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highplainsdem

(54,594 posts) Tue Feb 11, 2025, 01:01 PM Feb 11

Rep Earl Carter (R-GA) introduces bill for Trump to acquire Greenland and rename it Red, White and Blueland [View all]

NOT from The Onion or Borowitz.

Bluesky post from Scott MacFarlane of CBS News:

https://bsky.app/profile/macfarlanenews.bsky.social/post/3lhw3cxcfi224

Scott MacFarlane
‪@macfarlanenews.bsky.social‬

Rep Earl Carter (R-GA) introduces legislation “authorizing President Trump to acquire Greenland and renaming it Red, White, and Blueland”

February 11, 2025 at 10:28 AM

MeidasTouch comment:

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3lhw4dcyo7k2v

MeidasTouch
‪@meidastouch.com‬

The dumbest people who have ever existed are running the country

February 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM

26 replies

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Rep Earl Carter (R-GA) introduces bill for Trump to acquire Greenland and rename it Red, White and Blueland [View all] highplainsdem Feb 11 OP

Do they know what Greenland is like? milestogo Feb 11 #1

No, and I'm sure they don't care. I think they want to make it a military base for their dreams of world domination Deuxcents Feb 11 #2

It's not green, and its real name is Kalaallit Nunaat. Ocelot II Feb 11 #7

Have there always been congresspeople as dim as the ones in there now? Beaverhausen Feb 11 #3

Lies. They get elected by lying and voters believe them. yardwork Feb 11 #5

An even dumber electorate MustLoveBeagles Feb 11 #14

and subservience to the billionaires who finance them. lastlib Feb 11 #18

If breathing required intelligent thought, they'd all... 3catwoman3 Feb 11 #23

I am seriously rooting against these people. Whatever that turns out to mean. Solly Mack Feb 11 #4

I will definitely say Greenland needs to be renamed. To what I have no idea, but tis "Fake News" if ever I've seen it.nt Hellbound Hellhound Feb 11 #6

Its real name according to the people who live there is Kalaallit Nunaat. Ocelot II Feb 11 #10

Yeah, Greenlandic seems to have become its own language. Hellbound Hellhound Feb 11 #13

Well it's official, boonecreek Feb 11 #8

You beat me to it MustLoveBeagles Feb 11 #15

What's going on in Georgia? Is Marjorie Taylor Greene the Typhoid Mary of stupid? jls4561 Feb 11 #9

Greenland: Send Earl Carter there for the rest of his life milestogo Feb 11 #11

I shouldn't laugh as my country becomes a parody of itself Gore1FL Feb 11 #12

Apparently there is nothing better to do for Americans MagickMuffin Feb 11 #16

I both laughed ad cried DrMJG10 Feb 11 #17

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Feb 12 #24

Absolutely Swiftian! Mossfern Feb 11 #19

Feels like a Fanily Guy skit Mountainguy Feb 11 #20

That is beyond disgusting! NEOH Feb 11 #21

What a dumb, ignorant fuck. choie Feb 11 #22

Why not just call it Trumpyland....Land of Trump.. Ars Longa Feb 12 #25

Earl Carter is not related to Jimmy Carter. Onthefly Feb 12 #26