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I was alive and old enough in 2009 to remember when Joe Wilson interrupted Obama’s SOTU address by shouting “You Lie!”. Pepperidge farm remembers
Pepperidge farm is a heavy supporter of Trump, FYI.
That blows, welp, fuck IRL Pepperidge Farm
I definitely didn’t watch it for fear of hearing Trump’s voice, but it seemed like Al Green wouldn’t stop, which was why he was removed. Correct me if in wrong, cause I’m not going to watch it.
I mean yeah that was the point. He was calling out a dictatorial government for dismantling necessary government programs and institutions that tons of Americans rely on until they removed him from the room. Which is awesome! It’s the kind of shit more Democrats should be doing.
Him getting removed isn’t the problem, it was the fact that 10 cowards from his own party voted to censure him for it and a bunch of other Dems sat by and did nothing.
I wish The Boondocks were still around. I’d love to hear Riley and Huey’s commentary on this.
What do you mean? Some of them wore pink to protest… Or blue and yellow ties in support of Ukraine… Or held up small signs… If that doesn’t save America, I don’t know what will!
Massive /s
It feels more like the punishment was based on the letter next to their name as opposed to the color of their skin, but maybe that’s just me.
The letter is closely associated with the skin color.
Por que no los dos?
Iirc, the difference was who had control of the House. Both times, the Republicans controlled the House.
10 democrats joined Republicans in voting for the censure.
Vote blue no matter who!
The woman who failed to give a hand job in a musical is going to be so proud when she can no longer vote for some reason.
That’s a different one, Boebert, giving handies at all-ages musicals. This one, Green, fucked her CrossFit trainer or something.
Also:
Perjury Trailer Queen > Marjory Taylor Green.
My apologies, The Debutante Trash all blend together in my head 😔
Some democrats were willing to sing with Al Green during the censure hearing. But even so, other Democrats voted to censure Green.
When the ones backing Green sang a protest song after censure there was a counter chorus of republicans demanding Johnson have them dragged them out by security immediately. But they kept singing.
The fascists crumpled and went to recess without motion.
Imagine not just listening to the fascists for once, FFS.
Those 10 democrats absolutely should get a piece of our mind. Call them, email them, the works. But, also, 10 out of over 200 is inconsequential, we hold our politicians to a higher standard, Al got himself removed from congress on a day where Congress took no less than 80 actions on record, and it would have passed regardless.
As a consequentialist I don’t blame Al Green but I also don’t see his actions being effective or commendable.
Actions which inspire matter; even in a corrupt system like this. This was the first time I was inspired by a democrat in a while.
Sanders always inspires, so does not count; and if others are doing stuff it goes unnoticed in my feeds.
So Green did something important, noticed by people, breaking up the ebb and flow of hopelessness
If a lawmaker at a singular event gets into the feed twice it’s because it mattered. If it gets into the feed 4 times per day for a week, it’s because it’s because somebody wants to push a narrative. In the case of Al Green, the narrative is that Dems aren’t good enough unless they’re getting dragged out of Congress.
You say that like it’s a bad thing. It’s not, because throughout history in the face of bad governance, when normal measures fail. People are expected to make a scene
My first thought was in the South Park game how the difficulty slider just changes the skin color
This is because he isn’t a republican. If he was a republican it would be fine
