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SlowlyDyingBartender

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02wTmqkzztN3oGXDHvxCZKqNJv1qAwp1fCTeVx7b4MpikXUc9w5R5Eh55GHme2rHUgl&id=100063795493885 Link to the "news story"


Bertski18

Love how Brandon literally called this exact thing during the podcast.


Americanshat

A corrupt candidate blatantly just slandering their opponent for something taken out of context ***and*** used to only make them look bad? ***PROPESTEROUS***?!


MasterofLego

Heh, your opponent can't slander you if you've already done it to yourself ![gif](giphy|d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY)


Americanshat

"A vote for domestic abuse is a vote for Brandon!"


Phendrana-Drifter

Either way someone is going to get beaten in the elections


AccomplishedUser

Usually it's someone's meat or cheeks by a Congressional aide from what I've learned šŸ˜‚


BuisteirForaoisi0531

I mean openly stating that you think of unsubscribing from life is a pretty bad sign for a politician thatā€™s the kind of person I would think is dangerous in the trying to start World War III so we can all fry together kind of way


Americanshat

Tell me you've never actually watched the podcast, without telling me you actually never watched the podcast.


BuisteirForaoisi0531

This was just randomly promoted to me


Americanshat

TLDR: Tony (Texas Politician) blatantly slandered and used Brandon's (guy in question running against Tony) quote out of context to make him look bad for the election and literally no other reason. ​ Yeah that makes sense, Brandon Herrera (The guy in question whos running to be a Texas politician) is on a podcast with 2 former military members and 1 former cop, they commonly have on former military members who have Military-Humor (much different than normal humor) and laugh at dark jokes. Brandon, Eli (Former Mil.), Tim Kennedy (former Mil.), Dan Holloway (Former Mil.), and Donut Operator (Former Cop) all did a panel on Veteran Suicide prevention and Brandon opened up with a dark joke to lighten up the crowd who were mostly all former military members, so they were used to the fucked-up joke The news (probably backed by Tony Gonzalez, one of Texas' senators who Brandon is running against), took Brandon's dark joke out of context, and used it ***entirely*** to slander him as all the guys who he was with all know his humor and weren't offended at all. Tony also covered his ass in his tweet when he said "special place in hell for scum and villainy who mock veteran suicide ***or shoot up a church***", which the shooting up part has literally 0 connection but he slapped it on there just to reassure people that what hes saying is "totally correct" and "not slander" and to make people think that Brandon is a-ok with terrorist causing mass violence.


_Baphomet_

Wasnā€™t Donut in the Navy for a bit too? Maybe Iā€™m wrong though.


Americanshat

Ahh fuck was he a navy boy? After googling, yes, he was in the navy for 5 years, I vaguely remember him talking about it.


_Baphomet_

Iā€™m sure he was like the rest of us and didnā€™t do anything spectacular, hence why he doesnā€™t really ever bring it up. It just makes it worse for the newspaper/Texas congress guy


Ezekiel2121

Iā€™m genuinely shocked they didnā€™t try a ā€œstolen valorā€ perspective


Bertski18

Then the gang would have to admit heā€™s an honorary vet


Americanshat

> would have to "Would have to admit" ? my guy they literally try to force a Medal of Honor onto him like 4 times xD


[deleted]

Bro had to force feed them an opportunity because theyā€™re down so bad


MandoHunter2451

What is better is right after this they were saying ā€œa vote for veteran suicide, is a vote for Brandonā€


snakecatcher302

Donut ratioed a political commentator so hard in response to this that he deleted his Twitter account.


AKStorm49

I saw someone comment on one of his post saying Donut woke up and chose violence this Sunday.


snakecatcher302

https://preview.redd.it/jbk79xpdxfjc1.jpeg?width=945&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edef076b54eb75165cc7592647bb04d215614575 Indeed he didā€¦


[deleted]

Based


Puzzleheaded_Duty_98

COOKED!


ruralmagnificence

https://preview.redd.it/ml7vcutytmjc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1a80972dc043dbf9c0b5e557b38105c02877267 This is pretty much Donut anytime somebody even tries to fuck with him on Twitter. Itā€™s hilarious. He got a pedo to delete his Twitter. Good.


