The framing of this article’s headline is stupidly misleading. The vote was closed PRECISELY because they were still in traffic. If they showed up on time, they would have simply waited for the other Republicans to show up to. It’s almost like the Republican who called for this vote tried to pull a staunt BEFORE THE BLUE WAVE IS IN OFFICE IN JANUARY to divide us with this vote. And since people only read headlines or listen to political pundits these days, it unfortunately worked.
My first thought when I saw a Republican brought up the vote was similar. I am wondering if they are bringing up the vote now before the blue-nami comes in because it probably will fail now. If it fails now, can it be brought up again after January, or would that be prevented due to double jeopardy?
This is why you show up easy dumbass. This isn’t a regular office job. This is people’s lives.
Traffic between congress and aipac hq is heavy… full of congresspeople at all hours day and night. We get it. But the vote was important and the timing of the vote was known several days in advance.
i thought you were just being facetious… but they were literally attending an aipac front group meeting https://newrepublic.com/post/217861/full-list-11-democrats-missed-hegseth-impeachment-vote-where-they-were-instead
There is literally a metro line from Reagan and Dulles to capitol hill, unless the train was on fire (again) or doing barrel rolls on the tracks (again), there is no excuse. Name and shame.
When you have one job and you fail to do it on the most important times, you get removed from that job.
Remove them all, no excuses. They have a super cushy job, amazing pay and benefits and they can’t even show up on the most important days.
Yeah…this right here, this is why I am not getting my hopes up. The Democrats don’t view themselves as a force of history.
They don’t aspire to be the political leaders who will fight corruption, wrestle back control from oligarchs, or provide equality and prosperity to the people. They view themselves as managers.
A committee here, a senate hearing there… ‘What’s that? Trump accepted a bribe from the Russians? I’ll be sure to write a strongly worded letter!’
I fully agree. We need politicians with passion
I am once again reminding you of the power of being armed and organized. That we can make them do their jobs again if they are sufficiently afraid of the populace.
Do you think the George Floyd protests would have gone better if everyone there had guns
Extrapolate on your point, if you have one.
Given recent examples of how the government responds to protesters, I do not believe individuals threatening violence can convince congress to do anything other than violently crack down on individuals threatening violence.
The good news, unlike aristocracy, voting can still change seats.
Cool. So your political morality is just one in which the government’s entitlement to your obedience increases in direct proportion to how willing it is to fucking kill you.
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Lol, wuss. Not surprised you deleted your comment, you don’t have any guts to stand by your beliefs or convictions, or even your “witty” one liners.
So you’re saying people shouldn’t retract statements that get downvoted? Ok
I’ll say it again then. Call me when you’re ready to do a blue January 6th lol
Also you’re getting mad at me for being the victim of coercion, and pretending that coercion is not a valid motivator to do things. If someone is gonna kill me, of course I’m gonna do what they say
Considering how our government responds to citizens in general, including depriving them of the Right to Due Process, the underpinning of the social contract between the populace and the state. I honestly don’t see much of a difference except in one scenario you’re empowered with a group to fight back and the other you’re being impregnated or killed inside one of the Concentration Camps.
Do you believe it’s better to just roll over and do nothing?
Define “better”
Do they not have phones?
You know they’re fucking overpaid and underworked when all they do is show up for 15 minutes to vote and then leave. Every single member of Congress should be in that building from 8-5 every fucking weekday, 52 weeks a year.
You do know that they have responsiblities outside of DC in their home states? As well as committee responsiblities. Your comment identifies your ignorance of how the US government works.
What really needs to happen is a reform in how congress votes that allows them to vote remotely. This will also allow the House to expand and provide proportional representation, and would nearly eliminate the ability to gerrymander a district.
I’m talking in hyperbole. Obviously they have committees. And sure they need to be in their home state for town halls and constituent meetings, but the vast majority of their time should be spent on the floor of the Congress. They should be reading and debating bills, not just popping in for a quick vote.
i mean obviously the machinery of how the us government works is his direct complaint, and his call to action involves changing said “how things work” because obviously they are not working. they do not read the bills they vote for, they vote how they are told, they are not held to account for not being there for votes obviously, they spend ungodly amounts of time calling rich doners to beg for money for votes. using privileged information for insider trading. and so forth
Sure it was, vote their useless asses out of office!
Not even the first time they’ve used this excuse
Lol I remember when Hasan Minhaj pointed out how lame the congress hearing hot seat actually was because the hall itself was mostly empty, with lawmakers showing up for like 15 minutes to ask some questions before they left.
They specifically never do a wide shot that would otherwise show that Congress doesn’t care enough to actually host a serious session with a significant portion of members present.
The Onion has also made several satirical articles about this already as well. Congress magically failing to pass a measure or law because of some externally convenient reason is nothing new.
I would even bet cash money that Dem leadership asked Johnson to speedrun the vote so they have a fake reason to walk to the media with instead of a noshow or a vote for hegseth.
That’s not an excuse. How many of you would get fired for missing a major work event because of traffic?
That’s more likely to be a verbal or written warning for people in a sane workplace. If it became a pattern of behaviour, on the other hand…
Bull. Shit.
meet the new boss…same as the old boss…
