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Jay Ashcroft flopped when faced with the most dreaded predicament amongst grandstanding blowhards: a follow-up question

Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s attempt to justify his ludicrous threat to have President Joe Biden removed from the state’s electoral ballot spiraled into chaos over the most basic of questions: “How so?”

During a Monday interview with CNN’s Boris Sanchez, the Republican was asked how he justified his threats to have Biden removed from the state’s ballot in retaliation for recent attempts to remove Trump from state ballots on grounds that his actions in the aftermath of the 2020 election constitute insurrection. The constitutionality of such a removal will soon be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

“What would then be your justification for removing Joe Biden from the ballot in Missouri. Has he engaged in your mind in some kind of insurrection?” Sanchez asked.

“There have been allegations that he’s engaged in insurrection,” Ashcroft replied. He was then met with the most dreaded predicament amongst grandstanding blowhards: a follow-up question.

“How so?” Sanchez asked, prompting Ashcroft to demand that Sanchez stop interrupting him. “You can’t say something like that and not back it up,” Sanchez countered.

“You interrupted me before I could back it up,” a flustered Ashcroft complained. “Are you scared of the truth?”

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 60 points 10 months ago (5 children)

You can’t tell me this clown is not inbred. Or at least the progeny of some sort of greasy-haired weasel creature.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 82 points 10 months ago (2 children)

His dad was afraid of the nipples on statues.

I miss the days when he was the most embarrassing Attorney General J. Ashcroft in the country.

[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

I thought this was the same guy and was thinking he aged well

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

His dad was afraid of the nipples on statues.

In his dad's defense, you gotta be careful with those or you'll put your eye out.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

The venn diagram of boobs and Red Ryder BB guns has more overlap than I would have guessed.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[–] thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

I knew asscraft was involved with this somehow.

[–] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago

There it is. Was wondering if there was any relation, to the point where I had half a mind to look it up myself. Thanks for saving me the trouble.

It's nepotism and cronyism all the way down.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

OOOOhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Right!

Well fucking hell, Missouri.

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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[–] Hegar@kbin.social 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

some sort of greasy-haired weasel creature.

Brutal imperialist torture lawyer, as it happens.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

Helped get us fucked in Iraq & Afghanistan shit weasel.

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

Nature does in fact make mistakes.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

The tragic end result of a meerkat left alone with a vial of human growth hormone and a copy of atlas shrugged