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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and his top deputy after demands from far-right influencer Laura Loomer, saying Sunday that China and Russia are “laughing at us” after that decision.

“I will tell you, this puts us back. It hurts us,” Bacon said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.”

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They've been laughing since at least November. They couldn't have bought a better dumbass to help them if they tried.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago

You really couldn't buy a better dumbass! No really, he's the greatest dumbass in history (and I know, I have the best people telling me), I hear people say all the time that this dumbass is just stupendous! That's just what people are saying, they say this dumbass, he's the most tremendous dumbass out there, way dumber than Canadian or Chinese dumbasses, they couldn't afford dumbasses like this one, not in communist Canada.

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Somehow, I don't thiink that is what caused them to start laughing at us.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and it's not just china and russia laughing.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair. Shame the joke ain’t funny though. Personally, could use a good laugh right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

It's funny, you're just not the target audience

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Foreign Intelligence agencies found a natural backdoor called incompetence you just need to find the right people.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And with this administration, every random dart thrown is a bullseye.

Edit: apparently I wasn't clear. They are all incompetent, so any random person in this administration will work for anything others want to push.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

..."continued laughing"...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Not wrong but it’s the whole world and not for the reason they think

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Is the whole world laugh crying emoji behind me?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

those two in particular have been laughing at us since 2016.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Wow, you really think Putin runs a hostile work environment?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, what's he going to do about it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

He can't do much without some additional support from Republicans.

So, all Don Bacon can do is get porky about it all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

OMG, the president made a decision that set us back and hurt us? Stop the presses!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Probably, but I think that’s unrelated