Posted on 04/11/2023 9:33:22 AM PDT by rktman
My general position on last week's Tennessee flap was that the expulsions may have been a bit heavy-handed, despite clear cause for disciplinary action. Ejecting elected representatives from a legislative body is a very serious step, and should generally be avoided to the greatest extent possible. Instead, perhaps some combination of formal censures, stripping of committee assignments, and an official final warnings against future misconduct (more instances of which would result in a zero tolerance response) may have been the better path. Plus, it would've denied these loud showboats the tribal martyrdom and accompanying prominence they clearly crave and relish. If there's one thing America's journo class absolutely loves, it's lefty protests. It makes them feel vicariously alive, imbued with excitement and solidarity. Right-wing equivalents are, of course, seen as unsettlingly strange at best, and "threats to democracy" at worst. And thus, utterly predictably, the Tennessee Three have been made into newly-minted stars by the news media and the broader Left. Big congrats on the fame, guys -- you followed the incentives, and now you've made it:
So in his days an unelected left-wing agitator, this man -- then a divinity student -- shoved police officers while accosting the Tennessee House Speaker, per police records, then allegedly hurled a cup of hot coffee at the man, striking his target and another GOP lawmaker. This conduct earned him a ban from the building. Democrats in Tennessee then decided it would be a good idea to nominate and elect Jones to that very chamber, where he flagrantly violated the rules, disrupting the legislative process with a new form aggressive agitation. And that's not all. He also insulted another GOP colleague with a racial slur, because he's classy that way:
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
I am of the opinion that the Legislature should adopt a rule that any individual who is removed from office is removed until the next election cycle is sworn in.
He called a ethnically-Indian Republican “the brown face of white supremacy.”
Just play the clip on TV.
It should always be up to the electorate.
I, too, am *very*I wary of removing even the most vile elected representative by any means other than formal impeachment. Yes, it was disgusting when the Democrats stripped people of committee memberships, too.
Bad precedents all around. Never condone an action you would be upset if the opposition did.
This lawfare against Trump, stripping committee members of their positions *and* this expulsion, none of it is for the greater good of the Republic.
/eyeroll
Doesn’t matter to most Americans. Just matters that nasty racist republicans kicked the little dude out of office. Sad state of affairs.
It really irks me that here we have this wealth of material of Democrats saying all these things, and the RNC never chooses to use them in campaign ads.
The morning radio show here in NoVA played some clips of this jerk being interviewed ... he sounded a bit like a homo ...
If you read about the Action Francaise (grandaddy of all Fascist groups) you will see that these violent and lawless challenges are integral to finally removing duly elected representatives.
They would walk up to their opponents on the street and slap them in the face.... etc.
The direct followers of this political ‘style’ were the Black-shirts in Italy and the Hitler Youth in Germany. THEY were indulged at first, TOO
Not really, no.
We have FReepers who lambaste the decision to push these thugs out of their positions.
They never show even one damn bit of backbone when dealing with the left. Especially when they’re other than white, double especially when they’re black.
I’m sick and tired of the R’s being frikkin’ cowards when what we need now is pols who are willing to fight for a change.
Oh, did I forget the “/S”?
>It really irks me that here we have this wealth of material of Democrats saying all these things, and the RNC never chooses to use them in campaign ads.
Once they put someone in charge that will do it, they’ll find a dead hooker in their trunk.
Thug hoodlum
“So in his days an unelected left-wing agitator, this man — then a divinity student — shoved police officers while accosting the Tennessee House Speaker, per police records, then allegedly hurled a cup of hot coffee at the man, striking his target and another GOP lawmaker. This conduct earned him a ban from the building. Democrats in Tennessee then decided it would be a good idea to nominate and elect Jones to that very chamber, where he flagrantly violated the rules,”
tHIS NEEDS SERIOUS AIR TIME EVERYWHERE.
“They” are a democommie so no real harm will befall “them”.
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