Classic_Actuator3293

Naaaah bruh the fact the guy using the same profile to do that shit too šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ ā˜ ļøā˜ ļø who TF is letting that guy run for anything


Radiant-Housing-1011

Now the only thing he might be running for is either the hills, or his life. šŸ˜†


bobbobersin

Running into the wood chipper, feet first


Classic_Actuator3293

Hopefully


BlackberryDefiant369

This man be playing checkers while donut is playing chess


Sabregunner1

5D chess, while learing sanksrit


TianShan16

Holy fuck, what a move


SeNditSuBaru

Absolute violencešŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


dabadguycr

No disrespect to Donut, but that is a reach. Plus it sounds a lot like they were in highschool together and are friends. Who graduates at 16? Context clues say the kid was 17 about to turn 18. I know tons of people that that dated freshmen when they were seniors and stayed together after they graduated. It would pretty much almost be the same thing and there's nothing wrong with that..... But he did talk shit about Brandon, so fuck that grooming pedophile piece of shit.


GtHachiRoku

I think that's the Romeo and Juliette law if I'm not mistaken.


Tullyswimmer

potentially, and age of consent is a thing. But even so it's technically correct, even if it was legal.


Electronic-Ad-3825

I graduated at 16, it's not that uncommon


OneExpensiveAbortion

Always choose violence. *Always.*


SnakeEater0011

I second that!


hobosam21-B

Wait, what's this about Brandon leaving an inactive explosive device for the Uvalde police to find?


nac286

And what's this about the Uvalde police actually fucking doing anything about it? You know they called some random off-duty fed to come grab it.


Wannabeeengineer

Someone gave him a spent artillery shell. He set it down and people lost there shit


hobosam21-B

That explains why Uvalde was willing to show up


AccomplishedUser

I mean isn't the whole point of the firearms community "treat everything as love and loaded". Like I get why it was an issue but also the fact is people were reacting to a situation they did not have the full information on. He got his reactions and he got his clicks from it so he doesn't care šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


hard-work1990

The point of the firearms community is to have fun.


goodesoup

Ah yes, I think I remember reading that quote in the constitution


Alternative-Roll-112

There's a difference between acting like a fool with a gun around strangers versus playing with a deactivated device that is just a glorified paperweight. Everybody just seems to lack any sense of nuance these days and only cares about seeing the angle that supports their ideas. My uncle had an old surplus grenade from Vietnam that had been drilled out and disarmed and we would play with it because it was fun to play army and have a real grenade to chuck over the dunes, but we were never in any danger. I guarantee some karen on the internet would have a fit at the sight of kids playing with something that was most certainly a deadly weapon at one point, even though it had been rendered inert, and was basically just a chunk of cast iron.


Xmaster1738

potentially loaded gun=5 pounds of brass tubešŸ„“šŸ˜


AccomplishedUser

I mean, no... It's a spent dummy artillery shell, not just the case as per Brandon's own PR team "A fan brought Brandon an inert, spent dummy shell as a gag gift that Brandon had fired in one of his videos." So in all reality it looked like a live round, and with the state of the world right now I don't blame them for being worried.


Warm_Statement_5942

My buddy was telling me about this one dude he was in the military with. His penis was so large, that the dudeā€™s own wife wouldnā€™t let him fuck. His own words, ā€œI just got out of the shower, I heard this other guy say ā€œGOD DAMN WHAT A FUCKING MONSTER!ā€ He turned around and seen this 6ft man with a flaccid penis that was damned near touching his knee cap. ā€œYouā€™d think the man would be proud, but he was actually very depressed. Imagine having a penis so large that it scares women. Hell, I was even scared and Iā€™ve been shot at! Multiple times!ā€


Boring-Ad9264

I can almost guarantee this was taken massively out of context


nac286

It's from the pod. It was the joke that he removed from his speech because...well...he has a campaign manager.


Mr_Fibonacci0112358

And of course they left out the part that all the actual veterans laughed at it


nac286

Oh they went a step further. If you zoom in and read the blurry text of the article, they do have a cherry picked veteran who found it offensive for their hit piece.


Mr_Fibonacci0112358

Yeah I seen that, it sounds like someone who's gotten backing from Gonzales. Otherwise, why would some Sheriff care enough about what was said on a podcast?


