Iowa republicans fail to explain.... I could fill in, by stating the obvious

It was an Elon montage

What’s wrong with your faaaaaaaace

Great example of how photographic journalism is still relevant.

In still waiting for a national scandal, which is is very much overdue, so we will have Elongate.

Sounds like this will get bigger

Nazis and Pedophiles, every single last one of them

General Sherman hear our prayers

Is there an actual video of this happening? All I can find is this exact screenshot

I guess doing two seig heil salutes, on stage, at a Presidential inauguration wasn't scandalous enough?

I guess forcing his way into our government and using a gaggle of 23 year old chuds straight from the casting call for "The Cornell 7" to gut our government and cripple our administrative state wasn't scandalous enough?

Because this is probably their make-or-break. Let the world know who they actually are and gather that last ditch support...or theyre gonna lose bad so it doesn't really matter anymore

Right? There are any number of benign reasons that that image/footage could have been momentarily displayed. Could have been a promo of the American Military's history fighting in WW2. Could have been a political ad comparing Biden to Hitler or something (distasteful, but still relatively benign).

Like don't get me wrong, the Republican party grows ever closer to a MAGA-themed Nazism part 2, but they aren't that tone def as a whole yet. The absolute least likely reason for that screenshot is that they literally just had a Hitler rally speech in German playing in the background for the ambience. Let's be serious here and shit on the Republicans for the shit they actually do, not for unfortunate/ironic images with no actual context.

The absolute least likely reason for that screenshot is that they literally just had a Hitler rally speech in German playing in the background for the ambience. Let's be serious here and shit on the Republicans for the shit they actually do, not for unfortunate/ironic images with no actual context.

How much more context is needed for hitler at the gathering of a political party? There's nothing unfortunate or ironic about this, this is not an accidental YouTube Autoplay, this has been deliberately chosen and played there. And it's not the first time that they've been associated with Nazi symbolics. Musk, Ingraham, the young republican leaks, the whole debate around the cpac stage?

Okay, you could somehow excuse Ingraham and the CPAC stage, and find some weird explanation for this bullshit too. But isn't it a fucking strange coincidence that so many political parties worldwide somehow manage to stay clear of Nazi symbols and imagery, and somehow there are five examples just from the top of my head for them?

last ditch support...or theyre gonna lose bad so it doesn't really matter anymore

Not in Iowa....... It's literally a destination for white nationalist to move to so they can start their own whites only communities.

In Iowa this is just everyday brand advertising for the state GOP. Id be surprised if the DNC wins more than a half dozen counties in Iowa this election.

Dude. First of all, I found the video where it is from. It is very brief (like 2 or 3 seconds) and it is clearly edited videos clips. It shows the flag poles with swastika, a brief shot one second of Hitler talking, and then it cut to some weird green looking space that doesn't seem have anything to do with Hitler. It was absolutley not just a video playing a Hitler speech for the room. And of course it wasn't.

Second, You and I both just had images of Hitler on our screens looking at this meme. Does that mean we are admiring Hitler? Many Americans, including myself, have watched a ton of World War 2 media in my life. I have seen this exact speech footage referenced in any number of movies, tv shows, documentaries, and political ads in my life. I am very familiar familiar this footage, as are the majority of Americans, and most of us have never intentionally watched the Hitler speak just to watch him speak. The fact that she existed in the presence of an image of Hitler on a TV for a single screenshot means absolutely nothing.

Again, there are real reasons to shit on Republicans, and including this one, Ashley Hinson. She is pulling the same MAGA anti-DEI, pro-war, anti-abortion, pro-DOGE shit as all the rest. She is certainly far closer in politics to Hitler than I am sure she would ever admit. But don't be stupid and jump on a single contextless image that turns out to be nothing as your anger generator. Focus on substance, character, and actions.

I'm not sure I agree. I firmly believe that there's plenty of Republican conventions where they'd unironically play a clip from a Hitler speech. But I don't believe this is showing that because the source is nowhere to be found.

I don't trust random screenshots with text slapped on for easy social media sharing even if they support my preconceived opinions.

I dont think there is a single Republican convention that has press present that would unironically play Hitler speeches. Behind closed doors, in the boys clubs, almost certainly. But they are still playing with dog whistles most of the time and pushing parallel policies mostly under the guise of sensibility, not actual out and out racism (normally). Many of their electorate are fully masks off more. The politicians aren't so stupid as to go fully mask off while they rely on independents for elections.

Fuck those people, like literally think a big ass bomb dropped on CPAC would significantly improve the world but also ... How do we know this is even real? A single still image with a thing on tv in the background could very well be easily faked.

She's speaking in Waterloo today at 12.

https://www.waterloorotary.org/Stories/october-5-rotary-hinson-and-lahn

Well it didn't get the -gate suffix, so it's officially not a scandal

/S obviously

On the main stage that's getting recorded, for sure. I saw some wild stuff on screen in breakout sessions during my convention AV days...people think they can get away with anything and for the most part, they were right.

I would totally meme out something that went "Iowa Republican Fails".

Be the next Florida Man meme.

Yeah, this would be much better with an actual link to the clip, verifiably attributed in some way to the news station that took the footage

they're killing+disappearing civilians, built concentration camps, ignore the courts and support people who say they unironically love Hitler. ignoring all the public nazi salutes and quoting Hitler or Goebbel, what does it take to believe its fascism?

It is fascism. There's nothing to believe. It's just fact. That doesn't mean that they were actually playing hitler's speech. Those are two different things. Also i have already found the video and confirmed that they weren't. Again, shit on them for the real nazi shit they do. Like the concentration camps Don't make up bullshit.

I'm always down for some Shermanposting

This is bullshit. The only account posting this is GOP Ls.

then i misunderstood your point, I'm just annoyed that people need more evidence when there's already so much. it just feels like most people are in a state of denial.

Not out of embarrassment at all. Out of ambition and career preservation

And by the American right wing hates journalism so much.

They need propaganda to survive, not actual information reaching the public.

Yeah people were definitely saying "elongate" at the time, but sure ok whatever