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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Rep. Rob Menendez says he's "had it" with the partisanship of Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee.

A Democratic lawmaker slammed his Republican colleagues over their fealty to Donald Trump on Tuesday night during a marathon 15-hour session on impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border security issues.

Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) said the House Homeland Security Committee has held 17 hearings on the border, but zero full committee hearings on other issues within its jurisdiction such as emergency preparedness, cyber threats, infrastructure protection and more.

“We have not lived up to our oversight obligation here on this committee because you all are obsessed with the border,” he said. “Because you bend the knee to the ‘Orange Jesus’ as you refer to him across the aisle.”

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[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 84 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Rips! At least he didn't "slam" them -

A Democratic lawmaker slammed his

Goddammit

[-] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

He sparked outrage by torching the GOP. You'll never believe what happened next

[-] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 12 points 8 months ago

Was ripped a new slam hole! Excoriated!

[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

A torch is never mentioned past the title. I'm disappointed every time.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 14 points 8 months ago

I made a post complaining about political articles using "slam" on Fark back in 2004. I wouldn't hold your breath that journalists will stop using it anytime soon.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Now I'm sad. Thanks a lot for slamming my dreams of better journalism.

[-] Encode1307@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Journalists generally don't write their headlines. It's usually copy editors from what I've heard.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

The only politician I know of who actually slammed anyone was Greg Gianforte. I always feel compelled to throw that reminder out when this comes up.

[-] dezmd@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Jesse The Body Ventura begs to differ.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

Loud sigh. You definitely got me there.

[-] dezmd@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago
[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That's not Ventura.
That's all of mankind.

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

In like 5-10 years lawmakers will be "roasting". I'd enjoy it if they all did actual roasts outside of the corespondents dinner.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago

I may have to learn how to make Lemmy bots so I can build a Slamometer. Increments a counter every time a headline says someone slammed something.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I think that's worth a try. If only to really get an idea of how much it's used by everyone.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Get some sabre rattling in there too

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

You know what's more boring than journalists recycling metaphors? The inevitable complaints people pay about it every. single. time.

[-] jettrscga@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It's not about being boring. It's about calling out lazy journalism and this news trend of pretending like anything is changing while no progress actually happens.

This entire article is just saying they got mad and everyone still voted along party lines. That's a whole lot of nothing for such a sensationalist title.

I'm all for calling that out every single time.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah, fuck people that point out professionals being lazy! Don't criticize anyone!

Want anything to be better? Well fuck you for wanting that. Amiright?

[-] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 2 points 8 months ago

GOP Representative SLAMMED his dick in a drawer and blamed Democrats for his pain.

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