Someone from Politico asked Representative Gregg Harper, Republican from Mississippi, what the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus does. Evidently he is a member of this organization. His answer was somewhat surprising:
We hunt liberal, tree-hugging Democrats, although it does seem like a waste of good ammunition.
If Representative Gregg Harper were ever to checkout my Facebook page, he would see that I label my political orientation as “tree hugging liberal”. Mostly I labeled myself this way as a joke, but like all good jokes, and don’t get me wrong, I am in no way saying this is a good joke, it’s based firmly in the truth.
I like trees and I’m proudly liberal. So does this mean Harper wants to shoot me?
Being that Harper is from Mississippi, I’m surprised he would make jokes about killing liberals. Mississippi has a really bad track record in that department. They even made a movie about it once, called Mississippi Burning.
When did it become acceptable in our country for one of our elected officials to joke about killing his fellow citizens because of their political beliefs?
Roscoe Bartlett, the individual representing me in the House of Representatives, once referred to Democrats, people like me, as the enemy. At least he didn’t talk about shooting me.
