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BumRushDaShow

(165,285 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:05 AM Friday

Indiana Republican Blasts 'Snowflakes' Upset With His AI Santa Beatdown

Source: Huff Post

Dec 25, 2025, 09:57 PM EST


Talk about a violent night! Indiana state Sen. Chris Garten (R) is facing backlash after he kicked off Christmas Day by posting a bizarre series of AI-generated pictures showing him beat up Santa Claus in front of the state capitol building.

The mock images depict a sleeveless Garten surrounded by a crowd of cheering supporters as he kicks, punches and pulls off a body splash on Kris Kringle in wrestler-like fashion.

“When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded mandates down the chimney disguised as ‘Christmas cheer.’ Not on my watch. We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats,” wrote the Indiana State Senate majority floor leader in a post to his X account.

“Take it back to the North Pole big guy. Merry Christmas, Hoosiers! 🇺🇸🎅🏻🥊.”



Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/indiana-republican-chris-garten-ai-santa-wrestling-takedown_n_694dc74ce4b0d33e39fe4a3e



These people are psychotic and have taken over elective offices.




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When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded mandates down the chimney disguised as "Christmas cheer." Not on my watch. We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats.

Take it back to the North Pole big guy. Merry Christmas, Show more
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Indiana Republican Blasts 'Snowflakes' Upset With His AI Santa Beatdown (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Friday OP
Governor Walz was spot on when he called Republicans weirdos. Emile Friday #1
...and now, Nazis peppertree Friday #39
An even better AI popsdenver Friday #47
WTF is wrong with this guy? Dulcinea Friday #49
Similar 1st thought; Did he ever consider how this might turn out...? Grins Friday #60
What a fucking lunatic! TurboDem Friday #2
Wow! bob4460 Friday #3
Odds are he DID not get the Red Ryder BB gun he so desperately wanted as a kid. Attilatheblond Friday #23
And he has NO ideas on how to make things better, so he is doing a Trump imitation Attilatheblond Friday #24
Yep. MorbidButterflyTat Friday #52
Didn't get enough hugs as a little boy Seinan Sensei Friday #53
I hate martial arts movies Walleye Friday #4
Even before AI, their special effects were stupendous. Norrrm Friday #5
Pathetic grandstanding by a coward. nt jfz9580m Friday #6
I am honestly surprised he is not packing Skittles Friday #54
"Overreach and unfunded mandates"? Did he forget that he's talking about King Donald, a Republican? sinkingfeeling Friday #7
Yet ANOTHER wannabe "tough guy". Why dont these guys just come out of the closet? Callie1979 Friday #8
What kind of venues do you frequent Seinan Sensei Friday #55
He is unwell. /nt bucolic_frolic Friday #9
Beating up on a fictitious person and then posting loads of pictures doing so. Rubber room time ... Bengus81 Friday #10
I read the article TheFarseer Friday #11
You're not alone. calimary Friday #15
I read it as well and the only thing I could come up with is this - BumRushDaShow Friday #17
Great find! Attilatheblond Friday #25
I wonder.... MarcoZandrini Friday #12
Kinder Garten politician. tavernier Friday #13
What the hell, white boys? You get off seeing yourselves portrayed as AI muscle-brained bullies? Timeflyer Friday #14
And, the society that it lives in encourages that behavior. OldBaldy1701E Friday #21
Probably the only way that they can imagine being "manly" like the MAGAs want. At least he looks almost as manly as MTG LiberalArkie Friday #33
Yeesh lonely bird Friday #16
Smooth move there, asswipe Garten. Paladin Friday #18
What in holy hell is WRONG with these people? mwb970 Friday #19
Must have consumed a batch of bad acid. Martin68 Friday #42
The brown acid that is circulating around us, is specifically not too good. mwb970 Friday #51
LOL mobeau69 Friday #58
Republicans hate seeing people get something they didn't pay cash for. JohnnyRingo Friday #20
The minds of bullies... GiqueCee Friday #22
But, dude, you ARE a bureaucrat. paleotn Friday #26
Ah, the voice of reason cutting to the heart of the matter. Nicely done, bro, nicely done. FadedMullet Friday #50
What a tone deaf asshole move. marble falls Friday #27
These right wingers are a bunch of sick weirdos! Diamond_Dog Friday #28
My thoughts exactly. What kind of sicko thinks beating up Santa on Christmas is funny or cleavor? So he wants to ratchiweenie Friday #29
F'ing weirdo he is. mdbl Friday #30
Something's wrong with that boy's brain Clouds Passing Friday #31
No mentally sound person Americanme Friday #32
Keep your children well away from this lunatic. He could traumatize them for life. flashman13 Friday #34
any rational legislator - cab67 Friday #35
Next Opponent: Tiny Tim Grokenstein Friday #36
Ha, ha, I thought you were referring to the "Tiptoe through the Tulips" Tiny Tim! Martin68 Friday #41
Indiana WHY?? lrucks1952 Friday #37
I have Indiana farmers all around my rural Emile Friday #44
You made the right choice duckworth969 Friday #45
So this asshole hates Santa Claus and wants Indiana to as well? hadEnuf Friday #38
WTF is wrong with these people? They've lost their fucking minds! Martin68 Friday #40
Mentally ill and violent. Sounds like a Magat. Deplorable. Evolve Dammit Friday #43
Santa Claus is a secular figure duckworth969 Friday #46
I actually get it Zambero Friday #48
What a freakin weirdo. Quiet Em Friday #56
War on Christmas IronLionZion Friday #57
Insane. Moronic, too. Kid Berwyn Friday #59
The message here IndyPepper Friday #61
I think this is what happens when Republicans try to do humor. But when your brain is twisted into an... Ol Janx Spirit Friday #62
An Event 2000 Years in the Making.... reACTIONary Friday #63
Well, that is strange! Aussie105 Friday #64
Violent night, Fascist night... RetiredParatrooper Friday #65
Santa Claus is obviously a Socialist. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #66

