Politics Thread

[Masterofreality]

AOC put out a video tweet. I can’t post it here, but here’s the gist:

After an assassination attempt on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brags in her video tweet about stopping a bill to protect Supreme Court justices and their families.

Hmmm. Did Nancy Pelosi hold this up the bill because AOC ran over and told her to?

What about that Paul????

[Strange Brew]

Have no idea what your are talking about.
Of course I'm unhappy anyone like a mentally challenged guy is targeting a judge.
Heck, a judge was killed recently by a guy who he had sentenced years before.
I was responding to the comment that Dems were holding up a bill for security of judges. It was passed by unanimous consent in the Senate, and the House is trying to broaden the bill for more protection for the staff.
And yes...I wish you had that level of concern about the safety of the Vice President.
Maybe you agree with the former President who apparently said of the VP when they were chanting "Hang Mike Pence"...."maybe he deserves it."
You guys amaze me some times.

He said he never said it. Cheney is lying. What a shock!

Nice use of "apparently" Paul....

[paulxu]

You can't do it, can you? Discuss what happened to Justice Kavanaugh without bringing up Trump, Pence or J6th. Do you think Chuck Schumer was out of his line with his comments? Would you agree that intimidating Supreme Court justices is a threat to democracy?

Schumer used common language regarding consequences, and realized that they may be misunderstood, so quickly clarified when asked:

Schumer had previously retracted his comments, saying from the Senate floor that he "should not have used the words [he] used" the day before.
"They didn't come out the way I intended to," the senator said in 2020. "My point was that there would be political consequences—political consequences—for President Trump and Senate Republicans if the Supreme Court, with the newly confirmed justices, stripped away a woman's right to choose."
"Of course, I didn't intend to suggest anything other than political and public opinion consequences for the Supreme Court, and it is a gross distortion to imply otherwise," he added.

I will agree he was out of line in that a person in his position should understand how easily one can take those sorts of comments out of context.

I would agree that anyone directly intimidating a Supreme Court justice is a threat to that justice, and by extension a threat to our system of democracy.

[noteggs]

Yea I think the delay is with “other employees and their family’s”. Boy is that going to be a hefty tab. Not to say this is not a noble idea and something we may need to do later, but the current bill will not add to the deficit because they can simply redirect the funds.

Just pass the bill and work on the rest. No need to delay because each side doesn’t get 100% of their wish list at this time. This one of the big problems with Washington these days.

It is my understanding the main reason for the added employee protection is for the leaker on Roe. Just do a one off protection for this individual regardless of the lack of responsibility they displayed. A lot of crazy MFer’s out there.

[paulxu]

News Flash: There were no “gallows”.

This is either (A) Fake News or (B) An Alternative fact. You can take your pick.

https://www.usnews.com/news/national...cted-officials

[paulxu]

AOC put out a video tweet. I can’t post it here, but here’s the gist:

After an assassination attempt on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brags in her video tweet about stopping a bill to protect Supreme Court justices and their families.

Hmmm. Did Nancy Pelosi hold this up the bill because AOC ran over and told her to?

What about that Paul????

How 'bout sending me the link to the video so I can take a look at it.

[paulxu]

He said he never said it. Cheney is lying. What a shock!

Nice use of "apparently" Paul....

She said "you will hear.."
I used "apparently" while we await to see if Trump's quote is repeated to the committee by an eyewitness to that exchange.

[paulxu]

Just pass the bill and work on the rest. No need to delay because each side doesn’t get 100% of their wish list at this time. This one of the big problems with Washington these days.

I agree. Now, all this talk of having the Justices safety bill held up, what about the gun safety bill passed by the House but on hold in the Senate?

[Strange Brew]

She said "you will hear.."
I used "apparently" while we await to see if Trump's quote is repeated to the committee by an eyewitness to that exchange.

Yes, an eyewitness heard something. That's called hearsay Paul.

[paulxu]

AOC put out a video tweet. I can’t post it here, but here’s the gist:

After an assassination attempt on Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brags in her video tweet about stopping a bill to protect Supreme Court justices and their families.

Hmmm. Did Nancy Pelosi hold this up the bill because AOC ran over and told her to?

What about that Paul????

I found it. She's not trying to stop it. She just want people to put their names to a vote...since they are unwilling to vote on a law to protect children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLqnxzkJIJ4