Steve Cohen.
Posted on 02/05/2021 9:44:13 AM PST by USA Conservative
A proposal from Florida Republican Matt Gaetz that every meeting of the House Judiciary Committee begin with a recital of the Pledge of Allegiance was given short shrift by his Democratic colleague in a video that has been viewed nearly a million times.
Gaetz, who has served as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 1st congressional district since 2017, shared a clip of the exchange on his Twitter account. In it, the Trump-supporting GOP congressman asked that the Pledge of Allegiance be recited at the start of each committee session.
Gaetz suggested it would be a “great, unifying patriotic moment.” But the committee chair, New York Democrat Jerry Nadler, explained that the pledge is already taken at the start of the day in the House and that a second pledge before the committee would be “unnecessary.”
The Daily Caller obtained a video file from the hearing which included audio of a group of Democrats joking about Republicans’ request to have the pledge of allegiance recited before committee hearings.
In the video, you can hear Tennessee Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen and an unidentified House Democrat appearing to joke about the request.
They were reminded by a staffer that their microphones were hot, according to the audio.
Click the video below to hear what they said!
(Don't know how to get the link from the video)
Gaetz and Nadler have butted heads on the committee numerous times, from the Mueller investigation to matters of President Trump’s impeachment.
Some took Gaetz’s request as “virtue signaling,” while others thought Nadler’s response made the pledge seem like an obligation.
Illegitimate, unelected "government" displaying its true nature.
“what a dipshit...hard to believe he is a representative from tennessee...”
Not really. Sad to say, but we have some terrible politicians in TN. Lamar Alexander. Corker. Now Blackburn and Hagerty. I’m like you; I expected better when moving here and have been disappointed.
I hope he uses that in a campaign ad.
Steve Cohen.
I see a similarity between issuing Miranda warnings and pledging allegiance.
Most criminal suspects can probably recite the Miranda warnings from memory and without error. The real value of the Miranda warnings, in my opinion, is that law enforcement officers are immediately reminded of the limitations of their power. You can't beat the hell out of a suspect and then claim ignorance if you just told him that he has a right to silence and the right to an attorney.
I see the pledge of allegiance as being similar. It should act as a constant reminder of the limitations of Congressional power. Honest cops have no need to hear Miranda warnings. Honest politicians have no need to repeat an oath of allegiance. It is the dishonest politicians that we hope would benefit from frequent recitals of their allegiance "to the Republic", meaning that Republic established by the Constitutiton.
I suspect that "patriotism", in its progressive-liberal form, will be ascendant for a while as long as the progressives hold political power.
Point taken, but would the Pledge really help? Instead, before each meeting, maybe they should recite:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Just about anything would be better than what they are up to now.
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