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Video of the Day: An Illinois Lawmaker’s Epic Freak-Out

Speaking in the Illinois State House Tuesday, Mike Bost lost his marbles during a discussion of pension reform. Like Beale, the longtime Republican representative from a southern Illinois district was mad as hell and he wasn’t going to take it any more, unleashing an epic rant at Speaker Mike Madigan.

The top moments are undoubtedly early in the clip, when he tosses a bunch of papers in the air, then punches them on the way down; and when he shouts, “Let my people go!” But stay with it until the end for his excellent variation on the old rap-battle mic drop. Also worth noting: the faces on his colleagues around him, trying to maintain a sense of dignity, except the woman in the burgundy behind him who seems willing to indulge her amusement.

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via The Atlantic
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    w ut tjigosdfa
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  8. backyardgoldmine reblogged this from alas-mylove and added:
    Only in Illinois. SMH. Thank God he’s not from my district.
  9. alas-mylove reblogged this from stfuconservatives and added:
    reppin’ my homeland, southern illinois, lolol. also my god it is 4 in the morning & i’ve watched this clip way too many...
  10. youlooksocool reblogged this from glossylalia and added:
    Never in my life have I been so pissed that I threw papers into the air and then tried to punch said papers on their way...
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    Oh my god, Burgundy Woman. You and I are totally soulmates right now. JFC, how did you manage? I fucking guffawed in a...
  13. monicock reblogged this from sqvad and added:
    Lol well apparently he was pissed off bc he was only given a couple of minutes to review a long bill
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    ^This is true, I live in Springfield. He made an ass out of himself, but I can’t say this isn’t how I would act every...
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    Oh. My. God.
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    I read that he freaked like this because he was given a 200 page bill and only 15 minutes to review it.
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    oh my god, I can’t stop laughing.
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    Hah
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    As an Illinoisan, I ENCOURAGE everyone else to point and laugh at us. We’re fucked beyond reason. Blago was just the tip...
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