peppertree

(23,116 posts)
39. ...and now, Nazis
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:49 PM
Friday

This oaf's last name is Garten.

Dollars-to-doughnuts that his grandfather was in the Bund in the '30s and '40s.

popsdenver

(1,459 posts)
47. An even better AI
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 04:24 PM
Friday

would have had several Republican Politicians chasing around Mr. and Mrs. Claus' grandchildren..........

Grins

(9,225 posts)
60. Similar 1st thought; Did he ever consider how this might turn out...?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:07 PM
Friday

And no one in his staff said, “Waitaminute. Ya’ know, this might not be the image you want…”

Dies his staff hate him?

bob4460

(375 posts)
3. Wow!
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:18 AM
Friday

Who in their right mind would want to beat up Santa Claus? I guess that sad is against anything that is good for people.

Attilatheblond

(8,191 posts)
24. And he has NO ideas on how to make things better, so he is doing a Trump imitation
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:21 AM
Friday

which shows he is also too stupid to see how badly THAT is going.

Skittles

(169,305 posts)
54. I am honestly surprised he is not packing
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 05:34 PM
Friday

because I have zero doubt he is a gun humping coward

sinkingfeeling

(57,096 posts)
7. "Overreach and unfunded mandates"? Did he forget that he's talking about King Donald, a Republican?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 07:11 AM
Friday

Bengus81

(9,765 posts)
10. Beating up on a fictitious person and then posting loads of pictures doing so. Rubber room time ...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 07:17 AM
Friday

Maybe your Trump humping constituents are loving this but to the other 99% of sane people you just look like a pathetic lunatic.

BumRushDaShow

(165,285 posts)
17. I read it as well and the only thing I could come up with is this -
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:51 AM
Friday

Recently, the IN state Senate helped to kill the state's "45-mandated/government over-reach" redistricting bill and this guy is one of the GOP state Senators (and probably wanted to do the redistricting).

So could be his temper tantrum that the effort failed.

AND.... Just found this (and also am confirming the "GOP in Disarray", infighting, "punishment", and "rewards" going on in IN related to the failed redistricting vote, plus Garten is the IN state Senate Majority Leader ) -

Indiana Senate Judiciary chair ousted in wake of redistricting split

By: Tom Davies - December 24, 2025 12:16 pm

(snip)

Senate Majority Floor Leader Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, was another outspoken redistricting supporter but has maintained his high-level post and memberships on the Senate’s influential appropriations and tax committees.

Timeflyer

(3,644 posts)
14. What the hell, white boys? You get off seeing yourselves portrayed as AI muscle-brained bullies?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 07:48 AM
Friday

Life's not a first-person shooter to normal people. But when brain development stops at early adolescence...

LiberalArkie

(19,221 posts)
33. Probably the only way that they can imagine being "manly" like the MAGAs want. At least he looks almost as manly as MTG
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:48 AM
Friday

Paladin

(32,229 posts)
18. Smooth move there, asswipe Garten.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:53 AM
Friday

And given the way our luck has been running lately, you probably have children. God help anybody who's in the direct path of your malignant influence---but a grudging thanks for demonstrating just how bad things have become, and how desperate the need is to make things better, again. Have a shitty New Year.

JohnnyRingo

(20,444 posts)
20. Republicans hate seeing people get something they didn't pay cash for.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:58 AM
Friday

They probably don't get anything for Christmas because they're miserable pricks and they're jealous.
The Grinch was a wuss.

