• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    85·
    2 days ago

    “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,” the Republican posted on his X account Thursday morning.

    “We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats,” he added. “Take it back to the North Pole big guy.”

    Is this the fabled right-wing comedy I’ve been hearing so little about?

    • prole
      33·
      2 days ago

      He attempted the mythical third conservative joke. He failed.

  • apftwb@lemmy.world
    39·
    2 days ago

    But… Why beat up Santa? Santa is unanimously considered the good guy. Who was this for?

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
    57·
    2 days ago

    [he] acknowledged the backlash and labeled his critics ‘snowflakes’

    I’m not offended or bothered by it.
    It’s just super werid, and I don’t understand the message he’s trying to make. Like is he against capitalist consumer culture? Is he fighting Santa because Christmas is for Jesus? Or is Santa socialized gifting, and he’s for capitalism? Or does he just want to look like a superhero beating up someone, and didn’t think through who he was beating up?

  • ZorsithEnglish
    22·
    2 days ago

    Regular evil just wasn’t enough for the republican party, they had to go cartoonishly, comically evil

  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    2 days ago

    So he’s against both Santa and snowflakes. Sounds like he just hates Christmas.

  • TheAlbatross
    22·
    2 days ago

    Calling the Coca Cola mascot adopted into tradition a “symbol of Christian generosity” is a bit of a stretch but its more bizarre to claim that beating up said mascot is symbolic of being politically opposed to bureaucratic overreach.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    2 days ago

    I don’t know what’s funnier, his bare arms (for some reason?) or this response to the backlash. He’s not a bright bulb.

    “Lots of intolerance, swearing, and outrage on display over a few AI pics I had a blast designing with my kids,” Garten said. “Some of you clowns are just insufferable. Hopefully your negativity stays in the comments and not directed at your families.”

    “Merry Christmas, snowflakes!” he added.

      • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip
        1·
        1 day ago

        And this is the state that celebrates it being the first to desegregate schools. They’re still racist as fuck. The mascot for their capitol’s minor league baseball team is Robert E Lee’s horse.