The attendee who pressed Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed to disavow the Muslim Brotherhood at a tense town hall this weekend was exposed as a former GOP staffer with “Christian nationalist ties,” journalist Marisa Kabas reported.
As first reported by Kabas on her Substack The Handbasket, Tommy was actually Thomas Teepell, who previously served as operations director for Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) until February of this year.
Teepell’s father is Timmy Teepell, a GOP strategist who worked for former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal through his climb from congressman to governor. Jindal is the founder of America Next, a conservative PAC that, according to The Michigan Daily, offered Republican college students $200 to travel to an El-Sayed event to “heckle” the Democratic candidate and ask provocative questions.
They use it to mean “concerned” or “wary”. Like, “I’m kinda interested in the new Star Wars Galactic Racer game, but I’m weary that it’ll have some sort of AAA bullshit that will ruin my experience.” There are tons of grammar articles like this one from Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/weary-vs-wary-difference-usage) clarifying the two because of how common this has become in recent years.
I’ll edit my previous comment to make what I mean clearer.
Yes, understanding what a word means helps. I use weary, leery, and wary distinctly as I know their definitions. Being an imperfect human I also conflate other words sometimes. When it does happen, and I catch it, I attempt to correct myself as I want to impart my thoughts in a clear and comprehensive manner. Mostly. 😬