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Zorro

(19,017 posts)
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:54 AM Wednesday

GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim

WASHINGTON—Imploring their colleagues across the aisle to be mindful of how the highly charged language might elevate national tensions, congressional Republicans urged Democrats Tuesday to tone down the rhetoric they used to quote President Donald Trump verbatim.

“Temperatures are running high, and the last thing we need are hotheaded Democrats spewing hateful, inflammatory statements sourced directly from the president’s speeches,” said Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), adding that there was already enough political violence in the country without stoking it further by taking words right out of the president’s mouth and repeating them in public.

“We’re sitting in the hallowed halls of the Capitol, a place with a requisite decorum, and who knows how many shooters might be inspired to commit heinous acts after hearing Rep. [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez read the president’s latest Truth Social post word for word? It’s shocking—and honestly quite shameful—that my colleagues in the Democratic Party would stoop to such lows.”

Johnson went on to slam Democrats for their “reckless and divisive” recitations of his own remarks on same-sex marriage.

https://theonion.com/gop-urges-democrats-to-tone-down-rhetoric-used-to-quote-president-verbatim/

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GOP Urges Democrats To Tone Down Rhetoric Used To Quote President Verbatim (Original Post) Zorro Wednesday OP
theonion.................... Lovie777 Wednesday #1
yes, but the onion does display Trump very Truthfully!! riversedge Wednesday #3
Kick dalton99a Wednesday #2
I'm amused by the MAGA morons taking offense agingdem Wednesday #4
On facebook, I reply with the puke emoji Marthe48 Wednesday #24
Okay, just like with the borowitz report in another thread, mwmisses4289 Wednesday #5
Same here PatSeg Wednesday #6
and your 54,000th, pat, congrats. rampartd Wednesday #32
Whoa, I missed it again! PatSeg Wednesday #37
Same here malaise Wednesday #8
There was a Spurious News post the other day that, if not having it in the title, I would've fact checked lol Cheezoholic Wednesday #12
It's sad that it took me so long to figure out it was a joke. ECL213 Wednesday #18
I was 2/3rds through it before I caught on MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #36
Poe's law doesn't just apply to the internet anymore ShazzieB Wednesday #38
This is a first. WinstonSmith4740 Wednesday #7
It had to be the Onion! But to quote Stephen Colbert from his old show - DeeDeeNY Wednesday #9
Indecipherable from reality SSJVegeta Wednesday #10
Trump's own words... BH liberal Wednesday #11
I had to check the link! niyad Wednesday #13
You almost had me there. nt Susan Calvin Wednesday #14
OMG, here's a post I read right after this one, thought it had to be the onion, but its REAL!! JFC we are in trouble.... Cheezoholic Wednesday #15
It is time for the Republicans to clean up their rotten mouths before they whine Stargazer99 Wednesday #16
What's sad is EnergizedLib Wednesday #17
🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣. Like his fawking owner, tRump, hasn't spewed hateful, and inflammatory a kennedy Wednesday #19
OK, OK, YA GOT ME....... a kennedy Wednesday #21
I actually thought that was real. CaptainTruth Wednesday #20
Me too. Aligns with how things have been going... Wounded Bear Wednesday #22
I was somewhat surprised when I saw this is from The Onion Martin Eden Wednesday #23
Excuse me? SergeStorms Wednesday #25
FUCK THE REPUBLICANS !!!! dave99 Wednesday #26
It is certainly believable that they could say something... 3catwoman3 Wednesday #27
Its believable Historic NY Wednesday #28
This is hilarious precisely because it is so close to being believable. DFW Wednesday #29
I love the smell of onions in the morning. usonian Wednesday #30
hem. AllaN01Bear Wednesday #31
We've been conditioned... MrChuck Wednesday #33
You got me relogic Wednesday #34
I love the Onion LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #35
Quoting their boy Charlie Kirk was perceived as seditious Torchlight Wednesday #39
LOL lollol lmao I_UndergroundPanther Wednesday #40

agingdem

(9,051 posts)
4. I'm amused by the MAGA morons taking offense
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:19 AM
Wednesday

when Trump’s verbal sludge, and their verbal sludge, is thrown back in their faces….do they think their lies, once spoken, cease to exist?..do they not understand the internet is forever?..…

Marthe48

(23,754 posts)
24. On facebook, I reply with the puke emoji
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:50 AM
Wednesday

To reply to loathesome comments and rarely respond to any replies. maga don't like it.

mwmisses4289

(5,159 posts)
5. Okay, just like with the borowitz report in another thread,
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:19 AM
Wednesday

I couldn't tell if this was truth or satire!

Cheezoholic

(4,120 posts)
12. There was a Spurious News post the other day that, if not having it in the title, I would've fact checked lol
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:41 AM
Wednesday

But thats another thing. These satire sites make for good fact checking practices. As Nicole Wallace said last week about the reflecting pool crap, "I can't believe I'm having to report on this type of bullshit because thats what it is, bullshit. Every hour it's just more BS. We're literally writing the show as it airs anymore because this regime (yes she used the word regime) is spewing so much corrupt BS by the minute you can't keep up..". I paraphrase but that was just about word for word. Her frustration was at a boiling point, as are all of ours.

