After threatening to nuke Americans who refuse to give up their guns, Rep. Eric Swalwell laments...

Twitchy.com ^ | 6:42 pm on November 16, 2018 | Greg P.

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FULL TITLE: After threatening to nuke Americans who refuse to give up their guns, Rep. Eric Swalwell laments lack of progress on gun debate

After threatening to nuke Americans who refuse to give up their guns, Rep. Eric Swalwell blamed readers for not understanding his sarcasm and then lamented that no progress is being made on the gun debate:

Rep. Eric Swalwell ✔ @RepSwalwell America’s gun debate in one thread.

1) I propose a buy-back of assault weapons

2) Gun owner says he’ll go to war with USA if that happens

3) I sarcastically point out USA isn’t losing to his assault weapon (it’s not the 18th Century)

4) I’m called a tyrant

5) 0 progress

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For the record, it’s not just conservatives who didn’t get Swalwell’s alleged sarcasm. Here’s Olivier Knox, head of the White House Correspondent’s Association:

[Equine1952]

I heard a lady from Iowa say “Iowa stands for idiots out walking around”. Hard to believe that is true, but I don’t live there.

[Secret Agent Man]

I don’t believe it was sarcsm at all.

I take death threats from socialists as actual death threats.

[Kickass Conservative]

What people miss is that he also said that the United States has too many Nuclear Weapons. He must be Chinese or Russian.

[SaveFerris]

Just as a side note to your post:

First Islamic Mosque in the USA:

The Mother Mosque of America

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

[SaveFerris]

Oh, I noticed that. Just a peaceful Adolph Hitler his is.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

He also called for complete annihilation of those who refuse to give up their legal arms.

[Celtic Conservative]

It couldn’t be a joke. Liberals are notoriously humorless.

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[Equine1952]

“I get a nuke. You can have a pillow.” Guess most of us ar owners don’t want to take a step down that far. First mosque “huh?” Amazing. It’s enough to make you weep.

[SaveFerris]

[First mosque “huh?” Amazing. It’s enough to make you weep.]

Yep. Quite the eye-opener. I was stunned (beeber!) first time I read of it.

I never saw my first one in person until the late 1980’s.

[bk1000]

He doesn’t seem to understand. We don’t have to fight the military, just little sh!ts like him.

[Boomer]

Have more ammo and shoot the drones too.

[Right Wing Assault]

Sorry, Eric, you friends the Leftists have made "sarcasm" illegal.

[freeandfreezing]

No, just make sure you are enjoying coffee and donuts on the back patio with the drone operator’s sister when the drone flies by.

[right way right]

This guy is WHY we have guns.

[Gritty]

I'm simply happy that our gracious overlords (such as Swallwell) want to keep us safe and happy and protect us from our own bad impulses. They just have our best interests in mind.

Even if it takes them killing us or sending us to the camps it is all worth it - for our own good, of course! Where would we be without these wonderful saviors?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If I felt like getting a visit from the Secret Service I’d email him to tell him I have decided to “return” my guns to him... bullets-first.

[Army Air Corps]

Drones are not invincible.

[right way right]

Doh! Well, somebody had to say it plainly.

[right way right]

I have frequent visions of being in the sights of a drone.

[rockinqsranch]

Swallowell easily gets away with his Bill the Cat act by claiming he’s a Democrat.