Lawmaker Slammed for Claiming College Basketball Players Were Actually 'Illegal Invaders' ( www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com )

Michigan MAGA Republican state Rep. Matt Maddock is under fire after claiming three buses were “loaded up with illegal invaders.” The buses, according to multiple reports, were actually loaded with the Gonzaga University basketball team arriving for March Madness.

“Happening right now. Three busses just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they’re headed with their police escort?” Rep. Maddock wrote on social media Wednesday evening, tagging far-right former U.S. Congressman Pete Hoekstra, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands under Donald Trump and is now the state’s Republican Party chair.

Heikki ,

Sounds like someone's bracket was destroyed the first round

FiniteBanjo ,

The Gonzaga team should sue him for defamation.

FenrirIII ,
@FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

They have to show damages. This idiot is the only one who was damaged by his racism

FiniteBanjo ,

Nah, they had their image tarnished for political shenanigans, they can sue. Basketball players livelihoods come from how sponsors and the public view them. If the next game they play shows declining ticket sales from historic data they can take him to the bank.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Gee, that'd work for sure if they were American college athletes who are famous for receiving their share of ticket sales.

FiniteBanjo ,

Ah my apologies I didn't know they were slaves. /big_sarcasm

DragonTypeWyvern ,

That's your take? Lol

doggle ,

We need to remove the word 'slammed' from the public lexicon

FlowVoid ,

Sure, we'll get right on that after we remove "banger", "clap back", "I'm dead", "slaps", and "hits different".

olympicyes ,

“Totally destroys”…

elbarto777 ,

There are still legitimate uses for me it, but yup. I agree with you!

lemmy_at_em ,

"Slammed"? Was he in a wrestling match?

oo1 ,

imbibed like tequila?

lolola ,
@lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

This implies the existence of "legal invaders"

papertowels ,

To some folks that's immigrants who come here legally ;)

Guess we know what he thinks.

NineMileTower ,

Maddock represents a podunk ass area out south of Flint. This is probably one of the first times he’s been to the airport and seen busses at all.

eskimofry ,

So anybody suspect lead poisoning?

NineMileTower ,

Illegal invaders poisoned him

Ensign_Crab ,

No, lead poisoning is an infrastructure issue. Republicans blame DEI for those.

Cethin ,

To be fair, that's pretty accurate. European Americans are basically illegal invaders after all. (Technically not, because there was no written law making it illegal, but close enough.)

ccunning ,

Doesn’t know who they are, but knows they’re “illegal invaders”. I wonder how he came to that conclusion…

scottrepreneur ,

With a police escort! Wtf

mojofrododojo ,

melanin detected during ocular patdown

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