managed to gain control of the House. Their voters don’t care.",
">\n\nIt's true their voters don't care. However, going by what midterm elections have looked like in the past, this should have been an easy Republican win in both the House and Senate. They lost even more control in the Senate, and barely have the House. No, it wasn't a Dem sweep, but going by what this was expected to be and historically \"should have\" been, it was a loss for Republicans.",
">\n\nThat's the right takeaway. The GOP has essentially lost the last 3 elections. 2016, people didn't like either candidate, but wanted something \"different\", so they picked trump. \nIn 2018 they said, \"JFC, that's what different looks like!\", and threw out what should have been a 25 to 30 year lock on the House for the GOP after 2010. \nIn 2020, with the highest turnout in 60 years, MAGA lost.\nIn 2022, The GOP may have won the house, but crazy lost big time (which is why their margin is so small). They aren't going away entirely anytime soon, but election denying MAGA has been shown to be a political dead end. \nThey are in the unenviable, and entirely self created, position of not being able to win by running crazy, but also can't win close elections if the candidate isn't crazy enough.",
">\n\nYou're forgetting that in 2016 voters didn't pick Trump, the Electoral College did.",
">\n\nA bit pedantic, but I'll rephrase. \n\nA minority of overall voters who happened to live in the right states picked trump.",
">\n\nThis is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nWhen Democrats took back the House in 2018, they made good use of their congressional committees, putting pressure on the Trump White House and investigating the long list of the president's misdeeds.\nThe high-profile committees that Republicans hope to use to spearhead their investigations are now crowded with the Trumpesque members whom Kevin McCarthy was forced to appease in order to secure his speakership.\nComer's promised investigations certainly don't have the relevance or national interest of previous Oversight Committee investigations such as whether Donald Trump played a participatory role in Russia's efforts to swing the 2016 election in his favor.\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Committee^#1 Republican^#2 House^#3 Oversight^#4 new^#5",
">\n\nThe problem is, you have a member of the house who just made the claim that an elementary school has received billions of dollars in funding for CRT.\nWhen you are allowed to just lie, then there will always be more lies than truths. I’m so sick of congresspeople being allowed to lie on the floor. Seems like automatic grounds to lose your fucking job.",
">\n\nNot elementary schools, but one specific school. I hope and think enough Americans can see through that blatant lying. If not we were never going to be okay anyway. \nAlso cathode ray tubes are horrible. No cathode ray tubes in our schools!",
">\n\nThe problem, of course, is that the average Republican voter will not be able to discern the difference between functional governance and “trolling the libs.”",
">\n\nThe average republican is not going to change their mind no matter what. It's the independents and casual voters who need to see how crazy the Repubs have become.",
">\n\nIf they can’t see it by now, they are not “casual voters” they are brain dead."
] |
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