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Democrats End Sit-In After 25 Hours, Drawing Attention to Gun Control
NY Times ^ | June 23, 2016 | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and EMMARIE HUETTEMAN

Posted on 06/23/2016 11:27:40 AM PDT by Innovative

House Democrats ended their 25-hour sit-in over gun control legislation on Thursday, a protest Speaker Paul D. Ryan labeled a high-profile stunt that undermined the basic institutions of government.

Mr. Ryan said he was “not going to allow stunts like this to stop us from carrying out the people’s business.” He added, “This is about a publicity stunt and now a fund-raising scheme.”

But on legislative business, it was Mr. Ryan who prevailed. He personally reclaimed control of the House, pounding his gavel and muscling through a major appropriations bill that included funding for combating the Zika virus, without debate.

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To: Innovative

On Facebook, the media is breathlessly promoting this...and commenters are relentlessly bashing and ridiculing it


41 posted on 06/23/2016 12:13:12 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Innovative

RATS looked like petulant children throwing a tantrum on the House floor. Apparently they thought their elderly “civil rights hero” would make people think they were emulating MLK. Ironic that they conflate civil rights with attacking the Constitutional rights of gun owners.


42 posted on 06/23/2016 12:15:55 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Enchante

If you were as fugly as Rosa, you’d use mind-altering drugs, too.


43 posted on 06/23/2016 12:17:24 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Innovative

They got my attention!!!!!!!!

Now who did what again for which reason???


44 posted on 06/23/2016 12:36:35 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Innovative

45 posted on 06/23/2016 12:38:48 PM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: Innovative
I think the Democrats looked bad with this. Also, as we discussed on other threads, gun control has always been a losing issue for the Dems in elections.

That's why more and more Democrats have stopped using the term "Gun Control", and are now referring to the issue as "Gun Safety" (after all, who can be opposed to safety?) The Dems are experts at using language to influence the debate - they're no longer "Illegal Aliens", they're "undocumented immigrants." It's no longer "Global Warming", it's "Climate Change", and soon it will no longer be "Gun Control", it will be "Gun Safety." We should not let them get away with these little word games any longer. Keep defining the issue as Gun Control. As Rush Limbaugh has said so many times over the years, "words mean things."

46 posted on 06/23/2016 12:44:49 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Innovative

I would like a clip of those old folks trying to stand up from their sit-in. Being old my-own-bad self it would provide some entertainment


47 posted on 06/23/2016 12:45:48 PM PDT by vortec94
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To: circlecity

I was looking forward to a nice quiet mid week evening then THIS had to happen and completely spoil my plans...


48 posted on 06/23/2016 1:03:10 PM PDT by Clutch Martin
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To: vette6387

What a collection of certifiable schmucks.


49 posted on 06/23/2016 1:18:37 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Innovative

Should have been DRAGGED out of there like any other protester would have been. Bunch of hippies 60’s types still playing with sit-ins. Pathetic. And shame on Ryan for allowing it. Look what happened to Joe Wilson with two words: You Lied .... full censure by the house, and these idiots actually break the rules and Ryan gives them a pass. Ryan has to go!


50 posted on 06/23/2016 1:27:28 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ( Anything FREELY-GIVEN by the government was TAKEN from someone else.)
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To: Innovative

You can draw my attention to a steaming pile of dog crap, it doesn’t mean that I’m buying.


51 posted on 06/23/2016 2:04:37 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard; Innovative

“Drawing Attention to Gun Control”

“More like drawing attention AWAY from Islamic terrorism and Obama’s incompetence.”


Also, drawing attention away from Trump’s deconstruction of Hillary’s campaign.


52 posted on 06/23/2016 2:06:19 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: I want the USA back

“Damned dems. You should be concerned about the millions of muzzies streaming in, and not trying to take guns from the good guys.”


You seem to have forgotten that Liberalism is a mental disorder. It makes one hate one’s country, and completely disconnects that logic function.


53 posted on 06/23/2016 2:07:46 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: orchestra

Wrong! Funny, but wrong. You assume that anything having to do with liberals, including their tears, has any use or value.


54 posted on 06/23/2016 2:11:43 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Ancesthntr

Okay, I’ll give you that. But you get my meaning I’m sure.


55 posted on 06/23/2016 2:43:44 PM PDT by orchestra ((And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.))
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To: orchestra

Of course; just having a bit of fun.


56 posted on 06/23/2016 2:49:22 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Cowboy Bob
They did nothing but sit for 25 hours

At LEAST they could have played "Twister" with Nancy Pelosi.

57 posted on 06/23/2016 10:33:07 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far.)
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To: petercooper

These are the same idiots that were having sit-ins on college campuses in the 60’s high as kites on weed and acid.

This ain’t the 60’s. Nobody gives a sh*t.


58 posted on 06/23/2016 10:57:42 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: Innovative

They had to end it. Their Life Alert necklaces kept going off.


59 posted on 06/24/2016 5:47:05 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Innovative

Normally I would write Congress to complain. But Raúl Grijalva on the list is my Congressman since I moved a few years ago. He’s so radically Communist that I don’t write him for fear of an IRS audit (since Lerner was never punished.)


60 posted on 06/24/2016 6:02:20 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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