Huck: GOP Establishment Lucky To Be ‘Spanked’ And Not ‘Executed’ By Voters

Republican presidential candidate, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at Golden Grain Energy, an ethanol plant in Mason City, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said in a radio interview Friday that the Republican establishment was fortunate to only be “spanked” by voters and not “executed” by them.

Huckabee argued on the Sean Hannity Show that Republicans allowed President Obama’s administration to secure the Iran nuclear deal and fund Planned Parenthood and “Obamacare.”

“And they’re getting what they justly deserve, they’re getting spanked,” Huckabee said, as first flagged by BuzzFeed News. “And they need to be happy they’re only getting spanked and not executed because there is seething rage out in country for those who have fought to help some of these guys get elected.”

Huckabee continued and said that Republicans “surrendered to Obama and people are sick of it.” He suggested that presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump would disrupt Washington and that his campaign gives him “great comfort.”

“I tell people, ‘I don’t have any hesitation going out there and genuinely supporting Donald Trump,’” Huckabee said.

Huckabee endorsed Trump in May after failing his own bid for the White House.

Listen to his interview:

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  1. From this, I take it we can mark ol’ Huck down as still in the running for VP.

  2. Huckabee finds great comfort in the campaign of a racist. That tells us all we need to know about Huckabee.

  3. Nothing like seeing a charlatan “Christian” like Huckabee suggesting that execution is a legitimate form of political expression. Nothing like ramping up eliminationist rhetoric.

    Perhaps this sick-fuck should stick to defending his pedophile freak-show friends.

  4. Methinks Fuckabee would love to be spanked by the rump, but not until they had both removed their Depends. Why won’t this man go away?

  5. Its too early to say which way the voters are going, Huckleberry.

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