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The usual suspects-get your GOP robes and hood out!
Here are the lawmakers who voted against the Juneteenth bill:
Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona
Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama
Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia
Rep. Scott DesJarlais of Tennessee
Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona
Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas
Rep. Doug LaMalfa of California
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky
Rep. Tom McClintock of California
Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina
Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama
Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana
Rep. Chip Roy of Texas
Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin
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One of them, Rep. Andrew Clyde (Georgia), is also in the news for
not shaking the hand of a DC Policeman who was assaulted during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Clyde has refered to rioters as
on a normal tourist visit and was photographed barricading doors at the Capitol event.
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Their vote against the holiday will be near the top of their campaign literature. They know their constituents.
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It should also be noted that Senator Ron Johnson (R-
whackistan WI) had maintained a single-Senator hold on the bill for a year until he was straightened out, prolly by the GOP that didn’t want to be seen standing in the way of this.
I thought he sounded like a whiny puppy who’d been disciplined
when he announced he was withdrawing the hold. The Senate bill subsequently passed by unanimous consent.
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Perhaps I exaggerate a bit; it might be that they were trying to pass via unanimous consent and he said nope. But in any case, he’s been holding this up since last year, per the article.
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https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/hold.htm
hold - An informal practice by which a senator informs his or her floor leader that he or she does not wish a particular bill or other measure to reach the floor for consideration. The majority leader need not follow the senator's wishes, but is on notice that the opposing senator may filibuster any motion to proceed to consider the measure.
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pdq wrote:
Perhaps I exaggerate a bit; it might be that they were trying to pass via unanimous consent and he said nope. But in any case, he’s been holding this up since last year, per the article.
The crazy thing is, you don't even need to be that level of batshitcrazy to be a Wisconsin Senator. So it's all insanity from him.
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vision63 wrote:
[quote=pdq]
Perhaps I exaggerate a bit; it might be that they were trying to pass via unanimous consent and he said nope. But in any case, he’s been holding this up since last year, per the article.
The crazy thing is, you don't even need to be that level of batshitcrazy to be a Wisconsin Senator.
So it's all insanity from him.
So he truly represents his constituency, does he not?
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RgrF wrote:
[quote=vision63]
[quote=pdq]
Perhaps I exaggerate a bit; it might be that they were trying to pass via unanimous consent and he said nope. But in any case, he’s been holding this up since last year, per the article.
The crazy thing is, you don't even need to be that level of batshitcrazy to be a Wisconsin Senator.
So it's all insanity from him.
So he truly represents his constituency, does he not?
Since his seat can be fairly easily flipped, Johnson only beat Feingold by a tad. Some dooshbag Libertarian took 3.0 percent of the vote. I say he doesn't necessarily have enough. All the executive partisan offices in Wisconsin are Democrats. Sen Tammy Baldwin, Gov Tony Evers, Atty Gen, Secy of State, Treasurer, Lt Gov are all Democrats.
Republicans have decent margins in the Legislature. Johnson is running scared. He hasn't even announced for re-election. I think he'd lose and he knows it.
