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TexasTowelie

(117,556 posts)
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 02:27 AM Jun 2019

NC lawmaker says Lincoln 'unjustly invaded' the South, a 'sovereign nation'

RALEIGH -- It started when N.C. legislator Larry Pittman compared Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis to a Democrat.

It escalated after Tillis’ wife responded.

And it boiled over Thursday when Pittman compared President Abraham Lincoln to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler — for the second time since 2017.

“It was only a matter of numbers,” Pittman wrote on Facebook, responding to another Facebook user. “Lincoln was responsible for the unnecessary deaths of 800,000 Americans. Hitler was responsible for millions more. Both unjustly invaded and subjugated sovereign nations.”

N.C. House leaders took a rare public stance against one of their own Thursday as they condemned Pittman, a Republican firebrand from Cabarrus County who has become known for making controversial remarks.

Read more: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article231792543.html
(Raleigh News & Observer)

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NC lawmaker says Lincoln 'unjustly invaded' the South, a 'sovereign nation' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jun 2019 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jun 2019 #1
and he's an elected official. barbtries Jun 2019 #2
LOL, I am sorry that Gen Sherman didn't do his thing in the entire south... beachbum bob Jun 2019 #3
Oh, he didn't get the memo that Lincoln is a Republican hero? tanyev Jun 2019 #4
I'm really tired of seeing articles about this lunatic. littlemissmartypants Jun 2019 #5
It's the first that I heard of him, TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #7
Thanks, TT. His outlandish behavior has unfortunately made him the littlemissmartypants Jun 2019 #8
You're so proper and polite. TexasTowelie Jun 2019 #9
Ha! littlemissmartypants Jun 2019 #10
the "soverign nation" attacked and occupied a federal fort, an act of war nt msongs Jun 2019 #6

Response to TexasTowelie (Original post)

barbtries

(29,955 posts)
2. and he's an elected official.
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 05:47 AM
Jun 2019

so while mitch mcconnell is busy saying we don't need to pay reparations because all those bad people are dead, this idiot is still defending the confederacy. when will they ever learn.

but enough people voted for him to put him in office. of course republicans are so corrupt we don't really know he won his seat fairly.

 

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)
3. LOL, I am sorry that Gen Sherman didn't do his thing in the entire south...
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 06:01 AM
Jun 2019

there is a way traitors should be treated after a rebellion attempt. He did go thru NC and SC after he finished his march to the sea from Atlanta.


too bad our leaders in the House can;t summon the same level in how to deal with actions against us and our Constitution.

littlemissmartypants

(25,906 posts)
5. I'm really tired of seeing articles about this lunatic.
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:24 PM
Jun 2019

He needs to be sanctioned, penalized and removed by whatever means necessary.

TexasTowelie

(117,556 posts)
7. It's the first that I heard of him,
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 06:31 PM
Jun 2019

but he does sound like a royal PITA. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the next time I post about him it will be because he was defeated at election time.

littlemissmartypants

(25,906 posts)
8. Thanks, TT. His outlandish behavior has unfortunately made him the
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 07:02 PM
Jun 2019

"talk of the town." He's quite a piece of work.

TexasTowelie

(117,556 posts)
9. You're so proper and polite.
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 07:07 PM
Jun 2019

I know that you intended to end your last sentence with a different four-letter word that rhymes with "spit."

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