More than 370 Democratic congressional aides have signed onto a searing open letter that calls on senators to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting a violent “attack on our workplace” that threatened the peaceful transition of power and left one of their co-workers dead.
those organizing the letter had invited support from Republican aides, but ultimately none signed on.
No surprise there. I’m sure many of them had long ago guzzled the grape Flavor Aid while the rest simply feared for their jobs.
They need the work.
Republicans MIA as usual.
Heartbreaking. You look at the Russians in the streets risking their own freedom for one locked-up dissident, and you look back home, where people won’t even use their delegated powers against a man who sent a howling, murderous mob after them and everyone else in the building. If you’re a coward about that, when exactly do you plan to be brave?
Makes you wonder how many GOP aides served as Qtour guides on or before January 6th?
“The use of violence and lies to overturn an election is not worthy of debate.”
Succinct, sure, but what if the election was stolen?
Not one republican aide. Apparently, Capitol invasions are A OK with them.
I do not think these aides come from a pool of any sort. Each legislator is allowed so many and they hire them. I am pretty sure most of them are campaign aides and what not.
Here you look at the Republicans who are trying to take our freedoms away and instill Putin type government.
I don’t think it’s OK with the Goober aides. They fear for their jobs and families… and their own lives from loony tunes Qanon believers who sport guns.
This is sad that they have to DEMAND safety in their workplace…and that because of POLITICS and/or fear, no Republicans sign on.
I think their answer would be “when you take my guns away from me.” Hence, their strange way of dressing for war all the time. Even women. With their ginormous handbags, carrying bibles and pistols.
Not really. Four weeks on, there hasn’t been a shred of corroborating evidence for anyone’s suspicions that this happened, notwithstanding roughly 200 charging documents and indictments of various insurrectionists.
Yep
Even though federal law says they have the right to speak up without fear of retaliation, wingnut law says otherwise.
Debate would/should require evidence, not just rhetoric. With over 3 months to provide verifiable evidence, and there hasn’t been any, it isn’t worthy of debate.
Yes, indeed!
It wouldn’t surprise me if GOP staff had been strongly encouraged to avoid the letter. I know that a good number of staffers are freshly out of college and are keenly aware that they need the support of the boss for their next gig or grad school acceptance, so they have a reason to stay mum on this.
I also remember reading or hearing that a number of members had told their staff to stay home on January 6th. It seems like a reasonable choice to make; the decisions had already been made on the votes they would take, and it didn’t take much inside information to realize that it could turn out to be a mess. It would have been a good “work from home” day for most staff. I don’t know if they could forward phone calls, but that might have also been an option. I don’t think that having staff stay home is proof of anything other than caution on the part of the member, but if the member had any other connections to the conspiracy it could be awkward.
The Dems now have the gavels,Lindsey Graham F off.
Not actually being there that day (ie working from home) does not undercut what they are saying in their letter. Their workplace should be a safe place. The Congress people should STAND UP against trump and his lies.