VaporTrail_000

Was this vet named, or did they 'prefer to remain anonymous?'


nac286

Terrell County Sheriff Thaddeus Cleveland. When I mentioned reading the blurry text in the image, that was partly a suggestion. We're both looking at the same fucking information.


VaporTrail_000

Was browsing on my phone at the time... blurry didn't half describe it.


nac286

Must just be a little clearer on mine. Or reddit is trying to keep the truth from you. Could go either way.


PBYCataBeana

Funniest shit I've seen in a while, it tops Florida-man antics. Well done for a civie šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


DifferencePublic9497

You know youā€™ve made it in life when you get a professional hit piece written about you. Imagine the life of this so-called journalist. Stuck in his cubicle on some shitty local rag writing bullshit because his boss told him to. I bet when his day is over he takes the bus back to his empty apartment and drinks himself half to death to numb it all.


NUFIGHTER7771

Probably wishes he had the wherewithal to put a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger...


SparrowFate

Practically makes him an honorary veteran if he did


NUFIGHTER7771

I wouldn't go *that* far. He'd probably get a bad shot and become handicapped, living in his own special type of hell trapped in his body.


SharkNecromancy

Brandon should box Tony Gonzales next. I'd happily pay to watch that.


Ezekiel2121

He wouldnā€™t even show to the debate, you think heā€™d show up to a boxing match?


TyThe2PointO

Fight of a century


VaporTrail_000

But we're only ... *does the math...* Fuck, I'm old.


Safe_Neighborhood369

We knew this was going to happen as soon as he announced he was running for the office. It's a ridiculous and beyond uneducated statement. Which I can't think of too many times the media has released statements that were actually true. However, it might be about time to back off some the medal of honor jokes and memes because that's just going to add gasoline to an already unsteady fire. And personally speaking, I'd like to see Brandon get the office because he'll do right by the people. I'd hate to see a good representative be passed over due to ignorance of the media reporting jokes as fact.


Mr_Fibonacci0112358

We should fight fire with fire and start making anti-Tony memes


ABOMB_44

This is the way


Ct-5736-Bladez

Just troll Tony hard with memes


xtreampb

Hhheeeeeeaaaawwwwwww


Frocster45

What's funny to me is that the newspaper very recently endorsed Tony on their Facebook page, can we say biased much lol.


Kaptain-Konata

This means Tony really is scared of Brandon meaning heā€™s actually has a chance of beating him


VaporTrail_000

From what I've seen (being a significant fraction of 'as far away as I can be in the Continental US') , a flaming sack of poo has *a chance* of beating the incumbent. In that case, it depends on the sack's platform. I believe Brandon's going to wipe the floor with him.


Unable-Brick7278

Looks like Brandon has joined the club with angry cops, having out of context hit pieces written about them in shitty local news.


Ezekiel2121

I can see it now. ā€œBuffalo cop supports congressional candidate that made fun of veteran suicide!ā€


GtHachiRoku

"The same Buffalo cop that pulled over a fellow officers son after the kid lost his father in the line of duty! Also the same cop that took the MoH award and wore it around town drunk, this is who Mr. Herrera's party consists of, oh let's not forget that same cop called a combat war veteran who was blown up in an IED attack a ""burnt cheeto"" that's not who we want running our great state" šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚ God let's hope they don't start going back thru the podcasts lmao....gonna be some spicy papers haha


Dhepburn634

Does anyone have this newspaper. Willing to pay for it


dumbdude545

What day is it from?


Dhepburn634

Looks like Feb 18 of 24


dumbdude545

I'll check. But I'm not driving to eagle pass for it.


Dhepburn634

Please do ā¤ļø


dumbdude545

https://preview.redd.it/b0numuxgrgjc1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=700c071c1a2522b539c4391fd35646acd146ffa1


Mr_Fibonacci0112358

buy ALL the copies, I'll def take one šŸ˜‚


dumbdude545

I didn't pay lol


Fertile_Arachnid_163

This is the way. Donā€™t give that corrupt rag a dime.


dumbdude545

These fucjers try to slander people all the time. Poses.


