Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) confronted Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Tuesday for promoting a smear against immigrants and reposting a bizarre AI-generated image of former President Donald Trump.

What in the hell is this?! The chairman tweets, “Protect our ducks and kittens in Ohio” because he goes down some crazy rabbit hole, completely debunked that aliens are eating pets. My God, are you ok, Mr. Chairman? Because last year, for a very long time, you tweeted and promoted Kanye West as he was calling for genocide against the Jews and you kept it up. And now when we have victims coming here, you’re tweeting this nonsense.

I, I don’t know why you would do this. I hope you’re ok. I don’t know if the aliens who are eating your ducks are in the room with us right now. But, Mr. Chairman, this is a serious issue. These people have loved ones who have been lost. And you tweeted this.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
      163·
      2 months ago

      I mean, I don’t eat meat at all myself, but I seem to remember ducks are farmed for their meat…

      Also, the big, manly hunters these folks love hunt ducks.

      • ccunning@lemmy.world
        10·
        2 months ago

        Yup! They’re farmed for meat and eggs.

        My wife loves duck but they’ve gotten too expensive to buy regularly. Definitely a special occasion thing.

          • ccunning@lemmy.world
            6·
            2 months ago

            Wild duck meat can also taste kinda fishy, I think due to their natural diet.

            Haven’t noticed it in the eggs but if I’m eating duck eggs they’re usually salted duck eggs which is a whole ‘nother experience.

          • Drusas@fedia.io
            5·
            2 months ago

            Farmed duck eggs generally don’t taste fishy, but they are richer and a little different than chicken eggs.

          • ABCDE@lemmy.world
            31·
            2 months ago

            They shouldn’t be fishy at all; I’ve had hundreds in my life (they are the standard here), they’re just richer.

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
                  21·
                  2 months ago

                  Considering several other people said wild duck eggs taste fishy, I’m thinking that it’s a fish diet on the duck’s part rather than the grain it would be fed on a farm.

                  • ABCDE@lemmy.world
                    11·
                    2 months ago

                    The two others mentioned the meat can taste “kinda fishy”, not the eggs. The other said farmed ones don’t taste fishy, they’re just richer.

        • Drusas@fedia.io
          1·
          2 months ago

          I’m so glad that the price of duck has not gone up around me. And surprised, now that I think about it. I love duck. Cook them once or twice every year.

      • jwt@programming.dev
        2·
        2 months ago

        I don’t eat meat at all myself

        So turkey is still on the menu then, in Minnesota at least.