Over the weekend, the IL GOP posted an image at its Facebook page of “The Squad” — AOC, Omar, Pressley, and Tlaib. Of course, the image poked fun at the four, because what would you expect from a Republican organization?

However, after the Chicago Tribune ran with the image, the Pubbies folded like a cheap suit, lest Twitter mobs call them racist or something.

After pulling the image from their Facebook page, IL GOP Chairman Tim Schneider called it  “bigoted rhetoric,” and issued this statement:

“My intense disagreement with the socialist policies and anti-Semitic language of these four congresswoman has absolutely nothing to do with their race or religion. I urge everyone who opposes them to keep the rhetoric focused on policy and ideology.”

Just to make sure everyone knew how so, so sorry the IL GOP was, Mark Shaw, Lake County GOP Chairman, also groveled apologized:

“I condemn this unauthorized posting and it has been deleted. I am sorry if anyone who saw the image was offended by the contents.”

Let’s be honest here: their fear of criticism is more intense than any disagreement with the Squad’s policies. Furthermore, no matter how much the GOP bootlicks, woke progressives will never accept their apologies. Die, Republican scum!

Here’s the image. I know you’re dying to see it. You can click to enlarge the image and see that graphically, it’s quite good.

Screenshot from @rap30/Twitter.

Now the problem with this satiric meme is — what???

Because after 9/11 — you know, “when some people did something” — didn’t all our betters tell us that “jihad” really means “an inner struggle for a spiritual goal”? Certainly it doesn’t mean anything violent, right?

But let’s take the rest of this apart, shall we?

It’s apparently okay with the media that Ilhan Omar refuses to denounce Al-Qaeda. Nor is it a problem if she makes anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments over and over. Those comments are not unAmerican or offensive to Jews. At least they’re not as bad as the GOP meme.

Nor is it a problem that Rashida Tlaib called President Trump a “motherf*cker.” Oh, and about that recently uncovered video of her shrieking like a banshee while being expelled at a 2016 Trump event? The Detroit Economic Club claimed that Tlaib had fraudulently entered the event. But no problem, move along.

It’s also not so terrible that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently implied that the border patrol are “Nazis” holding illegals in “concentration camps.” She also called President Trump a “fascist,” but never mind.

And it’s okay if Ayanna Pressley smeared Kellyanne Conway as a “Becky,” a slur against white women. In case you missed it, here’s what she tweeted:

“oh hi Distraction Becky. Remember that time your boss tore babies from their mothers’ arms and threw them in cages? Yeah take a seat and keep my name out of your lying mouth.”

None of those are the Unforgivable Sin, like “Jihad Squad.” So now the Chicago chapter of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has called upon Gov. J.B. Pritzker to issue an executive order meant to crack down on free “hate” speech. First Amendment? Meh!

You’d think that if the IL GOP had any balls, they’d point these things out. And then they’d tell the Chicago Tribune and the media mob that we’re keeping our meme up, and, oh yeah, sod off.

But they don’t. Never mind that the state of Illinois is losing population, and losing it fast. That people are taking off for neighboring Indiana and Wisconsin because the high taxes are strangling them. No, the IL GOP can’t focus on those piddly problems. Someone just called them out for being “racists,” and now they’re the Worst People in the World. Oh, the horror!

The GOP needs to quit folding like a cheap suit every time the media and the Twitter mob accuse them of “bigotry” and “racism.” Instead, they should become honey badgers.

Credit: giphy.com.

Because everyone know that honey badgers are crazy, nastyass, and they don’t give a shit. And neither should we.

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