“Pence chimed in, labeling her apology ‘inadequate’.”
We can always count on übertoady Grover Dill to suck up to big-mouth bully Scut Farkus.
Until Mueller frogmarches Scut away with a bag over his head, and Little Grover flees in tears to tell Mommy.
The Trump / Pence/ Media whores / right wing crazies will privately shake their heads in disgust - and say James Lankford just does not understand how we play the game nowadays on this team …
Lankford has to learn that when an opponent makes an exploitable slip - you must capitalize on it blow it all out of proportion - knock them down - kick them in the eye - and then politically attempt to slit their throat - all while ignoring any reasonable interpretation - and while insisting that the opponent did it with the deepest of hateful & evil intentions. Remember - you get bonus points if your distortions can make it out to be so vile that the person’s own party turns on them.
I seem to recall one of his good days not long ago, when he said something fairly reasonable. That wouldn’t stand out so much in an ideal world, but in this one I was struck. I wish more of them had the guts to be decent and sensible more often in public, but every little bit is welcome. If you’re a constituent you might tell him you like this kind of thing. I’m sure he hears from the other side loud and clear. : )
Hmmm. What comes after 2019?
Oh, right. 2020.
It’s “save my seat” time in the GOP.
I will. I try to write to him occasionally, especially when he does the right thing.
Good. My one GOP Senator is Pat Toomey, and once in a very great while he’ll pleasantly surprise me this way. I figure if they get an attaboy from the libs now and then it might pay off at least in some behind-the-scenes restraint. Obviously cooler heads have prevailed with this damn wall business. I’ve been thinking all this time that all the sane GOP people know there’s only one way this story ends, and they’d like their own political careers to be among the survivors.
My Dad voted for Ike.
TWICE!!!
Those were the days…
For all of you commenting on how reasonable and intelligent Lankford sounds let me remind you that he is still a Republican, a Republican from a very red state, and with that said let me also point out that to sound reasonable as a Republican in today’s political climate is just as rare as one’s chances of spotting Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. How low have we sunk when sounding reasonable is a rare sign.
Some Republicans, reportedly including Pence, have sought to have her removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha… and it had absolutely nothing to do with Her/Muslim tweet. Missin’ them some Nunes!
I’m pretty sure pence can go eff himself on that. It ain’t his business or place, or any other gopper thugs.
After Trump suggested on Wednesday that Omar should resign over her tweet — where she appeared to perpetuate an anti-Semitic trope when she suggested that Republicans’ support for Israel was fueled by political donations
She was accused of perpetuating an anti-Semitic trope, but I don’t think it’s fair to say that she appeared to be doing that. She made a perfectly sensible - and correct - observation that AIPAC gives a lot of money to candidates, like other PACs, and that candidates become beholden to them because of that. I don’t think it makes any sense that you can make that argument about PACs buying congresspeople about any PAC other than AIPAC simply because one could take it as anti-semitic.
Said as a Jew who approves of neither AIPAC nor the idea that Netanyahu = Judaism or Israel.
Not questioning Lankford’s sincerity, but, as way of background, there’s a significant Muslim population in Oklahoma, growing quite rapidly in Tulsa. My guess is that Langford is aware of that and may even have gotten some lobbying (! ) on the issue from some of his friends in that community. Just noting.
I never hear Congessiona Republicans talking about legislative policies that are beneficial to Americans.
After Trump suggested on Wednesday that Omar should resign over her tweet — where she appeared to perpetuate an anti-Semitic trope
In the minds of some.
It didn’t appear that way in the minds of some of us others… SMH.
More accurate would be “appeared to some to perpetuate an anti-Semitic trope” or “some thought perpetuated an anti-Semitic trope.”
A piece for interpretive dance:
Dems since at least Citizens United: Money and professional lobbying in politics is Bad!
Dem rep: I agree.
Dems: We didn’t mean Israel. You’re anti-Semitic. Apologize.
Dem rep: (WTAF? Have y’all lost y’all’s damn minds? Ok, fine). “I’m sorry people were offended by what I didn’t say and stand by what I said.”
Dems: Ok, thank you.
That’s the strangest Kabuki I’ve ever seen.
(Yes I’m aware of the stereotype, however I (and others) understood her point so I’m thinking what people think she said has more to do with them and their filters and less about her and what she actually said. I’ve experienced the same thing.)
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Howdy Neighbor!
Beats Cornyn and Cruz. 
“[T]hat Republicans’ support for Israel was fueled by political donations… [is] an anti-Semitic trope.”
Sorry, what’s it fueled by? Votes? If pro-Israel pressure groups would stop making political donations, we could see where the politicians really stood.
I got a onebox badge for this, but where’s my onebox?
Yes, unless they’re referring to something new she said recently.
But if it’s (still) her statements from a while ago, then I agree with you.
My post you quote was from February.
I don’t know what she’s said since.