Indiana Republican Blasts 'Snowflakes' Upset With His AI Santa Beatdown

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Source: Huff Post

Dec 25, 2025, 09:57 PM EST


Talk about a violent night! Indiana state Sen. Chris Garten (R) is facing backlash after he kicked off Christmas Day by posting a bizarre series of AI-generated pictures showing him beat up Santa Claus in front of the state capitol building.

The mock images depict a sleeveless Garten surrounded by a crowd of cheering supporters as he kicks, punches and pulls off a body splash on Kris Kringle in wrestler-like fashion.

“When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded mandates down the chimney disguised as ‘Christmas cheer.’ Not on my watch. We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats,” wrote the Indiana State Senate majority floor leader in a post to his X account.

“Take it back to the North Pole big guy. Merry Christmas, Hoosiers! 🇺🇸🎅🏻🥊.”



Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/indiana-republican-chris-garten-ai-santa-wrestling-takedown_n_694dc74ce4b0d33e39fe4a3e

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These people are psychotic and have taken over elective offices.

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When you find out the North Pole is trying to bring more bureaucratic overreach & unfunded mandates down the chimney disguised as "Christmas cheer." Not on my watch. We The People run Indiana, not the bureaucrats.

Take it back to the North Pole big guy. Merry Christmas, Show more
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6:38 AM · Dec 25, 2025

[Emile]

1. Governor Walz was spot on when he called Republicans weirdos.

[TurboDem]

2. What a fucking lunatic!

I can hardly believe what I'm seeing here.

[bob4460]

3. Wow!

Who in their right mind would want to beat up Santa Claus? I guess that sad is against anything that is good for people.

[Attilatheblond]

23. Odds are he DID not get the Red Ryder BB gun he so desperately wanted as a kid.

[Attilatheblond]

24. And he has NO ideas on how to make things better, so he is doing a Trump imitation

which shows he is also too stupid to see how badly THAT is going.

[Walleye]

4. I hate martial arts movies

And if they’re going to be AI generated, what’s the damn point

[Norrrm]

5. Even before AI, their special effects were stupendous.

[jfz9580m]

6. Pathetic grandstanding by a coward. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

7. "Overreach and unfunded mandates"? Did he forget that he's talking about King Donald, a Republican?

[Callie1979]

8. Yet ANOTHER wannabe "tough guy". Why dont these guys just come out of the closet?

[bucolic_frolic]

9. He is unwell. /nt

[Bengus81]

10. Beating up on a fictitious person and then posting loads of pictures doing so. Rubber room time ...

Maybe your Trump humping constituents are loving this but to the other 99% of sane people you just look like a pathetic lunatic.

[TheFarseer]

11. I read the article

And I still don’t know what the hell he is talking about?!

[calimary]

15. You're not alone.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. I read it as well and the only thing I could come up with is this -

Recently, the IN state Senate helped to kill the state's "45-mandated/government over-reach" redistricting bill and this guy is one of the GOP state Senators (and probably wanted to do the redistricting).

So could be his temper tantrum that the effort failed.

AND.... Just found this (and also am confirming the "GOP in Disarray", infighting, "punishment", and "rewards" going on in IN related to the failed redistricting vote, plus Garten is the IN state Senate Majority Leader ) -

Indiana Senate Judiciary chair ousted in wake of redistricting split

By: Tom Davies - December 24, 2025 12:16 pm

(snip)

Senate Majority Floor Leader Chris Garten, R-Charlestown, was another outspoken redistricting supporter but has maintained his high-level post and memberships on the Senate’s influential appropriations and tax committees.

[Attilatheblond]

25. Great find!

[MarcoZandrini]

12. I wonder....

….what’s on his computer.

[tavernier]

13. Kinder Garten politician.

Dumb ass.

[Timeflyer]

14. What the hell, white boys? You get off seeing yourselves portrayed as AI muscle-brained bullies?

Life's not a first-person shooter to normal people. But when brain development stops at early adolescence...

[OldBaldy1701E]

21. And, the society that it lives in encourages that behavior.

You get this crap!

[lonely bird]

16. Yeesh

MAGAts always trying to out stupid each other.

[Paladin]

18. Smooth move there, asswipe Garten.

And given the way our luck has been running lately, you probably have children. God help anybody who's in the direct path of your malignant influence---but a grudging thanks for demonstrating just how bad things have become, and how desperate the need is to make things better, again. Have a shitty New Year.

[mwb970]

19. What in holy hell is WRONG with these people?

Dear God. They're so sick.

[JohnnyRingo]

20. Republicans hate seeing people get something they didn't pay cash for.

They probably don't get anything for Christmas because they're miserable pricks and they're jealous.
The Grinch was a wuss.

[GiqueCee]

22. The minds of bullies...

... are stunted at an early age. Some of it's nature, some of its nurture, but they never seem to outgrow their pathological need to exhibit dominance through violence. Until they're on the receiving end, then they soil themselves and whine about how unfairly they've been treated.
There is some grim satisfaction in seeing one grovel when it knows it's outmatched.

[paleotn]

26. But, dude, you ARE a bureaucrat.

[marble falls]

27. What a tone deaf asshole move.

[Diamond_Dog]

28. These right wingers are a bunch of sick weirdos!

Who in their right mind thinks this is funny or clever? I swear, they all live on another planet.