GiqueCee

(3,324 posts)
22. The minds of bullies...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:11 AM
Friday

... are stunted at an early age. Some of it's nature, some of its nurture, but they never seem to outgrow their pathological need to exhibit dominance through violence. Until they're on the receiving end, then they soil themselves and whine about how unfairly they've been treated.
There is some grim satisfaction in seeing one grovel when it knows it's outmatched.

Diamond_Dog

(39,676 posts)
28. These right wingers are a bunch of sick weirdos!
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:45 AM
Friday

Who in their right mind thinks this is funny or clever? I swear, they all live on another planet.

ratchiweenie

(8,156 posts)
29. My thoughts exactly. What kind of sicko thinks beating up Santa on Christmas is funny or cleavor? So he wants to
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:51 AM
Friday

send a message of hate and violence to children on Christmas. He's another Trump.

flashman13

(1,975 posts)
34. Keep your children well away from this lunatic. He could traumatize them for life.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:49 AM
Friday

Christmas used to be fun. The Repugs sure have ruined that.

cab67

(3,624 posts)
35. any rational legislator -
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:50 AM
Friday

- would fire whoever did this on his behalf.

Which I assume means no one is losing their job over it.

Grokenstein

(6,242 posts)
36. Next Opponent: Tiny Tim
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:02 AM
Friday

He'll depict himself beating the kid to death with his own crutch as the Cratchit family cheers for him.

Weirdo.

lrucks1952

(21 posts)
37. Indiana WHY??
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:05 AM
Friday

I traveled through this state some 35 plus years ago and I had a chance to gain employment for a full time good paying job!! I could not bring myself to accept this job for something never felt right about this state to me so I kept moving west, although the folks appeared to be very nice. .. My question is? Why do the good folks of this state allow for these types of fools to be elected? over and over again? Just asking?

Emile

(40,382 posts)
44. I have Indiana farmers all around my rural
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 02:34 PM
Friday

Indiana home. They all vote republican, and whine about those baby killing democratic socialists. All are getting crop subsidies of some sort, and other money for land improvements, etc. etc. Biggest hypocrites you ever seen. That Magic R has them brainwashed.

duckworth969

(1,131 posts)
45. You made the right choice
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 03:26 PM
Friday

Indiana is often called a “Southern State in the North” and for good reason.

At one time, the largest KKK organization in the USA was in Indiana and it’s still active, although smaller now. John Birchers too and every other RW nut job group is represented.

Heavy red state and there are MAGA thugs galore out in rural areas.

hadEnuf

(3,512 posts)
38. So this asshole hates Santa Claus and wants Indiana to as well?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:45 PM
Friday

I'm taking it that Santa is a liberal Democrat who is sending bureaucrats and mandates down Indiana's kid's chimneys, in his delusional mind?

I think this shit chunk wants to be Nazi Claus.



duckworth969

(1,131 posts)
46. Santa Claus is a secular figure
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 03:36 PM
Friday

And for some Christian zealots, Xmas is only about JAYSUS, not some pretend character pulled out of pagan lore intent only on selling Cokes!

Zambero

(9,917 posts)
48. I actually get it
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 04:36 PM
Friday

It wouldn't make sense for anyone in today's Republican party to go after the Grinch or Scrooge, as they would be considered "ideological allies". Therefore, none other than Jolly Saint Nick gets the full treatment. The War on Christmas is in full swing, only with a newly flipped script courtesy of fools like Garten.

Kid Berwyn

(22,750 posts)
59. Insane. Moronic, too.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:04 PM
Friday

Another MAGA asshole who wants to be just like Dimdonnie Trump the Traitor.

IndyPepper

(58 posts)
61. The message here
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:08 PM
Friday

is that Republicans are going after all that is good in society with maximum violence and cruelty: Oppose them at your own risk.

As for the nonsense about bureaucracy and government overreach, the Republican super majority-Indiana General Assembly is famously known for three things: Corruption, Incompetence and government overreach (as in passing laws forbidding local governments from raising the minimum wage or outlawing plastic bags, and abolishing at-large seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council in a failed bid to keep that body under Republican control). As usual, it's all projection with these crass goons, who have proudly turned Indiana into the Mississippi of the North.

Ol Janx Spirit

(624 posts)
62. I think this is what happens when Republicans try to do humor. But when your brain is twisted into an...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:11 PM
Friday

...ugly little ball of worms that are only capable of hatred and aggrievement it comes off like this to the rest of us.

Like Turnip joking with the kid about only getting clean coal for Christmas. WTAF?

Truly weird bunch....

LudwigPastorius

(14,081 posts)
66. Santa Claus is obviously a Socialist.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 12:04 AM
Yesterday

He distributes gifts to everyone. He expects free handouts of milk and cookies. Heck, he even wears red.

I'm just surprised that this psycho didn't generate a picture of him garroting Kris Kringle with piano wire.

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