Burying the lede:
Georgia authorities confirm state Sen. Ken Yager was arrested for driving under the influence after a hit-and-run crash.
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/authorities-confirm-sen-ken-yager-arrested-for-dui-in-georgia
this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2024
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It’s literally in the synopsis for the post. How is that burying it?
Maybe it depends on the app/platform but I only see titles when scrolling, so it sounded like he just got pulled over. Thus, not drawing attention to the bigger issue, which is the hit and run.
Peeing on yourself is bad / somewhat comical, hit and run is fucked up.
That's exactly it and it's not really a focus for the article either. I'm not blaming OP but the headline writers. They're usually the problem since most people don't read past the headline.
Breaking: Trump is considering Sen Ken Yager for a position in his cabinet.
You don't know if I'm joking or not...
It's a straight up 50-50 chance
Blackmailing him is going to be hard, the pee tape is already released.
Still the poo poo tape
White House Chauffeur if we're going with the overall theme of the other appointees.
In charge of NHTSA maybe? He's vaguely familiar with putting yellow lines on roads.
The previous president provided this pee-pant politician a position in his party?
How plausibly possible.
Didn't the republicans have a Pee Party movement at some moment in history?
With Trump it is all about that "alpha male" image. He would never associate with anyone that pissed their pants.
That's not what I heard. 🤫
I assume head of the ATF?
Wow, guys, I'm just so surprised it turned out to be a Republican doing the depraved shit from the headline which failed to mention a party. I tell you, one of these days that heuristic will be wrong, just you wait.
It happens every so often, just enough to give people links to share.
Democrats do depraved shit every once in a while, but I feel like because it's so prevalent in Republicans, "Democratic" always seems to crop up in the headline when that happens. Definitely could be confirmation bias, though.
Every Republican senator is in a drug fueled orgy? Media sleeps.
One democratic city counselor ate flaming hot Cheetos? BIG NEWS!! SCANDAL!!!
Tan suits :: skin flutes
They do, but they face calls to resign within the fucking hour the news breaks. Republicans circle wagons.
“An unfortunate incident happened last night,” Yager said in a statement released to local media.
Yager was re-elected for another four-year term in November.
That passive voice is such horse shit.
He's 77! He should be president!
Yeah, but he pisses on himself, a president has to shit himself and have a reputation for smelling like shit, fast food grease and makeup
This dude has endangered way more people than drag queens and trans folks.
Would you look at that... My mental image of every republican talking head made real
Why did they pull him over? Didn't they run the tag?
Saw a video of a judge that got pulled over and he really gave the cop a tongue-lashing. After the cop ran the tag and verified he was a judge he apologized profusely. Figured it worked the same for senators.
State senator pulled over in another state. The ID doesn’t say his job, so if they don’t recognize him out of jurisdiction…
Makes sense.
So... Did he pass the sobriety test?
Tennessee whiskey.....
So shit-faced he was piss-pantsed.
I am sure in Trump land this is somehow a good thing
No sympathy for him, but it got me wondering if it's really fair to subject elderly people and others who have difficulty standing to the "walk the line" test.
It's they don't have the motor skills to walk, then they probably don't have the motor skills to drive.
It's actually a defense I've heard before. Just like a stripper in 10in platform heels isn't going to do well on that test either
Alcohol is a helluva drug, y'all
As one with a weak bladder, I kinda sympathize...
When not with the person (as I have no clue who he is), but at least with this problem
If it was just peeing, maybe he was trying to get home to the loo.
But add in the drunk driving, lost my sympathy.
Wait, he'd done a hit-and-run crash!?
Jail time!
He can have a nice clean pair of orange pants.
Yeah, I wasn't with him for the rest of the shit he did
But focusing on peeing himself, is maybe not the thing, we should focus on
That's pretty much all I wanted to say