A Republican Illinois lawmaker won a temporary exemption from Gov. J. B. Pritzker’s (D) stay-at-home order Tuesday — but only for himself.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1306356
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1306356
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The GOP is nothing if they can’t be victims…of common sense…that infringes on their ideology.
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Echoing conservative complaints nationwide, Rep. Darren Bailey (R), a freshman representing a rural district in southern Illinois, sued the governor in state circuit court for alleged misuse of his emergency powers.
Not surprisingly, at the same time GOP state legislators are claiming they can sue state executives on these matters, the GOP is arguing that Congress can’t sue Trump on the same matters.
You’re not a Republican unless you’re a hypocritical, self-contradictory dirt-bag.
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This is actually an interesting case. State law limits the emergency powers to 30 days.
Clearly, they never anticipated that a given disaster would exceed that, thus the constraints.
I’m actually on board with this as a lawsuit, we can’t just ignore laws willy-nilly out there. They should be getting their legislatures back into emergency sessions if needed to fix the laws, not go and do things by fiat.
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I know it’s not just me…but DAMMIT I am SICK of these whining and sniveling aholes insisting that they are such VICTIMS.
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I’m fine with this.
But only so long as when the inevitable infection hits him, he stays home and doesn’t tax the health care system because he’s stupid.
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At some point, we will get tired of you pointing to sensible considerations and logical outcomes…
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Fuck this buzz-cut in a suit. I hope he freedoms himself about in. crowd without a mask and gets Covid of the dick.
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Okay, Typhoid Darren, you do you. And kudos for instantly building all of those new hospitals, funding full medical staffing statewide, fully funding combat pay for first responders and healthcare workers, and beefing up the unemployment and paid sick leave benefits so anyone and everyone can stay home when they’re sick (including benefits for 2nd and 3rd waves). I hope you didn’t forget to boost funding for all of the mortuaries, too. Oh, and “You’re not the boss of me” during a pandemic is not rational public policy.
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I don’t think there’s anything contradictory about it when you take the organizing principal as, "whatever increases our power.
Our, in this case, being the right wing party and the interests they represent.
It is, however, hypocritical by the normative standards of our society, which don’t recognize that one group within our population is more equal than the others. (Ed.)
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Sorry about that. Trust me, I’d love to be all on board with the hating, but when there is an actual case to be made, come down on the side of the rule of law.
Just like we, at least on paper, don’t give a President open-ended authority to conduct war without the approval of Congress (don’t get me started on the AMUF that’s been used for almost two decades now to do just that…), where the laws say things, we need to adhere to that, or we undermine our whole system.
If the law is stupid or needs to be adjusted, then fix it. If there’s some other conflicting law that prevents fixing the first law (say, some restrictions on when the legislature meets in some States), then go fix that law, and then fix the first…
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No apology needed or sought. You just infuriate me because you think of the attenuating circumstances so quickly, and have a way of stating them with enviable clarity.
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Who cares about this bozo.? He like the rest should put on a mask and gloves and go for walk. The weather in the NYC area has been dreadful. 40’s and rain nearly every day. Today is near 60 and sunny. It’s not hard to keep distance and enjoy the exercise.
Stores can open but wear the equipment and don’t stay inside too long if you need something. Nails and hair if you hold a mask to your face and the providers does also do seem to be pretty ok. Be safe and be careful but you can only stay locked up so long.
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Fox talking point and you can take that to the bank.
"restrictions governors/ mayors put in place "
Case in point
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Next time you say something like that in regards to c_t please give a heads up,had coffee going down my throat.Monitor sprayed with coffee,thanks !
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Somewhere outside Chicago there is a land called Illinois.
It’s different.
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Now. Put down that mug of Lysol-laced coffee and thank G_d for MEEEEEEEEEEE…
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Can the Governor issue him an exemption from the science saying ingesting or injecting disinfectants is bad for you? Why be selective about the science you refuse to rely on?
While i do agree with you, Rep. Darren Bailey ® is behaving like a petty, vindictive Republican enema. As you are well aware, Republican enemas can be very unplesent, and vindictive, and petty.
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