**Hold My Beer, NC. Senator Thom Tillis Just Pulled a Move So Galaxy-Brained It Might Actually Break the Fourth Wall.**
Hold my beer, NC. Senator Thom Tillis just pulled a move so galaxy-brained it might actually break the fourth wall.
NC Senator Thom Tillis accidentally filibusters his own bill for 47 minutes while trying to read a “very serious” statement about fentanyl, only to discover he was reading the back of the Chinese takeout menu he grabbed on the way to the floor.
AITA for screaming “THIS IS PEAK PERFORMANCE” at my TV?
Apparently, in a desperate bid to avoid a primary challenger from the right, Tillis decided to give a stemwinder on the Senate floor about “securing the border” and “stopping the fentanyl-laced Chinese balloons.”
Trouble is, according to aides who are definitely not leaking this, his staff printed the wrong speech. He spent 47 minutes passionately denouncing “Item #27: General Tso’s Chicken (Spicy)” and demanding the immediate shutdown of the “Wonton Soup Cartel.”
The coup de grâce? He closed with a tearful plea: “And God bless the brave men and women of the Port of Wilmington, who stop these fortified, chemical-laden dumplings every single day.”
TL;DR: Senator accidentally proposes a no-fly zone over his local Panda Express. The CBO says the cost is “three fortune cookies and a side of lo mein.”
Verdict from the internet: NTA for the comedy, YTA for making the government look even more like a fever dream.