Posted on 05/05/2020 5:01:33 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
You understand why San Fran Nan won’t call the House back in session, right? It’s because she and Chuck Schumer are trying to shame Mitch McConnell into keeping the Senate shut down.
Why? Well, it’s obvious: They want to keep the Senate shut down in order to prevent the confirmation of President Trump’s judicial nominees and other key nominees like John Ratcliffe, who is up to become the Director of National Intelligence.
Luckily, McConnell is having none of it, and called the Senate back into session this week with his main goal to specifically get those nominees moving again. He understands that it is crucial for the nation to get back to some semblance of normalcy as soon as possible in order to avoid a massive economic depression, and that America won’t get back to some semblance of normalcy if its elected leaders are all holed up in their basements like Joe Biden and Chris Cuomo.
But Democrats are different – make no mistake about it. They don’t care about people dying or 30 million Americans having been put out of jobs; all they care about is politics. After all, the Wuhan Virus is killing mainly old people, and old people happen to be mostly Republican voters. Democrats like Pelosi and Schumer see this and their only thought is that man, this could really tilt a few congressional race in November if enough old people die in the right districts.
Those 30 million additional unemployed? To your typical Democrat politician, their only thought is that that is one huge target-rich environment of potential Democrat voters. If they can just keep enough of those 30 million on unemployment until November it could be an electoral gold mine.
Am I being overly cynical here, unfair to your Democrat “friends”? Not really. Take a look at this great graphic I found on Twitter the other day:
Image may contain: 7 people, possible text that says 'ABORTION THE DEMOCRATIC RESPONSE το EMERGENCY 1.) CLOSE CHURCHES AND GUN STORES 2.) KEEP MURDERING BABIES CLINICS. 3.) RELEASE FELONS. 4.) LOCK UP CITIZENS. 5.) SUBSIDIZE ILLEGAL ALIENS. 6.) BAN POTENTIALLY LIFE SAVING DRUGS. 7.) FUND THE KENNEDY CENTER. 8.) BUY PPE FROM CHINA. 9.) GIVE THEMSELVES A RAISE. 10.) BLOCK RELIEF FUNDS FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 11.) GO ON VACATION. 12.) INVESTIGATE TRUMP AGAIN. imgflip.co'
Now, the saddest part of this list is that each and every element of it is 100% true. Go ahead – try to convince me otherwise.
What’s more, the list is far from comprehensive. Here are some other items you could add to it:
13. Tried to give more money to Planned Parenthood.
14. Tried to insert language mandating “ballot harvesting”, i.e., voter fraud, into two stimulus bills.
15. Outlawed the use of motor boats to appease climate change alarmists.
16. Shut down beaches despite the knowledge that heat and sunlight kill the virus.
17. Shut down public parks and then went for walks in them.
18. Shut down “unnecessary” travel and then flew the governor of Illinois’ family to a posh resort in Florida.
19. Threatened to arrest people for “crimes” they have made up out of whole cloth.
The list could go on and on: The point is that, while President Trump and his task force have been working 100 hours a week for the last 3 months trying to save lives and deal with this pandemic, the Democrats have been working 100 hours a week doing little but trying to find ways to take political advantage of this tragic situation and extend it out for as long as possible. This is who they are, it is what they do.
We’ve noted this many times, but it deserves noting again: They are only able function in this despicable mode because of the fact that they literally own the nation’s news media. It’s why Pelosi had zero concerns about needlessly delaying two different stimulus bills while millions suffered: Because there was no political price to be paid for doing so.
Hell, people who get all their news from CNN, MSNBC, ABC and CBS didn’t even know she was doing it. With no one in the media working to hold them accountable, Democrat politicians no longer have a social filter. What’s more, they know their core voters have been so brainwashed by these corrupt media outlets that there is nothing they can do, no act so repugnant, to make them vote for anyone else.
You don’t have to believe me – just take a look at this tweet from Harvey Weinstein’s attack dog Democrat lawyer Lisa Bloom:
Lisa Bloom ✔ @LisaBloom I believe you, Tara Reade. You have people who remember you told them about this decades ago. We know he is "handsy." You're not asking for $. You've obviously struggled mightily with this. I still have to fight Trump, so I will still support Joe. But I believe you. And I'm sorry https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/1255998888114188288 …
This is Democrat core voters in a nutshell: They know Biden abused, harassed and raped Tara Reade, but they don’t care. If Biden’s the nominee, they’re voting for him anyway. Because Trump. And maybe science or something.
