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‘I’m just furious’: Relations in Congress crack after attack
Politico ^ | January 29, 2021 | By SARAH FERRIS and MELANIE ZANONA

Posted on 01/30/2021 1:15:32 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Some House lawmakers are privately refusing to work with each other. Others are afraid to be in the same room. Two members almost got into a fist fight on the floor. And the speaker of the House is warning that “the enemy is within.”

Forget Joe Biden’s calls for unity. Members of Congress couldn't be further divided.

Just weeks into the 117th Congress, the bedrock of relationships hasn't been on such shaky ground in more than a generation, with a sense of deep distrust and betrayal that lawmakers worry will linger for years. And those strains could carry long-term effects on an institution where relationships — and reputations — matter more than almost anything else.

“This is a real tension,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who was among the roughly two dozen Democrats barricaded into the chamber during the Jan. 6 riots and later contracted coronavirus after spending hours in a safe room with Republicans who refused to wear masks. “I don’t know if that’s repairable.

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: 117th; biden; fakenews; pollutico
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Especially with Sniffy signing blank EOs. They can just fill in as necessary even when he’s taking a nap.


41 posted on 01/30/2021 5:22:56 AM PST by DownInFlames (Ga)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Gridlock. This is great. The less these asshats do, the better off we are.


42 posted on 01/30/2021 5:24:49 AM PST by Iceclimber58
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To: Dahoser

They have no idea of the seething anger these communists created.


43 posted on 01/30/2021 5:28:41 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: irishjuggler

It is about time for conservative lawmakers to stand up for their beliefs. They have kowtowed to leftist extremism far too long.
Let us have some donnybrooks in the chambers. It is time.
I do not begin to understand how conservatives can get past an election so blatantly stolen from the most popular and effective president in the nation’s history. That alone is a Waterloo sufficient for open warfare with the criminal class.


44 posted on 01/30/2021 5:56:49 AM PST by Louis Foxwell (RISE UP O MEN OF GOD. BE DONE WITH LESSER THINGS.)
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To: HypatiaTaught

False narrative: the uniparty is not fracturing.


45 posted on 01/30/2021 6:07:12 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MinorityRepublican
“This is a real tension,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), who was among the roughly two dozen Democrats barricaded into the chamber during the Jan. 6 riots and later contracted coronavirus after spending hours in a safe room with Republicans who refused to wear masks. “I don’t know if that’s repairable.

Unless she can PROVE that she caught it from republicans who refused to wear a mask, it’s just idle speculation as to where she contracted it.

That is so deceitful.

46 posted on 01/30/2021 6:15:22 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: HypatiaTaught

Hopefully DC can be exorcised in our lifetimes.

Well put!!!

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Although in regard to lifetime especially prescient at least where mine is concerned.

On the previous 24 response, I can’t count either, it was only four paragraphs.


47 posted on 01/30/2021 6:20:31 AM PST by wita (Always and forever, under oath in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.)
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To: ifinnegan

Yep


48 posted on 01/30/2021 6:21:17 AM PST by ZULU (Impeach John Roberts for corruption. SOROS IS "SPARTACUS" BOOKER'S LANISTA.)
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To: metmom

This idiot claimed this the day after the supposed stay in the safe room. It takes two weeks or so to contract the virus.
This whole thing is a lie to tie everything to Republicans.


49 posted on 01/30/2021 6:42:07 AM PST by wbslws
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hi.

The more conflict the less they will get done... screwing the American people.

5.56mm


50 posted on 01/30/2021 6:46:51 AM PST by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho ain't my president.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
‘I’m just furious’: Relations in Congress crack after attack

It wasn't an attack.

51 posted on 01/30/2021 6:50:05 AM PST by Jim Noble (He who saves his nation violates no law)
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To: M Kehoe

+1


52 posted on 01/30/2021 7:09:20 AM PST by MIA_eccl1212 (When the bad guys have leverage they use it)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is a good thing. Separating the patriots from the rats and quislings. In several months likely only about 30% of Congress will still be seated.


53 posted on 01/30/2021 7:27:12 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: wbslws

It always is.


54 posted on 01/30/2021 7:52:20 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: ifinnegan
They’re both illegitimate for seating the election fraud.

True. This is Kabuki theater with a staged fight scene between those who stole their seat and those who winked and looked the other way when they did it. The only ones getting rooked are in the audience.

55 posted on 01/30/2021 7:53:35 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: FlyingEagle
They have no idea of the seething anger these communists created.

No, they do not. In their leftist echo chamber, they only hear that President Trump is an anomaly and how the GOPe acts is the true nature of their opposition, meaning no opposition.

56 posted on 01/30/2021 8:04:25 AM PST by Dahoser (The left shows no signs that reason is going to get them to stop what they’re doing.)
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To: MayflowerMadam
And after she whined about that, at least one photo came out showing her during that time — not wearing a mask. They are such evil liars, and Satan is the father of lies.

I wonder what would happen if the Christians in Congress — all of them — walked into the chambers the same day carrying large crosses. Have them accompanied by Christian clergy praying loudly. Would “Legion” escape from the RATs’ bodies and run to the nearest pig farm?

LOL. No one would be surprised. The unrelenting evil oozing from the RATS is truly horrifying. They would not just kick out every Republican who opposes them. They would throw them into jail or worse. These are the same people who drive around with Coexist bumper stickers, but their actions belie their bumpers.

57 posted on 01/30/2021 8:10:22 AM PST by Dahoser (The left shows no signs that reason is going to get them to stop what they’re doing.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Relations in Congress crack after attack

The battle between Americans and communists’ is growing. I wonder if the majority of Americans will ever get it.


58 posted on 01/30/2021 8:13:02 AM PST by JayAr36 (My disgust with government is complete.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Cowardly lying divisive leftists are to blame.
They screech, cry, accuse, and blame, then whine that things are divided. Forget them all. They are the pinko enemy within.


59 posted on 01/30/2021 8:36:27 AM PST by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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