Is there anything Colorado Democrats won’t freak out about? Other than the riots and destruction taking place across the country that both John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet have refused to condemn.
Instead, Democrats have taken to the feinting couches over a common military t-shirt worn by U.S. Rep. Ken Buck’s that says, “Kill ’em all, let God sort ’em out” — a slogan associated with the U.S. Marines Corps and Green Berets.
From Colorado GOP Communications Director Joe Jackson:
Not surprising that @Hickenlooper’s spox would go after a shirt with a well known @USMC saying on it.
The shirt was given to him by his son who served in our armed forces.
I do appreciate you sharing that **our ** officials are actually out talking to Coloradans though. https://t.co/zoylO95Tqd pic.twitter.com/aHAMNsh0f4
— Joe Jackson 🇺🇸 (@Joe_Jacksonn) August 30, 2020
But that didn’t stop Colorado Democrats from melting down on Twitter.
Ammar Moussa, a press assistant for Hickenlooper’s Senate campaign, felt the need to give Buck fashion advice, misspelling “congressman” in the process.
“Kill em all” is exactly the kind of shirt for a Comgressman to wear. #copolitics https://t.co/iosaqjpdMu
— Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) August 30, 2020
But that didn’t go over so well for Moussa when retired Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Jessie Jane Duff fired back calling Moussa “soft as tissue paper.”
If you served, you’d know it’s a Marine thing.
Don’t be soft as tissue paper, Ammar. Real men get it. https://t.co/6f1OlG1dVX
— Jessie Jane Duff – Text FIGHT to 88022 (@JessieJaneDuff) August 30, 2020
Hickenlooper’s deputy communications director couldn’t resist getting in on the fray and attacked U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner for making a public appearance with the state’s Republican Party chairman (gasp) before throwing in a bizarre conspiracy theory.
How did @SenCoryGardner spend the weekend? At a packed, maskless gun range with QAnon supporter Lauren Boebert & Congressman Ken Buck, who wore his “Kill em all” shirt for the occasion
This is Cory Gardner’s GOP #cosen #copolitics pic.twitter.com/eLJ9dFdgY6
— Alyssa Roberts (@alyssaaroberts) August 30, 2020
Duff also smacked her down.
Liberals who NEVER served in the military have no clue who wears that shirt or what it means, do you, Alyssa?
Let me introduce you to the U.S. Marine Corps.
We know ya’ll bleed out over a paper-cut so I’m not suprised Ken’s shirt, a gift from his son on active duty, offends you https://t.co/HF0edX1P7i
— Jessie Jane Duff – Text FIGHT to 88022 (@JessieJaneDuff) August 30, 2020
The irony award goes to former Bernie Sanders advisor, David Sirota.
This United States Congressman is chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. He is wearing a “kill ‘em all” T-shirt at a public event. https://t.co/SrsBMosjMb
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) August 30, 2020
We don’t remember Sirota’s outrage when a Bernie supporter when on a shooting rampage of Republican congressmen playing softball.
But wearing a t-shirt that’s a gift from your son with a Marine Corps slogan? That’s out of bounds.
Every week there is some reason for Democrats to collectively freak out about something that normal Coloradans don’t care about. The decision to go ballistic over Buck’s t-shirt shows you just how nervous they are for November.