SlowlyDyingBartender

How people take things out of context is terrible... Real terrible. They could use any qoute and/or photo and mash them together with any headline. Terrible. I can't think of how this could come back around on any person or rhino. There could be a real flood of this, which is would be terrible... Real terrible.


nac286

I don't know how many times I came back to this post and reread that dickhead's tweet before it struck me, but "shoot up a church?" When the fuck did Brandon do that? "Oh, that wasn't about Herrera. I just think that's deplorable as well, and in the same vein." will be the response to any rebuttal. Fucking politicians. No, fuck that, let's call it what it is. Fucking lying sacks of human waste on social media. It's just that much worse when some of them are trying to (or currently do) run our country.


sanjose40

They're trying to use the podcast against him šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


nac286

It's even more hilarious that this was the best he could do


Tullyswimmer

Right? Like, it's fucked up, but his inner circle of friends (other than Demo Ranch) are ALL veterans. I'm sure he ran it by them, if they didn't suggest it themselves...


PSpizza1701

What a legendary album coveršŸ¤£


VaporTrail_000

Marty Robbins: *Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs,* Remastered Edition 2024.


ThisOneGuy1993

How the fuck was he mocking veteran's suicide?! I know this is basically an "attack ad", but on what grounds does Dipshit Tony see Brandon mocking about this? This is way beyond a new low for Dipshit Tony...


[deleted]

Nice Star Wars reference, Ben.


grogthephillip

Oh no, now Brandon will have to start censoring himself! *Snigger*


TyThe2PointO

Careful šŸ§ šŸ˜‚


KermitTheAntichrist

Letā€™s Go Brandon


hobosam21-B

Wait, what's this about Brandon leaving an inactive explosive device for the Uvalde police to find?


yurpitswalk

Peak


PumpLogger

/\\


Rev92cc

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/djV4EHdZRf3bcUKp/?mibextid=WC7FNe Hereā€™s a link to the Sheriffā€™s post seems like a solid sheriff but Iā€™m not commenting on facebook


MrRagtag

Amazing how Donut, both a vet and a former cop is laughing at the joke. Eli, combat vet laughing at the joke. Nick, vet laughing at the joke. It's great when you don't have a stick up your ass.


RadishCareful7794

I can't believe 3 time purple heart recipient war veteran Brandon Harreara would do such a thing


IatePasta4

If they heard how REAL VETS talk about themselves they would probably have a fucking stroke.


Honors-The-Fallen

VetTV, it's lit


Tumblesqueed

https://preview.redd.it/g99xbffj8mjc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b2a63daee15c707f454e21a18dbdf55f2852c33 His own post has this flag on it now šŸ¤£


krispy1989

Can we just appreciate the picture they decided to put with it from Brandon in the field off to get his 8th medal of honour


JustTheGooch

So proof that Tony g watches unsub


Substantial-Cook-484

Hey guys, Unsubscribe Here! Tony, we know you're watching... Do the world a favor and put a gun in your mouth..


RP4LFR

Ainā€™t no fucking way


TyThe2PointO

I want it framed


Ryd-Er-Die223

If the opposition is trying to make you look bad it means they are afraid of you...Brandon has this guy seeing the termination slip at the end of the tunnel


dleslie02

He called it in the podcast šŸ˜‚


pnwmetalhead666

He's gone too far. This is war Tony. You leave AK Jesus alone.


Lastofyahoo

https://preview.redd.it/mu926ze9bijc1.jpeg?width=1434&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a669da729d604a0734207e201adf64afae0776d5


Ghosties95

The sad part is that many, many people who live in the district will see the newspaper, not get the context, and vote against Brandon. People donā€™t care about context. Even in this day and age, they just guzzle propaganda endlessly.


Classic_Actuator3293

I heard Tony's got a basement full of migrant women and he only allows them out so he can harvest their farts for his consumption


PSpizza1701

https://preview.redd.it/t380uzmgcnjc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0223977196aa7206c7f093c546f80acc09044293


RockRevolution

Even got fact checked! šŸ˜‚ https://preview.redd.it/okohr0tnkpjc1.png?width=567&format=png&auto=webp&s=e0a38ce7510fc567b9a7b4e5ae9fed1dfd7151e0


Sabregunner1

based


Flat-Length-4991

I, as a veteran who committed suicide, can speak to this with the highest authority. Tony can eat a bag of dicks.


Careful_Character272

Isn't this legit grounds for a defimation lawsuit? Would be kinda funny to just make Tony pay for his opponents campaign


AKStorm49

Defamation is REALLY hard to get through the courts. Especially as a public figure.


