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Only democrat there with a spine. Hope the rest get replaced
Did Margie get ejected when she was behaving like a braying walrus? I didn't see anything suggesting that she was kicked out at the time.
She is a POS indeed.
That bitch so damn ugly dawg
The only Dem who wasn't a coward. Either walk out with him or talk shit back to Trump instead just sitting there in pink outfits.
Here was how The New York Times put it:
In Mr. Green’s case, he was not only challenging the president but also defying the entreaties of Democratic congressional leaders that members attend Mr. Trump’s speech and refrain from disruptions. The spectacle of a septuagenarian heckling the president while waving his cane was not ideal for Democrats, who have toiled to land on a broadly appealing message and messenger for countering Mr. Trump.
Er. Where is this "broadly appealing message and messenger for countering Trump" that has been so toiled over?
This is exactly the kind of behavior I want to see from Democrats. A deeply unserious person like Donald Trump deserves to be heckled like the bad fucking joke he is.
These fucking Democrats are watching a dude successfully lie and bully his way into the presidency (not to mention that same playbook get adopted by the GOP in general) then think the answer is to be nice?
Newsflash, the voters on the other side aren't going to be swayed by a "broadly appealing message," I'd say an insignificant number of people could even be swayed to switch voting from the GOP / MAGA bastards over to the Dem sonofabitches anyways. So galvanized the troops, motivate people to vote and stop pussyfooting around.
Adopt the playbook that keeps working for your enemy, tweak it some sure, but stop thinking a milquetoast "we're the nice guys" campaign will ever work. It's failed so many times now, maybe learn a lesson?
Yeah how's being broadly appealing working out?
Great for the fascists!
Is there some way we can show his office that the whole country is demanding their local constituents stand up like this?
Or our own local offices?
Call today, email, send this news story. Ask why your local rep didn't stand up. Show that we're demanding a fucking stand be made.
Why didn't every Democrat step forward and PHYSICALLY bar him from being removed. They just sat there and let him be ejected. STAND THE FUCK UP
Sir, this is ~~a retirement home~~ congress. They might break a hip.
I thought the same thing. Then I thought about how powerful of a visual it would have been for each one of them, in turn, to cause a disruption and be escorted out. Let the cameras pan over a half filled chamber after 2 hours of meticulous protesting. That image would be in history books 100 years from now, assuming we all survive the next 4.
Trump is an old fart. He's not going to stand up there for 6 hours speaking. If, one-by-one, every Democrat made a scene and got walked out they would've been there until midnight and Trump having gotten through almost none of his speech.
they all dont want to be there, they just want to ride on the grift the gop started, and benfitting from the same donors.
But that would have put their corporate donations in jeopardy!
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.
- Benito Mussolini
thats exactly that, with Klabauchers just staring at her phone.
Won’t someone think of the corporate donors!
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SHAREHOLDERS!?!?
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE POOR SHAREHOLDERS!
Because they’re weaker than wet tissue paper.
True, unless it comes to fighting progressives in their own party. Then they suddenly remember how to fight.
Not saying I disagree with your premise.
However, there are some strange brew rules that come into play depending on the #of reps in attendance in the house. You dwindle the dem #s enough and you end up allowing the reps the ability to run amok with the kinds of legislation they’re salivating to pass.
I’m sure this was at top of mind for some of the folks in attendance.
Congressional rules are meaningless. They are not the constitution. If the Democrats are going to just sit idle because of "congressional rules" then they might as well start using the constitution as toilet paper
You dwindle the dem #s enough and you end up allowing the reps the ability to run amok with the kinds of legislation they’re salivating to pass.
That's why there's also quorum rules. There has to be a minimum of X% of the congresspeople present for anything to count and I'm 99.9% certain that all of the Dems leaving would bring the number present under that even if every single Republican was present.
Quorum is largely meaningless in Congress, both houses assume they have quorum at all times. This allows for the pro forma sessions.
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WHERE WERE THE REST OF THE DEMOCRATS? FUCKING SITTING. They didn't have the intestinal fortitude to be kindly escorted out like this old dude with a fucking cane; they walked Al out and their collective spine went with him. Johnson told them to shut up and they fucking did; they either sat there quietly with their stupid little signs, went to sleep, or walked out on their own. Fuck you, make me should be the order of the day! I've never been more ashamed of the democrats than this absolute display of submission with the slightest bit of bullying. Resistance my ass, resistance doesn't quietly walk itself out of the building!
When it was happening I was hoping deeply that another Democrat would pick after he was removed to filibuster the SOTU. I suppose it's naive of me but for a moment I thought the democrats had organized an actual visible protest.
Apparently, they believe that sitting silently while waving tiny signs sent a stronger message.
Truly the greatest minds of our time.
EDIT: PINK! They also wore pink! I almost forgot! Just like everyone else.
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Democratic Lawmaker ejected from House after DOING HIS JOB!!
Thank you Al Green. At least you stood up.
Democrats cosplay resistance heroes while systemic collapse accelerates. Real opposition requires more than cane-waving, classic 2 behavior.
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they are basically like resistance grifters you see being posted on reddit.
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