He said speaking up during the address was the best way “get across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility.”

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    9 days ago

    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

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      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.

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      9 days ago

      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.

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        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.

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        9 days ago

        True, unless it comes to fighting progressives in their own party. Then they suddenly remember how to fight.

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        8 days ago

        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.