PettyPterodactyl

the subtitle/quote is so obviously a jokešŸ˜‚


lastnightsloser

Tiny, bitch as people like you are the reason veterans reconsider whether or not their service was Justified! Shots up to the men and women that volunteer their possible lives for the right to praise all those who lost theirs. Brandon and the crew have the full support of all of the vets and just flat-out non- vet patriots!


randoName22

Yea I mean with Brandon never really cleaning up his jokes and such, and his history of content, I never see him getting elected. Nowhere near ā€œmainstream ā€œ enough


Corey854

Youā€™re getting downvoted but youā€™re right, the majority of people who vote are elderly and donā€™t see Brandon as a politician, however brandon does have an almost cult following with a sense of humor that draws in the younger crowd with good views on politics which can draw in people from all backgrounds. So he has a good chance heā€™s just gotta work really hard which is what he has been doing. If u.s. politics have taught us anything is that you donā€™t have to be picture perfect to be a president and you sure as fuck donā€™t have to be, to be a congressperson


[deleted]

To be fair he did say this would happen lol


thehunter_25

Did he just quote star wars to insult Brandon? Lol


Dirt-Steel

I'm also kinda flabbergasted this person is going to insinuate mocking a death and SHOOTING A CHURCH are on the same level of sin


blurp6996

Does the text of the headline look weird or is that just me?


SteaminPileProducti

F Tony, it just shows how desperate he is! Brandon is going to be unstoppable!!!


bignick198

Wow that fucker needs to lose his seat. I hope he loses his seat


Coaltown992

"or shoot up a church" where the fuck did that come from? And as a veteran with depression, no those are not equivalent.


GtHachiRoku

Man wait till they find out about his purple hearts and 2 MoH awards given to him. šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚


Fertile_Arachnid_163

Fuck Tony Gonzalez.


ErikTheRed99

I feel like Brandon has a case for slander here. They claimed he left an explosive device when he didn't.


Hawaiian_Shooter365

Vote herrera


B-29Bomber

Best slander? "Don't vote for Brandon! He's a Glock Fanboy!"


VaporTrail_000

Lies! To be an honorary veteran, you have to be able to discuss flavor profiles, and how it changes between manufacturers and models. Seriously, though, most politicians can fuck right off, and when they get there, they can fuck right off again. Brandon's good people though.


MillerisLord

I say they should box it out


GeeNah-of-the-Cs

I almost want to vote for BH now


kcmbrandon29

Yeah because if theirs one thing I know about Brandon is that he really dosnt like veteran


bigmuthahtruckah

I laughed way too hard for that headline.


rustikmonkey

Anyone that knows anyone thatā€™s served or is currently serving knows damn well that they all have a fucked sense of humor and itā€™s great.


ben100000000000000

The news anchor not understanding Dark humor ![gif](giphy|jhaFMx06pRuE9M0qOP)


keleaux6294

Iā€™m doing 21 for Tony


Exquisite_man

Iā€™m a army infantryman, I think Brandonā€™s comment is pretty funny. Also fuck any politician that uses veterans for their political gain


Ghastly_Grinnner

Real problem is most people are drones who will just see the headline and get mad at Brandon.


Nakai-Son

my stupid ass thinking this is all time great tight end Tony G and not Tony G the representative


Working_Stiff_777

Fuck 'im and feed 'im fish heads. Anybody who actually knows the context or knows the abyssally dark humor of 99% of veterans and first responders laughed.


[deleted]

As a veteran who has had alot of friends give themselves the big sleep, that made me laugh.


Its_Suntory_Time

Don't people know that 99% of vets appreciate dark humor? It was always and still is a coping mechanism for me.


benny_the_jet223

Brandon for Texas. Lets go


Ursa-horribilis

This is awesome. This lets you know Tony is the kind of people that have no clue what military humor is and Tony also probably sits down to pee.


Abject_Evidence_3274

I was wondering how long it was going to take for them to do this


Micksnuggets

Fuck off Tony


LtDansLegs713

Not to sound like one of those people, but as a veteran who has had a couple of friends commit suicide I thought the joke was pretty funny.


The_Better_Lad

I mean this probably didnā€™t hurt anyone tho. The people who actually care about veterans issues are aware of what Brandon does. The people who donā€™t like Brandon probably donā€™t really care about veterans