Another display of dangerous @HouseGOP extremism.
Despite being pressed 5 times, @SteveScalise won't affirm the 2020 election.
"You just refuse to say, unequivocally, that the 2020 election was not stolen?"
"I've asked it, I think, the 5th time…You can't appear to answer." pic.twitter.com/bTNbUoAzC9
— Andrew Bates (@AndrewJBates46) November 5, 2023
Category: Right Wing Coup
Obstructing justice
🚨 #BREAKING: @Jim_Jordan and @RepJamesComer Launch Inquiry into D.C. Attorney General's Politically Motivated Investigation of Leonard Leo pic.twitter.com/6ciWxhKzE5
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) October 30, 2023
Coming attractions
The Alliance Defending Freedom has its sights set on rolling back LGBTQ rights. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson worked there for nearly a decadehttps://t.co/Ml1004J0po
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) October 29, 2023
People who talk to God are frequently ungodly
Psaki: I would love to know what passage in the bible told Johnson to become one of the most important architects behind trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election. Which passage? Was it god whispering in his ear to ignore the constitution and disenfranchise millions of voters? pic.twitter.com/7RBrWgdFAQ
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 29, 2023
Our new Speaker
I might be wrong, but to me, Johnson appears to be a classic Republican closet case. Anyone who spends so much time worrying about what other people do in the bedroom usually have secrets of their own:
Speaker #AbortionBanMike barely had the gavel in hand before he was blathering away about Scripture and the BIBLE in full unConstitutional Christofascist glory. https://t.co/9VQZVsDKFu
— HawaiiDelilah™ 🟦 🇺🇸🇺🇦✡️ (@HawaiiDelilah) October 25, 2023
He’s already signifying his theocratic fascism. Do not be hoodwinked by his soft spoken gee whiz aw shucks ness. He’s a toxic fanatic who worked tirelessly to overthrow a 247-year-old democracy. In court. On the floor 1/7/21.
He’s a pro Trump religious zealot with an agenda.
— Hal Corley (@Halcyon270) October 25, 2023
This is what he needs to say, but I’m on the other side of this. I absolutely think Republicans will try to sabotage the election and/or transfer of power again. And I firmly believe the next election is going to decide the fate of democracy in this country. https://t.co/PG1RWOxENb
— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) October 25, 2023
Extremist cops. I know, it seems redundant.
At least 27 current and former Chicago police officers appeared in leaked Oath Keepers roster, per various reports. Read this article. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾https://t.co/UgCgDEBurD
— AboveAndBeyond..✊🏾 (@GenX_74) October 24, 2023
How to
Every functioning democracy has, at its core, three structural elements that keep it together. Which is why, of course, the GOP has trained its guns on all three; for the whole story, click below:https://t.co/UOJMseK0gJ
— Thom Hartmann (@Thom_Hartmann) October 23, 2023
Jordan might lose more votes
I can’t believe that they’re seriously trying to put an insurrectionist third in line to the presidency. Don’t want to give MAGAs with guns ideas!
Jim Jordan refuses to answer whether he thinks President Biden won the 2020 election and is the legitimate president of the United States pic.twitter.com/47CZAsQjYZ
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) October 17, 2023
Jacked up
🚨📰 ”We don’t have a corruption problem here”, local prosecutors told Jack Smith, the visiting head of DOJ’s public corruption unit.
Smith’s reply:
“Oh yeah you do.”So much new to learn about the guy taking on Trump, thanks to @RoigFranzia https://t.co/53t9pHBtRi
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) October 3, 2023
Ha ha
Vote to Remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House Succeeds: 216-210
“The office of Speaker of the House is hereby declared vacant” pic.twitter.com/abEGbZdCxQ
— Acyn (@Acyn) October 3, 2023
So Republicans on the Problem Solvers Group expected Democrats to commit political hari-kari because the GOP can’t govern itself out of a paper bag? https://t.co/8vNLzZH8vN
— Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) (@speechboy71) October 3, 2023
In a dear colleague letter, Hakeem Jeffries cites the partisan summer showdown over the NDAA as one of the reasons House Dem leadership will vote to vacate Speaker McCarthy. pic.twitter.com/qovKPYec0E
— Mark Satter (@marksatter) October 3, 2023
The Speaker of the House is chosen by the Majority Party. In this Congress, it is the responsibility of House Republicans to choose a nominee & elect the Speaker on the Floor. At this time there is no justification for a departure from this tradition.
The House will be in order.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) October 3, 2023
Crucial point in @RepJeffries's statement: Again and again, the whole GOP conference, so-called moderates included, have enabled and actively empowered MAGA. https://t.co/ncZ8AbTIES
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) October 3, 2023