r/MissouriPolitics

Who is this Rick Bratton? Running for the Missouri 5th. Same ole campaign crap transgender out of lockers rooms I believe his ad says keeping prevents out of girls bathrooms. Guns, kicking out brown people and whatever woke is in government.

Can y'all not run on anything else? You know your daddy is done at the end of his term or robs us all blind which is already being done

Do not vote for this worthless thing that believes he is human.

During an episode of Kristin Fisher's podcast "Endless Void," Rep. Eric Burlison appeared to... go off the rails, espousing absolute psycho-babble about several different "races" of alien life the US government has briefed him personally about as a member of Congress.

Specifically, Burlison alleged that there are a race of aliens called the "Nordics" which are "a few hundred years more advanced than us" and a race called the "Greys" who are more advanced than the Nordics and "on their way to planet Earth now."

Some quotes from the interview by Burlison included:

>I’ve heard those four classifications discussed in meetings in this office by others, but what I wasn’t expecting was for Davis to say it. I wasn’t expecting Eric Davis, you know, respected scientists, to say that.

In that quote, Burlison seems to attribute his knowledge or alleged "briefing" to publicly available quotes from PhD scientist on jet propulsion Dr. Eric Davis. Davis has in past years been cited as a source by multiple cranks and conspiracy theorists, and in each case has denied or divorced himself from these types of sensational claims about alien life.

>These aliens are human-like in shape and size and could be piloting UFOs.

This quote by Burlison is just baffling to me. I cannot tell if he has convinced himself this is true, is acting out some kind of bit, or is in the midst of an actual psychotic break.

In summary, I am of the opinion that Mr. Burlison is either (1) wasting taxpayer time and money with such sensationally untrue claims instead of discussing real legislative issues for his constituents or (2) has had some sort of mental episode while in office. The August primaries are around the corner, and Missouri's 7th district Republican voters will have the opportunity to "pull the plug" on this nonsense regardless. If they do not, perhaps Missouri's 7th could turn blue as Burlison continues to spin out on "aliens piloting aircraft" and false attributions to real US scientists instead of doing anything productive.

Has anyone else's Facebook or TikTok feed been flooded with conservative content over the last day or two?

I generally engage with left-leaning content, but my feeds have suddenly been full of Fox News, Newsmax, Charlie Kirk, Trump-related posts, etc. I'm curious if anyone else has noticed a similar shift or if it's just my algorithm acting weird.

I'm voting YES on Amendment 1 and NO on Amendments 2, 4, and 5.

I'll also be voting NO on Amendment 3 in November. Missouri voters already decided this issue in 2024, and I believe women should be able to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions.

Curious how everyone else is voting and why.

If you intend to vote in the Democrat primary in the second district, who are you voting for and why?

The ads are saying getting rid of income tax pushes the tax burden to big data. No income tax pushes the tax burden to seniors, low income, fixed income, the disabled, along with every Missourian.

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Amendment 5 allows the state legislators to tax services, labor, prescription medication, medical visits among a few items Social Security will be taxed by the state.

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Don't be fooled by the ads. Do your own research.

Trap laws struck down. Medications available next week. There is hope.