What a forceful and dynamic action!
House recesses and youâre left on the floor. Brilliant!
A small principled group sits in while the rest sits on their hands.
May do nothing, but at least it will bring more attention to the voters that Repubs ainât doing jack about what a large majority of Americans want. Now.
Maybe the Dems could ask the Reps as a starting point how many civilians have to die before something is done? These victims of mass shootings, and especially those that died by semi automatics are the ones paying to the 2Aâs right to own guns.
So what? The House has to reconvene sometime. Nothingâs stopping them from doing it again.
What dynamic action would you have them do? Come to that, what dynamic action have you taken?
Once again the Honorable John Lewis leads the way. I hope no one on the other side of the aisle spits on him. He is my hero.
Dems: âWhere is our soul? Where is our moral leadership? Where is our courage?â
GOP: âWhere is our NRA check? Where is our tax cut? Where is our photo-op?â
Since I donât favor gun control, but instead favor people control, I believe they are wasting their time in a failure driven kabuki theater performance.
What rule(s) is it that these House members are not following? That they have to sit in their chairs? After all, they are on the House floorâliterallyâso, what rule(s) are they not following?
The women are not crossing their legs properly and the men donât look manly enough.
What are your proposals for âpeople controlâ?
I wish they would take a page out of the GOP playbook and ask them why they support arming terrorists, or why they hate Americans so much that they will deny the âwill of the peopleâ (one of their favorite lines) and side with the enemy. Or something. Of course, then they would simply say that the Dems are âpoliticizingâ shootings and the David Gergens of the world will contend that the Repubs âhave a point.â
Ted Poe!! Well, Iâll be damned! Remember him bitching that the House shouldnât approve Obamacare because the bill was too long? Remember that? He read this precious little poem about the Old Testament and how it only came on two pages while Obamacare had thousands of pages of regulations? He started off thusly:
POE: It came on two pagesâŚ
STEWART: Oh a riddle! I luvvvvvvv these! âIt came on two pagesââŚwhat isâŚMark Foley?
[guffaws from audience]
And their wallets!
âIt is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.â
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Thank you Democrats. This is a win/win for them and a lose/lose for Republicans. Every member is up for reelection. Brilliant.
Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA52) is using Periscope to live stream video.
Here is some of Rep. Duckworthâs speech:
Video link
C-SPAN canât broadcast this (the Republicans control the cameras) so social media is the only way this stuff is getting out.
#NoVoteNoBreak
#NoMoreSilence
I guess Ryan and the GOP donât want to be embarrassed the same way the Senate was. Chris Murphy and company showed that there is resolve to do something. I guess there are plenty in the House and Senate that are tired of Moment of Silence, followed by âtoo soon to talk about thisâ, and finally business as usual.