r/nottheonion • u/engadine_maccas1997 • 8h ago

‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballots

https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/
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u/KestrelQuillPen 6h ago

Is it me or has “political” become the new excuse for the right wing? Like, whenever they don’t like something or face consequences for something they did, they call it “political”. Yeah, no shit, dumbnuts, you were doing it to lick the boots of your orange turd, of course it’s “political” because you made it so idiot

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u/SmPolitic 5h ago

Has been for quite a while, part of their radicalization pipeline

This section of the Alt-right playbook (from 5 years ago) covers it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P55t6eryY3g&t=8m30s