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[–] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

None of these are real names. There's no way.

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're not, it's a long running joke

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

That's just Mike Truk's stage name

[–] Lovely_sombrero@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But seriously, if nothing happens until the end of the year, the Patriot Act expires.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

come on now you know they'd just be like "we reinstate everything but only the bad stuff"

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I don't dare hope that hard

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

Okay this is finally funny enough to start paying attention to

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fake news. I'm actually running for Parliamentarian.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

You have my vote

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

lmao, my eyes instantly went to Rep. Mike Truk then i scanned for Rep. Todd Bonzalez to make sure i wasn't losing my mind.

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Sleve McDichael being at the top was too obvious, they should have buried that at like #3

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Tag yourself im Bobson

[–] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn it. Sigh. I should have made a House Thunderdome joke. Housederdome? It's been there this whole time.

Just imagining them all exiting a tiny car, while circus music plays.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Question, if there are House Republicans, are there also Outdoors Republicans and maybe even Wild Republicans?

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Outdoor Republicans are the ones with their AR-15s killing all the birds

Wild Republicans are all over the mountains of Idaho. Try not to feed them or they'll come into your camp and quote Ayn Rand at you while they dig through your coolers.

[–] GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard there are even Endangered Republicans 😔

[–] Orannis62@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not enough, unfortunately

You can help expand this list

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never heard of any of these peoples names.

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 year ago

They're fake American names a Japanese gamedev made up for a NES baseball game.

[–] Leon_Grotsky@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Flinch posted the reference here in the thread.

[–] Delphinium@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What’re the odds any of them give a fuck about poverty in this country?

Got me again. Thought it was real at first because the names sounded real enough. I thought the race was turning into one of those clown car presidential primaries for a second. Good joke.

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mike Truk is the real one in this list, right?

[–] Mokey@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was thinking the same thing