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MAGA lawmaker accuses Mike Johnson of 'brainwashing' him with intelligence briefing
David Edwards
April 22, 2024 3:50PM ET
https://www.rawstory.com/thomas-massie-2667838643/
"SNIP..........
On Monday, Massie told podcast host Charlie Kirk that Johnson had orchestrated a "brainwashing session" in the form of a classified briefing to push through the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
"It was like a brainwashing session," Massie asserted. "And here's the thing, Charlie, when you go into a [sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF)], remember most congressmen are used to having two things with them that allow them to verify something if they're being told a lie.
"Number one, they usually have their smartphone with them. And their staff," he continued. "Those two things you are deprived of.
"So if you are deprived of those two things and any connection to anybody for three or four hours, you kind of start believing what they're saying, and you think, well, maybe they'll let me out of this SCIF if I just nod my head and succumb to the pressure."
.............SNIP"
Applegrove:
So Massie can't think "properly" (or to the benefit of Russia) without the input of his staff? So the staff run the thinking in his office?
Probatim
(2,543 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,213 posts)This isn't the first time he's displayed his idiocy.
Irish_Dem
(47,471 posts)Like Moscow Marge.
She thinks she is brilliant.
Probatim
(2,543 posts)them strangle the country.
Irish_Dem
(47,471 posts)They damage Americans and our democracy.
BootinUp
(47,197 posts)Ill give him a point for creativity.
Emile
(22,963 posts)Maeve
(42,289 posts)applegrove
(118,816 posts)Maeve
(42,289 posts)Attilatheblond
(2,222 posts)He can't HANDLE the truth. Must reach for the security blanket of Trump/Bannon Inc. lies to 'disprove' what is briefed in the SCIF because he just doesn't want to accept what doesn't support his trumpian world view.
Mean ol Speaker enforced SCIF rules and the idiot couldn't record the briefing to play back for Trump. IOW, got no brownie points from Sir Fartsalott.
brush
(53,908 posts)recording devices, pens, pencils, notebooks etc. into a SCIF.
And he takes the position that the intel he was given access to "brainwashed" him with is a pack of lies.
Man, talk about drinking the maga Kool-aid.
InstantGratification
(164 posts)The intel community is "deep state" and not to be trusted. Q knows the truth...
brush
(53,908 posts)patphil
(6,218 posts)it may be because that part of his anatomy is not use to all that strenuous activity.
You know, like when you've sat on your ass all winter and then try to jog for a while.
Muscles weren't use to being called on to do more than get up and go to the men's room, or the kitchen.
Note: No way this is projection on my part...just sayin'.
keithbvadu2
(36,938 posts)whopis01
(3,524 posts)Kind of says it all.
Maeve
(42,289 posts)JoseBalow
(2,484 posts)RockRaven
(15,016 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,471 posts)To tell him the "truth."
The MAGA version of reality.
Lovie777
(12,331 posts)God knows how many of our enemies are aware of these national security documents.
DoBW
(633 posts)Yeah, Maga Mike brainwashed this freak
attribution--bearingarms.com
LiberalFighter
(51,118 posts)Cha
(297,734 posts)PlutosHeart
(1,294 posts)why?????????
Expect big mouth issues.
chowder66
(9,086 posts)What a fucking putz.
AllaN01Bear
(18,461 posts)chowder66
(9,086 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,461 posts)thesquanderer
(11,994 posts)ShazzieB
(16,541 posts)If not, the rules must be much more stringent than I ever imagined.
thesquanderer
(11,994 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(12,449 posts)I thought at first this just had to be either an Onion or Borowitz Report article, but, alas, it's not.
Just when I thought that MAGAt's couldn't get any stupider, this gem shows up.
niyad
(113,587 posts)depth, no level of the stupid, the vain, the angry, the ignorant, the hate-filled, the bitter, the cruel, which they will not plumb. Or are you one of those amazing and lovely people who still manage to retain some level of hope and optimism? Please note, this is not snark or sarcasm. I truly admire those who are far kinder than I ever was, or am.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,449 posts)but I'm an optimist at heart, I keep hoping against hope that some intelligent life form will emerge from the MAGAt party, but my optimism has its expiration date and mine is fast approaching.
niyad
(113,587 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,115 posts)Warpy
(111,359 posts)and his little pin head couldn't take the cognitive dissonance.
Clear sgn you need to retire, Massie, and get somebody in there with a better brain.
PortTack
(32,800 posts)Silent3
(15,284 posts)...by checking against what Alex Jones or Steve Bannon or the like have to say about it.
nuxvomica
(12,449 posts)He probably considers his entire time in grade school as just brainwashing.
dalton99a
(81,624 posts)by a fucking moron
Traurigkeit
(265 posts)keep_left
(1,792 posts)If you want a taste of the extremism you'll see and hear on the "Charlie Kirk Show", you can visit this subreddit, which keeps tabs on Kirk and his allies.
https://old.reddit.com/r/ToiletPaperUSA/
This is exactly the kind of garbage you can expect from Charlie Kirk, who has become noticeably more extreme since the 2020 election. Kirk's program is carried by "Real America's Voice", a far-right streaming and cable TV channel that also features people like Steve Bannon and Ted Nugent.
myohmy2
(3,178 posts)...I think your brain's been soiled have you ever thought of having it washed...??
...
NanaCat
(1,275 posts)On someone without a brain.
Xavier Breath
(3,655 posts)We also would have accepted this explanation: