I swear, last week I was watching the debate over Marjorie Scott Greene staying in her special House committees, and I keep hoping just one Congressperson would throw the prepared notes in the air and shout:
JEWISH? SPACE? LASERS?
… and stomp off.
Why was there a debate? Why wasn’t she evicted entirely, immediately? If there were ever a need for a recall election this would be it.
10 responses to “That’s All They Needed to Say”
Yes. On both counts. Except if you stomp off, maybe then you couldn’t vote.
But yes. Since being elected, she has said *plenty* to make her ineligible to hold any position of responsibility. (I am really glad they took her off the education committee. Really, really, really glad.)
KC – Points to those ten republicans who voted against her.
DEFINITELY.
Although I am not sure any of the previously-sitting Republicans have regained enough points to be out of the red after their actions and votes during Trump’s tenure (see: ye olde first impeachment, which was… fairly clear). Still: points.
KC – and more points to be had today: some voted to proceed with the impeachment.
I am so glad of that. (a la Twitter account closure, this should have happened at the start of Definite Big Problems, but hey, better late than never, usually?)
KC – still won’t be enough to impeach.
Probably not. But I enthusiastically hope to be wrong and also this is totally insane (the white house got the permit extended to cover a march to the capitol???),
KC – if million mom marches and women’s groups have the right to march, you can’t deny it to the president. I hope they double down on Trump’s inaction – that’s about all they have that’s concrete, they don’t really have anything but inciting a riot, and isn’t that just being a good politician – getting people to act? If only they had some MAGA organizer with emails from Trump saying something like “kill the capitol police.”
Sure, can’t deny the right, but also can’t pretend he didn’t intend to send the “rally” in the direction of the Capitol.
The combination of inaction (which was not due to busy-ness – he called Tuberville to ask him for a favor – nor lack of awareness that a mob was attacking the Capitol – which, if they have a witness they can call to Trump’s reported response to that, is… something), the inciting, the “I love you” stuff… eugh. There’s also the question of what exactly happened to that request for National Guard support for the Capitol that day before that day, because if you have planned for something to be “wild” and refuse adequate defensive measures, that also suggests something.
I mean. In addition to tricking the crowd into thinking Mike Pence had *just* failed to “stop the steal” and all the lies and the “fight!” and the I-hope-our-armed-forces-join-you and the if-you-don’t-do-something-you-won’t-have-a-country-anymore and the rest of it. It’s nuts.
KC – regarding lies, I thought Gore’s election was stolen, until they did an all-Florida recount. He’d have lost if they’d done the recount he wanted, but won if they’d recounted all of Florida. And then after I heard that, I settled down. Perhaps if some rabid pro-trump outlet paid for a recount, and they saw they lost, mayyyybe … maybe they’d settle down? Although, I’ve found that people who follow their heart and not their head don’t buy reason – maybe Pence could make a deal that Trump will say he lost and then he can live free of prosecution.