This is who they are; it is what they do. To them, everything in life is a political calculation. Once you accept that about your Democrat “friends,” everything they say and do makes perfect sense.
That is all.
So since McConnell called the Senate back for the sole purpose to approve judges then why does it matter that the House isn’t there?
Because she’s an imperious old pig who would do the political landscape a favor if she’d throw an embolism and have the clot clog up that walnut she calls a brain. If she had a CT scan, it would probably look like it was left over from the holiday nut bowl from 2007. Even the ceramic squirrel holding the nutcrackers wouldn’t touch it.
McConnell didn’t call “the senate back for the sole purpose to approve judges”.
the house and senate have differing purposes over all, both are supposed to be working for USA citizens at this time,but only one is.
Well, to most liberals, to all liberal politicians, politics IS their life, their religion. Then again, they have rejected religion, so they have no other life.
Well, over half the deaths are in deep blue New York State and New Jersey, with a solid chunk of New York State deaths in NYC alone, which voted for Hilary Clinton by 70%. I doubt if old folks passing on in NYC is going to do a whole lot of damage the GOP.
Schumer complains about the time in Washington the Senate must spend to go through these nominees.
McConnell and Trump should point out that for 240 years the minority party in the Senate did not require the senate to use up the maximum hours of floor debate time for every single nominee. Schumer and his party created the need for a Senate to be in session to get this done.
A simple agreement between the two parties to allow votes on many nominees without all the floor debate time and this could be wrapped up quickly.
Schumer is the one who is forcing the senate to be in session.
If McConnel wants all of Congress back in session, and Pelosi does not want that and Pelosi will not call the House back in session, then under -
The Constitution Article II Section 3
“He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.”
They keys are:
1. on extraordinary occasions (which PELOSI has decided the Wuhan Virus is making), and
2. in case of disagreement between the House and the Senate on having or not having Congress in session
Trump could totally adjourn Congress and make recess appointments.
The problem is the use by both Houses of “pro forma” sessions, where they have not officially adjourned, but are in fact not functioning.
Trump could try it and take it to SCOTUS which would have to decide (1) do they want to get into the matter, and (2) what does a “pro forma” session mean when it comes to Article II, section 3 and the executive’s power to adjourn Congress under extraordinary circumstances.
So what else are they doing?
Nancy would rather see the country go to hell in a hand basket than give Trump credit for ANYTHING.
It’s what Communists do.
Ask yourself...what exactly can you accomplish against Trump and the GOP controlled Senate? Zero. Senate will go back to judges, and confirm cabinet posts. Pelosi and team won’t have anything to brag about for next 100 days. Try to explain that to the general public in Sep/Oct prior to the election.
they are having committee meetings - fauci is due to speak to one of the senate committees this week. I don’t know their full schedule, but they are confirming other positions other than judges. Dems have help up many nominees for Trumps appointed positions, then they want to comment on how he doesn’t have many positions filled years into his term.
I’m sure Schumer and others trying to obstruct senate work will likely sit on their hands, paly video games and call family etc otherwise do non senate business and time wasting things as much as they can just because their main focus is to not get real work done.
DIMs/LIBs/Leftists are malignancies upon civil societies. They must be crushed. Don’t be weak. Show them NO quarter in any situation.
That's an assumption on your part.
The author didn't say McConnell is keeping the Senate in session solely to appoint judges, he said that Pelosi is keeping the House out of session to shame McConnell into doing the same in order to stop appointing judges.
-PJ
All of those now deceased voters will vote democRAT, 100%.
One pathetic and disgusting aspect of this “closure” of congress is that the taxpayers are getting shafted by having to pay the congresslosers and their vast staff while they are on a many month vacation. Hey. you thieves...stop stealing money from us taxpayers!
-PJ
Feinstein just wants to stop President Trump from getting his judges confirmed.Since it's something that the House can't do, the House is free to adjourn.
But not the Senate, so Feinstein, the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, complains.
Calling the Senate into session is actually independent of calling the House into session. It is entirely upon Speaker Pelosi for stalling on the opening of the House.
More foot dragging and passive-aggressive resistance.
Nancy is sure piling up the points for her side in the 2020 election. Non-performance of obligations is still performance.
The media is helping as usual. Not much mention of the daily chapter 13 bankruptcies on the news, just more panic about 3000 deaths if we reopen.
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