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napi21

(45,806 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:01 PM Jun 2015

Nevada GOP congressman: My kids ‘will not be a drain on society’ like disabled children

Rep. Cresent Hardy (R-NV) said recently at a Libertarian Party event that he hoped his children would never be a “drain on society” like people who were disabled.

“I have three children,” Hardy explains. “One of them is summa cum laude and two were magna cum laude. The other one, he didn’t need an education. He works for Raytheon, smarter than all the rest. He works hard, he builds things that are genius. Some people have that ability.”

“But they all work hard. They are raising their own families,” he continued. “They will not be a drain on society, the best they can. Hopefully they will never have some disability that causes them to have to utilize that.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/nevada-gop-congressman-my-kids-will-not-be-a-drain-on-society-like-disabled-children/

Isn't HE the AH of the week!

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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
1. Person with a disability: My kids (if any) ‘will not be a drain on society’ like Cresent Hardy
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:03 PM
Jun 2015


Okay, Cresent, so I only made cum laude, not summa -- but it was at Yale, for crying out loud!

yellowcanine

(35,707 posts)
2. Does he have three children or four children? Cause he can't add worth a sh*t
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:15 PM
Jun 2015

"One of them is summa cum laude, two were magma cum laude. The other one, he didn't need an education." 1+2+1 = 4.

edbermac

(15,953 posts)
3. Yeah, just look at that drain Stephen Hawking.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:20 PM
Jun 2015

Just sits his deadbeat ass in a chair all day long, what the fuck has he ever done?

Donald Ian Rankin

(13,598 posts)
12. That's a valid response to the OP's paraphrasing, but not to the actual remarks.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 02:19 PM
Jun 2015

What Hardy actually said, while offensive, was not quite as offensive as what the OP pretends he said.

Yes, it's a small distinction. But one should always give the devil his due.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
5. I can't speak about his kids
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:27 PM
Jun 2015

But their dad is a drain on society. His hate and bigotry is utterly fucking worthless.

Panich52

(5,829 posts)
8. Next step, eugenics & culling the weak...
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:36 PM
Jun 2015

I suppose he thinks, hopes, his kids aren't broadsided by idiot who thinks those 4 letters on the red octagonal sign spell 'drift.' Or that they live in an anti-choice state where the health of either mother or fetus isn't considered a reason to allow the right of choice.

Fkn elitist, heartless TPer.

alarimer

(16,245 posts)
9. So, a genius can't have an accident or a stroke?
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 01:36 PM
Jun 2015

Bad luck can strike anyone at any time.

Or, you know, be Stephen Hawking?

gopiscrap

(23,768 posts)
10. What a fuckwad
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 02:16 PM
Jun 2015

I almost wish an accident or stroke on one of his kids, but then that would make me as bad as him...so I won't!

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
11. one plus two equals 3 children he says he has
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 02:19 PM
Jun 2015

"the other one" who does not need an education.. ???

doesn't that equal FOUR??

huh??

Ilsa

(61,721 posts)
13. God(dess) may give him a disabled grandchild.
Fri Jun 12, 2015, 02:22 PM
Jun 2015

Then maybe he'll develop some compassion. Of course, being a rethuglican, he'd probably advise his offspring to leave them at a fire station.

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