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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
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.
But that would have put their corporate donations in jeopardy!
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.
That's why there's also quorum rules. There has to be a minimum of X% of the congresspeople present in 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.
I kept waiting for it! For a moment, I had a swell of hope that they were going to force the Sargeant at Arms to remove them one by one, or else block Al from being removed, something, anything with a little fucking Chutzpah, but nope. They all just sat down, shut up, and waved their stupid little signs. Good job guys, I can't wait to see your next fundraising text.
Democrats are spineless cowards and/or complicit.
people who criticize dems from their sofa are the secret spinless trump supporters
How's that party whip taste? Sounds like you'd do well in an authoritarian one-party state as long as the party pretends to be in partial agreement with you.
I hear Shanghai is lovely this time of year..
how do the meds taste? meatloaf on wednesdays. that'll be nice
It reminded me, very randomly, of quote from a book about urban design and how architectural ideas are introduced and accepted by the public… or not.
It was a golden chance and a room full of cowards let it slip.
The book is Design of Cities by Edmund Bacon for anyone interested.
Even AOC sat quietly? Why wasn't she fucking protesting?
AOC talks a big game, but I’m not personally convinced she follows through.
Case in point, this situation. There should have been more democrats doing the same thing.
Why didn’t anyone do anything? They talk a big game on social media, but that’s it.
I’m thinking they are either controlled opposition or too enthralled to corporate donations to do anything.
another armchair general calling for the dems to arm themselves and perform a revolution or else they're nazi sympathizers
this is what civil politics in a non banana republic looks like
This is very not what civil politics look like unless of course one loves the taste of boot. Mmm boots.
so if we're playing cliche battle are you the heroic revolutionary?
Neither that nor am I showing deference to the wealthy traitors running roughshod over our government turning it into an authoritarian kleptocracy.
There is a middle ground here in the real world.
and the dems not rioting was deference yes?
someone shouting "they didn't do enough" is contributing to progressive politics and saving us from trump
Yes. Suggesting quiet civility in the face of complete disregard for your fellow countrymen is deference. A riot was not suggested. Standing up was.
slicing the ham pretty thinly there but we've all got standards for our political theatre i guess
it's the principle isn't it