So, this story caught our eye today and it first we just thought it was pretty funny that some guy in Georgetown is in a legal batter over his statues of Bumblebee and Optimus Prime next to his front door. . .
Court fight looms for a Georgetown man (hero, really) who has erected Bumblebee and Optimus Prime statutes in front of his home. "Nuisance," "eyesore" "selfish," complain local NIMBYs. Visitors taking pictures pose a COVID risk, said one busybody. https://t.co/WjQSfeLk1c pic.twitter.com/eyzpU5tFc9
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) March 4, 2021
. . .but then it got a little more interesting when we discovered that former MSNBC journo Luke Russert when FULL KAREN at a local meeting on the matter:
In case you were wondering what Luke Russert is up to now, one answer is 'local activism protesting large statues of Transformers in his neighborhood'https://t.co/LT7sIU3t14 pic.twitter.com/DmGhK07tIF
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) March 3, 2021
“What’s to stop someone from putting up a statue of Joseph Stalin,” Russert asked as he tramples on someone else’s freedom of expression:
Luke Russert is a Decepticon, pass it on https://t.co/AkWlSZjNKn pic.twitter.com/X7Ojel8kiV
— ◥◤.@kristoncapps (@kristoncapps) March 4, 2021
A Karen and a Decepticon, apparently.
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