r/neoliberal Esther Duflo 7d ago

Meme Me when the mods remove my comment

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u/FeistyGate8784 7d ago

I’m employed what is going on

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u/jenbanim Jacob Geller Beard Truther 7d ago edited 7d ago

Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado, was censured by his state Democratic party after commuting the sentence of Tina Peters who was found guilty of crimes related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election

He showed up like this to a Zoom meeting 😬

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u/oywiththepoodles96 7d ago

How did such an unserious person became a governor of an American state ?

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u/NotLunaris 7d ago

It's kind of a prerequisite at this point.

The crowd-facing aspect of American politics is a clown show, quite literally. Shenanigans net notoriety, and notoriety nets votes.