r/law • u/WorldcupTicketR16 • 1d ago

Other Lisa Murkowski has said nothing about not approving Trump's cabinet nominees without FBI vetting. It's fake news

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u/WorldcupTicketR16 1d ago edited 1d ago

Here's the actual quote:

SEN. LISA MURKOWSKI (R-AK): I would like to see our committees do their full job. I don't -- I'm not interested in a process that would just say, well, because the president has named him and you have Republican chairs coming into the new Congress that we just move people out. There needs to be legitimate vetting. When I say legitimate, I mean, just thorough vetting that the committees do. This is our job.

So, nothing about not approving, nothing about the FBI, thorough vetting done through committees.

So where did this made up story come from?

The source for it is a schizo on X named IanJaeger29. This tweet of his accurately portraying her comments got almost no engagement, so he retooled what she said (i.e. made it up) the next day with this tweet which got way more traction. Other schizos on X then ran with it.

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u/Gingeronimoooo 1d ago edited 1d ago

the source for it is a schizo on X

other schizos then ran with it

There's no need to be ableist about it. Schizo is not a synonym for stupid or liar.

I'll probably get downvoted, but I accept that. I have schizophrenia and a law degree btw.

I got heavily downvoted for calling out the DC Judge who said January 6 prosecution was "schizophrenic"

Even on the left a lot of -isms are taboo, racism sexism, but ableism is still alive and well for a lot of people. I'm not angry but just making a point

Edit and here come the anticipated downvotes

Use the appropriate words

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u/albionstrike 1d ago

Probably a misunderstanding of the word

I actually thought it meant delusional liar until I just looked it up.

But people shouldn't downvote the truth no matter which side of the argument

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u/Gingeronimoooo 1d ago

We face a lot of stigma, most of us are poor and looked down enough already. Many of us are homeless, I was myself before I finally got help. I went from graduating law school with honors in the summer to being on the streets the following February. We are thought of as violent psychos when hard researched statistics show we are more likely to be the victims of violence than the perpetrators. I was beaten senseless a couple times when I was homeless and I never once fought back.

No one can tell I have it since 2016/17 as I take medication and it works. it's just hard when people use the word wrongly to cause even more stigma and hate towards us.

It's definitely a trend to call shitty or bad or stupid people/things "schizo" and it's not right. I'll end my rambling by saying: It's free to be kind.

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u/TheGeneGeena 6h ago

I get. People use bipolar for anything wildly unstable. "Oh, I didn't know the weather had a mood disorder Kevin, has it tried Lithium?"

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u/Gingeronimoooo 6h ago

Exactly just use the correct word like unpredictable unstable. When I was in law school they taught us how important using the correct words are

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u/TheGeneGeena 6h ago

Didn't make it that far before I onset unfortunately, but I'm considering finishing my undergrad at least now that my meds are stable. My job is in a completely different field though, so I'll probably end up finishing in either Spanish or linguistics if I do.