PA GOP Lashes Out At Toomey Conviction Vote: He Was Not Elected To ‘Do The Right Thing’ | Talking Points Memo

misterneutron · February 16, 2021, 1:57pm

“We don’t need no stinking subtlety or nuance!”

old_curmudgeon · February 16, 2021, 1:58pm

Unintentional honesty.

wtfinsc · February 16, 2021, 1:59pm

GOP is masterful of saying the quiet things out loud.

We did not send him there to ‘do the right thing

There is no more party. Just bodies able to cast a vote at the direction of the masters above.

ajswift89 · February 16, 2021, 2:00pm

“We did not send him there to do the right thing or whatever he said he was doing. We sent him there to represent us.”

They realize how damning this is, right? I mean it’s also honest (rare for Republicans!), but it’s straight up “Trump and the Party over truth and your personal wishes”.

They’re fascists, the whole lot.

phlebas · February 16, 2021, 2:02pm

Rare honesty from a state GOP.

1american · February 16, 2021, 2:03pm

It’s the Pennsylvania Republican party where we wake up every day happy to to the wrong thing.

splunge · February 16, 2021, 2:03pm

We did not send him there to do the right thing

The Republican party platform in a nutshell.

kelaine · February 16, 2021, 2:05pm

That’s definitely not true.

And among many other things, I was giddy with pride for Pennsylvania on November 6, 2020 when the state was finally called for Joe Biden.

mec · February 16, 2021, 2:05pm

Concepts like oath to the Constitution and nation of laws sure can be inconvenient.

Lacuna-Synecdoche · February 16, 2021, 2:05pm

Republicans: The Party of Doing the Wrong Thing.

Seriously, though, Toomey was elected by Pennsylvania and represents all of Pennsylvania, not just Republicans. So what percentage of Pennsylvanians (and not just PA Republicans) wanted Trump to be convicted? I mean, PA voted for Biden, so the majority of them already wanted Trump out of office, impeachment trial or not.

And Toomey represented them. The PA GOP really has nothing to bitch about.

zlohcuc · February 16, 2021, 2:06pm

There’s a bad movie title in there somewhere…these people are a danger to themselves and others…

castor_troy · February 16, 2021, 2:06pm

Pride or relief? Took y’all long enough to get around to it.

daveminnj · February 16, 2021, 2:06pm

Which reminds me— “Do the Right Thing”—can someone clue me in on the title of the movie?

schmed · February 16, 2021, 2:06pm

JorgeP · February 16, 2021, 2:07pm

For those worrying we didn’t get enough out of impeaching Trump. - this investment will continue to pay dividends for a while.

tomtolson · February 16, 2021, 2:07pm

All this centuring from Republican party officials of fellow Republicans sounds a lot like the the screaming, wailing and gnashing of teeth from those trying to convince anyone who will listen that the Titanic will not only continue to float but will show up in New York in short order.

kelaine · February 16, 2021, 2:07pm

Both

I’m at work.

p.s. I don’t know if I love you anymore.

ralph_vonholst · February 16, 2021, 2:07pm

Well, be fair. He hasn’t done the right thing very often.

davidn · February 16, 2021, 2:08pm

The Right Wing party literally says do not do the right thing.

I guess a classic example of so far right it insists on wrong.

chelsea530 · February 16, 2021, 2:08pm

He Was Not Elected To ‘Do The Right Thing

I read that, and then I read it again. Wait, what?!

Then I thought, “Holy crap!”

They need to hear themselves, because this ain’t right. Not at all.