Posted on 10/25/2017 5:15:04 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.) tweeted on Tuesday, "Dear Senator Jeff Flake: Welcome to the #Resistance," in response to Sen. Jeff Flake's (R., Ariz.) decision not to seek reelection and Senate floor speech in which he castigated colleagues for not standing up to President Donald Trump.
The congressman retweeted a segment of Flake's speech, adding his message of "welcome" to the Arizona senator whose term is up in 2018.
Ted Lieu ✔@tedlieu Dear Senator @JeffFlake: Welcome to the #Resistance. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/922906813342867456 … 3:28 PM - Oct 24, 2017
The original tweet from MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin included a short line from Flake's speech: "Mr. President, I rise today to say ‘enough.'"
Kyle Griffin ✔@kylegriffin1 Jeff Flake: "Mr. President, I rise today to say 'enough'." 3:25 PM - Oct 24, 2017
Griffin's caption highlights Flake's use of the phrase "Mr. President," seemingly unaware that the terminology is how senators address whoever is presiding over the U.S. Senate during floor speeches.
During the speech, Flake said the "coarseness" of the national dialogue under Trump should not be allowed to become the new normal.
Republican and Democratic senators alike praised Flake's tenure after his retirement announcement, but Lieu was unique in making such a political comment.
Lieu even responded directly to a Twitter user who said congress people who say they're "the #resistance should be stripped of powers."
Ted Lieu ✔ @tedlieu Dear Senator @JeffFlake: Welcome to the #Resistance. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/922906813342867456 …
Jacob Rains @Jacob_Rains2day congress people openly saying they are the #resistance , should be stripped of powers immediately. not fit to serve. 3:41 PM - Oct 24, 2017
Lieu, in response, repeated the hashtag three times.
16h Jacob Rains @Jacob_Rains2day Replying to @tedlieu @JeffFlake congress people openly saying they are the #resistance , should be stripped of powers immediately. not fit to serve.
Ted Lieu ✔@tedlieu #Resistance #Resistance #Resistance. Also, read the Constitution. One of my duties is to be a check and balance on the President. Get it? 3:43 PM - Oct 24, 2017
Lieu argued Flake's retirement shows Republicans don't want a unified Republican government.
Ted Lieu ✔@tedlieu Senator Jeff Flake retiring is evidence that many Republicans, just like most Americans, don't like unified #GOP control of the government. https://twitter.com/azcentral/status/922896989947179008 … 2:56 PM - Oct 24, 2017
This is not the first time Lieu has attacked Trump. He has accused Trump of "the greatest political crime in history," and his Twitter bio takes an intended jab at Trump. It ends with the line "Also, I don't take orders from Vladimir Putin."
Kind of sad so many members of the legislature really don’t want to make America great again. Like Rodney King said, CAN’T WE JUST ALL GET ALONG.
Dear flake, you rose to say “enough.” Good, you said it; now please go away.
Dear leiu, you don’t take orders from putin. Good, stay away from the dnc, and especially the clintons.
Posting that garbage from Twitter is nonsense.....We don’t care what people have written there and care less to see that jumbled mess - impossible to focus the eyes on it.. For goodness sake, just post what was said without all the hieroglyphics and we’ll still get the jest of it..
Pretty soon we’ll all be posting - “eirow fjdks eorp
cmnsdjks %*#&$(qw9” and when that catches on, Katy bar the door.
“the Resistance”.
These people are legends in their own minds.
Corkey and Flakey have no interest in MAGA. They have interest in spouting the platitudes sufficient to win elections and then playing the role of Washington Generals to the DNC/Coastal Urban Elites Halem Globetrotters. Gets nice and cushy in the club when you are not expected to actually do things like keep your dammed campaign promises.
Can’t be rid of wannabe back-benchers, not ready for prime time or even honoring their stump speeches, fast enough. I’ll give this a$$#at credit though — unwilling to lead and unable to follow, his is at least getting out of the way.
The CRAZY LOSERS from the FAKE CHURCH MORMON CULT continue their HOLY WAR against Trump and his supporters.
Piss off magic underwear KOLOB worshiping mormon cultist SCUM!!!!
“Welcome to the #Resistance”
I understand Leftists using this term, even if they have no clue as to where it comes from, but a CONGRESSMAN. Perhaps it’s worth a look into just where Mr. Lou’s loyalties lie...
Ted Lieu is a shrieking tea kettle of socialist nonsense. He won Henry Waxmans seat and is trying hard to out do Waxman in leftist zealotry.
He and the other crybaby Corker both chickensheeted out of their primaries. Bye bye schmucks. Next GOPeee fool step up please.
Lieu to Flake Following Retirement Announcement: ‘Welcome to the #Resistance’
‘Welcome to the #Resistance’
Shouldn’t that be Welcome to the, “Anti-American Side”
These pansies are so intent on destroying President Trump that they have become anti-American in nature.
I have been off line and otherwise busy for several days. Comcast shut down locally to do “maintenance” which they do every couple of years. It normally lasts a day. This time , three days later, I called and the local phone # was disconnected. There is no 800 number listed locally. I got my son in Alabama to call and assk them if they were still in business. They said er well there was a glitch in getting it all reconnected and got me going in half an hour. I put up FR and was pleasantly surprised to see Flake’s retirement. That makes the primary process a bit less rancorous, I think. I hope that many more will decide they need more time with their families rather than ignominiously lose a primary.
Once Trump supporters leave the GOP, it will return to being a regional Party.
Maybe they can all yell at the sky together Nov 8
The resistance trying to take credit for Trump draining the swamp? Now that’s funny:-)
Remember when politicians used to retire suddenly "to spend more time with their families?"
Well, welcome to the new version of "I'm determined to retire steps ahead of serious criminal prosecution or blackmail..."
"resistance" sounds much nobler... to our totally violent and ignorant low-IQ electorate.
Sounds better than "staying one step ahead of the authorities and deserved jail time..."
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