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Rep. Thomas Massie's Must Read Thread on GOP House: "I once had breakfast with Supreme Court Justice Scalia ..."
X ^ | May 6 | Rep. Thomas Massie

Posted on 05/06/2024 7:58:25 AM PDT by RandFan

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Great thread/post!
1 posted on 05/06/2024 7:58:25 AM PDT by RandFan
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2 posted on 05/06/2024 8:00:17 AM PDT by RandFan
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Massie is quite possibly the last great conservative in congress (if not the whole of the federal government [Thomas and Alito excepted]).


3 posted on 05/06/2024 8:01:14 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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Justice Scalia, the one who was disappeared, in favor of Anthony Kennedy? I’m surprised his name is still allowed here.


4 posted on 05/06/2024 8:01:18 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Kavanaugh replaced Scalia


5 posted on 05/06/2024 8:04:13 AM PDT by Othniel77
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use our majority to wield the power of the purse for the benefit of America

Yep, shut down government and make the executive branch and the senate come to the table.

6 posted on 05/06/2024 8:04:33 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Congress has the power to shut down expenditures being wielded by Biden. He has NOT the power to do it. The Treasury (run by Yellen) is party to this theft of public money.

Cut them off. Cut off the funding. Either make Johnson do it or hold onto him for now and replace the Congress members who continue to support him


7 posted on 05/06/2024 8:04:45 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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It doesn’t matter who the Speaker is. Waiting for those who have never defended constitutionalism to defend constitutionalism is the definition of insanity. Creative alternatives are needed.


8 posted on 05/06/2024 8:05:09 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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A one vote majority, minority in the Senate and opposed by the President does NOT give the Speaker the ability to control government!


9 posted on 05/06/2024 8:06:36 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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"There was concern that Obama was doing things we hadn’t authorized and Boehner had convinced most of my GOP colleagues there wasn’t anything we could do about it."

10 posted on 05/06/2024 8:07:33 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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[[Boehner had convinced them the executive was too powerful for us. ]]

Can’t beleive that that surrender monkey was ever in the position he was!


11 posted on 05/06/2024 8:09:12 AM PDT by Bob434
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Justice Scalia, the one who was disappeared, in favor of Anthony Kennedy? I’m surprised his name is still allowed here.

Scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986. Kennedy was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1988. Scalia died on February 13, 2016. Kennedy retired from the Court in July 2018.

You know, conspiracy theories rarely gain any significant traction when the basic facts are misrepresented. That is to say, you have to work a bit harder than that, if you want to get anywhere with it.

12 posted on 05/06/2024 8:09:47 AM PDT by DSH
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Imagine if Robert Bork would have been on the Supreme Court and not pushed out by Joe Biden and Ted Kennedy


13 posted on 05/06/2024 8:10:28 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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Actually, Gorsuch replaced Scalia, and he is an Anthony Kennedy disciple, and so was Kavanaugh. Gorsuch actually was on the Court with Kennedy for a year, and was significantly to the left of him of Kennedy. Then Kavanaugh replaced Kennedy. And just like that, the Scalia legacy was stamped out.


14 posted on 05/06/2024 8:10:46 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Yes, imagine.


15 posted on 05/06/2024 8:11:12 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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[[I’m relating this story now because we find ourselves in the same situation today. ]]

And the swamp remains as deep and destructive to our nation as ever!


16 posted on 05/06/2024 8:11:28 AM PDT by Bob434
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What conspiracy theory did I say? I can’t help if you misunderstood what I said.


17 posted on 05/06/2024 8:12:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Can’t believe that that surrender monkey was ever in the position he was!

Think about the quality of the last 4-6 GOP speakers. You'd probably get better quality from picking 4-6 people randomly from the top 100 golfers.

18 posted on 05/06/2024 8:12:27 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Cut them off. Cut off the funding. Either make Johnson do it or hold onto him for now and replace the Congress members who continue to support him

How is this to be accomplished with a 1 vote majority, and a bunch of squishy Republicans?

Speaker Johnson cannot just order it to happen.

Yes, the House of Representatives has the power of the purse. But Republicans have a very tenuous hold on the House, and they do not have control of the old Media and tech oligarchs, who are undercutting them at every turn. They also do not control the Senate.

So, yes, we need a strong majority in the House, and we need to build more Conservative media as a defense against the constant propaganda onslaught by the old media and tech oligarchs.

19 posted on 05/06/2024 8:13:15 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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we can’t change things because too many people would be hurt. no one wants to end the party just because bills are due.

america=one big ass ponzi scheme


20 posted on 05/06/2024 8:14:47 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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