MustLoveBeagles

(18,332 posts)
36. I was 2/3rds through it before I caught on
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM
Wednesday

Satirists have it tough these days. Sometimes they're so on the nose I don't find it funny.

ShazzieB

(23,081 posts)
38. Poe's law doesn't just apply to the internet anymore
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 02:37 PM
Wednesday

Poe’s Law is a popular adage that says satirical expressions of extremism online are hard to distinguish from genuine ones without indicating intent. The world has gotten so wacky under Trump 2.0 that it's hard to distinguish parody from reality in real life.

Ever since January 20, 2025, we've been living in upside down and backwards world, where white is black, hot is cold, wet is dry, and nothing makes any sense. I don't think any of us need to apologize for getting taken in by this piece of very clever satire. We've all gotten so used believing 6 impossible things before breakfast every single day, that almost anything is believable, including most of that article!

WinstonSmith4740

(3,487 posts)
7. This is a first.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:27 AM
Wednesday

I actually got all the way through this and didn't realize it was The Onion until I saw the link. I nornally pick it up in the first couple of lines, but the Rethugs have gone so far off the path of reality, I could really see that asshole Johnson whining about this.

DeeDeeNY

(3,979 posts)
9. It had to be the Onion! But to quote Stephen Colbert from his old show -
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:30 AM
Wednesday

The truth contains a well-known liberal bias!

BH liberal

(194 posts)
11. Trump's own words...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:33 AM
Wednesday

are the Dems' best weapons heading into the midterms. Is it too much to ask to finally get an effective Democratic messaging campaign going this time, before it's too late?

Cheezoholic

(4,120 posts)
15. OMG, here's a post I read right after this one, thought it had to be the onion, but its REAL!! JFC we are in trouble....
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:45 AM
Wednesday

Stargazer99

(3,606 posts)
16. It is time for the Republicans to clean up their rotten mouths before they whine
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:48 AM
Wednesday

They started the rotten mouth stuff and have no intension to stop it but want the Dems to stop! Just how stupid can some people be!!

EnergizedLib

(3,229 posts)
17. What's sad is
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:48 AM
Wednesday

I believed it until I saw it was The Onion because dissent is treason in the eyes of the cult.

a kennedy

(36,756 posts)
19. 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣. Like his fawking owner, tRump, hasn't spewed hateful, and inflammatory
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 09:53 AM
Wednesday

remarks. Just shut the hell up ya little weasel. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

Martin Eden

(16,052 posts)
23. I was somewhat surprised when I saw this is from The Onion
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:19 AM
Wednesday

After Charlie Kirk was killed, Republicans were enraged when direct quotes from Kirk were used.

SergeStorms

(21,058 posts)
25. Excuse me?
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:53 AM
Wednesday

ReTrumplicans are telling Democrats to stop "spewing hateful, inflammatory statements."



Sit on it and rotate, you freaking hypocritical fatherfuckers!

On edit: OK, I learned my lesson. The Onion it is. They got me again.

This is exactly something those pretentious asshats would say, though.

dave99

(582 posts)
26. FUCK THE REPUBLICANS !!!!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:56 AM
Wednesday

They should take responsibility.

The word they ALL run away from.

3catwoman3

(30,188 posts)
27. It is certainly believable that they could say something...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:04 AM
Wednesday

...this tone-deaf.

This is the sentence that tipped me off - “Temperatures are running high, and the last thing we need are hotheaded Democrats spewing hateful, inflammatory statements sourced directly from the president’s speeches."

Heaven forfend that any of TSF's vile utterances should be quoted accurately.

DFW

(60,818 posts)
29. This is hilarious precisely because it is so close to being believable.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:10 AM
Wednesday

The Onion does it again!

usonian

(27,174 posts)
30. I love the smell of onions in the morning.
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:15 AM
Wednesday

So I looked up Der Fuhrer's own words.

These are the non-violent ones.

Too early in the morning to post his hate tweets.

The Twitter Time Machine (TTTM) says:















WAIT! VANCE WANTS TO CHIME IN!!



just found this little sign.


MrChuck

(318 posts)
33. We've been conditioned...
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:46 AM
Wednesday

...to accept that inane stories about this orange jagoff we're true and this one in particular seems entirely plausible.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered it's from The Onion.

relogic

(388 posts)
34. You got me
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 11:54 AM
Wednesday

Now I know we’ve woken in TWZ. Even we sane,, thinking, reality-based observers’ fortitude has been neutralized by the forces that lie, project and gaslight.

Torchlight

(7,238 posts)
39. Quoting their boy Charlie Kirk was perceived as seditious
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 02:41 PM
Wednesday

and hateful by the RW last year, more than a few losing their jobs from doing so. It took me reading down to the link to realize satire slapping me in the face.

To quote Pepe LePew, "le sigh"

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,408 posts)
40. LOL lollol lmao
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:38 PM
Wednesday

Umm.. fuck you snowflake Republican trash and fuck trump with a pineapple leafy top in first. Oh how I despise all things right wing.a billion suns and the heat of it comes to mind

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