Last summer, for instance, Sapik posted a video on Facebook for a campaign fundraising golf event that said: “Let’s get rid of Democracy; everyone in favor raise your hand!”
“It’s a joke,” Sapik responded at the time.
It’s always a ‘joke, just kidding, what’s the matter can’t you take a joke?!’ - until the timing works out and they go ahead and do it. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
I call it Shrödinger’s Joke. The statement is simultaneously a joke and a serious proposal. The wave function only collapses once someone reacts to it.
If the reaction is “that’s outrageous,” then the statement becomes a joke.
If the reaction is “hell, yeah, I’ve got my Nazi flag ready,” then the statement was serious.
That one could actually be a joke but for the person saying it and the context. Usually their “jokes” contain neither irony nor humor.
It’s truly a bold move to make a clearly illegal action after voters delivered you a loss of -10%. In a swing state.
Either Republicans accept they’ll have to run in fairer maps, or they’ll create an environment where their gerrymandering isn’t enough to stop public backlash – and then be forced to run in fairer maps anyway.
It’d be great if she gets impeached, she resigns and the governor appoints an ultra left judge who agrees to step down after the special election, where she runs again and wins.
