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GOP Shock Jock Gives DEEPLY OFFENSIVE and Sick ‘Reason’ for Turkey Earthquake

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Given that I didn’t know who Pete Santilli is or what he did, whether he was someone even worth mentioning, I figured most people reading this wouldn’t know, either. It turns out that, at least locally in Portland, where he has a conservative internet show, he has a quite powerful voice among the people most likely to be violent and dangerous. That makes him relevant in the GOP movement, where Oregon is getting redder, at least in some positions.

Here is his bio from the fantastic Oregon Live:

Pete Santilli, the conservative Internet talk show host who pleaded guilty to conspiracy stemming from the 2014 Bunkerville standoff in Nevada after charges were dismissed against him in the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, is in a legal battle with conservative lawyer Larry Klayman, who now represents Cliven Bundy.

Today, Santilli wanted to address the reason behind the Syrian-Turkish earthquake. This one was major. A 7.8 quake would cause almost unimaginable damage to Los Angeles or San Francisco (And 7.8 is about the highest magnitude quake believed the San Andreas can produce. You have to go offshore from Oregon to British Columbia to find the possible 9.0 ones with the Pacific plate sliding under the North American plate. Tectonics cause earthquakes, as you all know.)

But not in Santilli’s work. The death total in Turkey is now 4,000. Rachel Maddow just reported that there were two earthquakes. The first was 7.892 on the Richter scale, so near 7.9, and it was followed by a 7.5 aftershock. The aftershock alone is also strong enough to change life in California. It is an epic disaster because, as you know, it takes a long time to really find the number of victims. Rachel Maddow just said it was one of the biggest disasters of her lifetime. (The Thailand tsunami must be bigger.)

Santilli blames the deaths in Southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on the demonic-toned performance last night on the Grammys.

Consider the number of parents who have just lost their children. Consider the number of children that just lost their parents. Consider all the deaths. Consider that it is cold out tonight in that area. Very cold. And one of our Republicans is blaming it on an (admittedly sick) five-minute and quickly forgotten performance here in the United States. Not plate tectonics. Science.

Unbelievably sick but not particularly surprising.

Twitter also gave their two cents:

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Jason Miciak is a political writer, features writer, author, and attorney. He is originally from Canada but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. He now enjoys life as a single dad raising a ridiculously-loved young girl on the beaches of the Gulf Coast. He is very much the dreamy mystic, a day without learning is a day not lived. He is passionate about his flower pots and studies philosophical science, religion, and non-mathematical principles of theoretical physics. Dogs, pizza, and love are proof that God exists. "Above all else, love one another."

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