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Chrysanthemum

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28. How would this work?

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Thu Jun 19, 2025, 09:58 PM

Jun 19

How can an aggressive driver simultaneously maneuver their vehicle carefully so as not to have an accident himself, wave a flag and engage with the driver they're running off the road long enough to say "death to Israel" and utter threats to the congresscritter? Sounds, um, outlandish.

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GOP congressman said he was run off the road by 'deranged man' on the way to work [View all] ificandream Jun 19 OP

Out of nowhere (check); Run off the road (check); Palestinian Flag (check); death threats (check); hlthe2b Jun 19 #1

Yeah, right. WHERE in Ohio? Captain Zero Jun 19 #5

Beat Me To It. GB_RN Jun 19 #16

Exactly. Dashcam footage? mwooldri Jun 20 #37

Republican? Check... Bullshit? Check... Conjuay Jun 19 #23

Bullshit alert! Ray Bruns Jun 20 #40

The police have a suspect ClaudetteCC Jun 20 #46

Good... hlthe2b Jun 20 #47

Sorry..... Butterflylady Jun 19 #2

The whole party is one of propaganda and misinfo wolfie001 Jun 19 #3

He was probably driving like an idiot, started a road rage scenario, his story grew into a tale of gross exaggerations. Clouds Passing Jun 19 #4

Or he was drunk driving and wanted an excuse for auto damage mdbl Jun 19 #20

gqp tends to be the dui group. Clouds Passing Jun 19 #26

That was my first thought! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jun 20 #39

Today a deranged driver is just normal traffic. dem4decades Jun 19 #6

what percentage of congress critters... ret5hd Jun 19 #7

How did he try to run him off the road?? Very serious allegations there. tulipsandroses Jun 19 #8

fucking liar gopiscrap Jun 19 #9

MTG is gonna be pissed, she was going to tell that same story. Buddyzbuddy Jun 19 #10

"Of all the things that never happened . . . zuul Jun 19 #11

If it's a midwestern GOPer poltician, they were probably drunk. Crowman2009 Jun 19 #12

Liar. travelingthrulife Jun 19 #13

A dashcam in every vehicle purple_haze Jun 19 #14

A more likely story... Mawspam2 Jun 19 #15

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 19 #17

As soon as I saw "republican" I just assumed everything after that TurboDem Jun 19 #18

Cool story, bro ms liberty Jun 19 #19

He's lying JustAnotherGen Jun 19 #21

Sounds like BS to me Luciferous Jun 19 #22

"I don't believe you. You're a liar." spike jones Jun 19 #24

Of course, now I got to hear the whole thing. Play it f**ing loud. spike jones Jun 19 #25

Judas! n/t tinymontgomery Jun 20 #44

Love this song and this version. n/t tinymontgomery Jun 20 #43

Nope. Didn't happen. 2MuchNoise Jun 19 #27

How would this work? Chrysanthemum Jun 19 #28

And now he's worried? JBTaurus83 Jun 19 #29

"Miller claimed to know the identity of the alleged assailant, though he didn't name them" Wiz Imp Jun 19 #30

Projection totally bucolic_frolic Jun 19 #31

prove it, liar! nt orleans Jun 19 #32

Sha ZAMM Botany Jun 19 #33

"I'll take 'Things that didn't happen' for $200, Alex". area51 Jun 19 #34

_ LudwigPastorius Jun 19 #35

Prove it shitcake Picaro Jun 20 #36

I didn't know Donald Trump could drive. mwooldri Jun 20 #38

So give the plate number to the cops and have the guy charged. That's what I would do. Vinca Jun 20 #41

yeah, cool story bro... Javaman Jun 20 #42

I don't know what kind of car my republican congressman drives. JohnnyRingo Jun 20 #45

Not buying it Bettie Jun 20 #48

This is how a lot of BS gets started RussBLib Jun 20 #49