Traffic between congress and aipac hq is heavy… full of congresspeople at all hours day and night. We get it. But the vote was important and the timing of the vote was known several days in advance.
There is literally a metro line from Reagan and Dulles to capitol hill, unless the train was on fire (again) or doing barrel rolls on the tracks (again), there is no excuse. Name and shame.
I am once again reminding you of the power of being armed and organized. That we can make them do their jobs again if they are sufficiently afraid of the populace.
Do you think the George Floyd protests would have gone better if everyone there had guns
Extrapolate on your point, if you have one.
Given recent examples of how the government responds to protesters, I do not believe individuals threatening violence can convince congress to do anything other than violently crack down on individuals threatening violence.
The good news, unlike aristocracy, voting can still change seats.
Cool. So your political morality is just one in which the government’s entitlement to your obedience increases in direct proportion to how willing it is to fucking kill you.
Call me when you’re ready to do a blue January 6th lol
Considering how our government responds to citizens in general, including depriving them of the Right to Due Process, the underpinning of the social contract between the populace and the state. I honestly don’t see much of a difference except in one scenario you’re empowered with a group to fight back and the other you’re being impregnated or killed inside one of the Concentration Camps.
Do you believe it’s better to just roll over and do nothing?
Define “better”
When you have one job and you fail to do it on the most important times, you get removed from that job.
Remove them all, no excuses. They have a super cushy job, amazing pay and benefits and they can’t even show up on the most important days.
Lol I remember when Hasan Minhaj pointed out how lame the congress hearing hot seat actually was because the hall itself was mostly empty, with lawmakers showing up for like 15 minutes to ask some questions before they left.
They specifically never do a wide shot that would otherwise show that Congress doesn’t care enough to actually host a serious session with a significant portion of members present.
The Onion has also made several satirical articles about this already as well. Congress magically failing to pass a measure or law because of some externally convenient reason is nothing new.
I would even bet cash money that Dem leadership asked Johnson to speedrun the vote so they have a fake reason to walk to the media with instead of a noshow or a vote for hegseth.
That’s not an excuse. How many of you would get fired for missing a major work event because of traffic?
That’s more likely to be a verbal or written warning for people in a sane workplace. If it became a pattern of behaviour, on the other hand…
Can they like not just do it again when everyone is present?
Yeah they will probably do it in January when they hold the majority. If everyone would have shown up more of the Republicans would have just voted instead of holding their votes. The only Republican vote to impeach was Massie who called for the impeachment.
If anything calling the vote now did a great job at helping sow doubt in every representative, and gives false “legitimacy” to not filing the same impeachment only 2 months later.
Will make for people calling witchhunt or whatever they’ll need to convince constituents it may not be reasonable.
I’ll be honest. You have a point. January may look a lot different.
On the other hand, keeping people angry, keeps them active. Right now representatives across the board are being slammed by calls, and letters about Schumer and Jeffries and demanding change. Personally I’m okay with people thinking shit won’t get done and demanding better now, and into the future, even if it’s borne from a misconception.
Same reason why I believe getting armed and organized is also a parallel solution so we have some extra bite to our demands.
Angry people DO things, and that’s what we want right now. That’s a vector for change.
Bull. Shit.
Yeah…this right here, this is why I am not getting my hopes up. The Democrats don’t view themselves as a force of history.
They don’t aspire to be the political leaders who will fight corruption, wrestle back control from oligarchs, or provide equality and prosperity to the people. They view themselves as managers.
A committee here, a senate hearing there… ‘What’s that? Trump accepted a bribe from the Russians? I’ll be sure to write a strongly worded letter!’
I fully agree. We need politicians with passion
meet the new boss…same as the old boss…
You know they’re fucking overpaid and underworked when all they do is show up for 15 minutes to vote and then leave. Every single member of Congress should be in that building from 8-5 every fucking weekday, 52 weeks a year.
You do know that they have responsiblities outside of DC in their home states? As well as committee responsiblities. Your comment identifies your ignorance of how the US government works.
What really needs to happen is a reform in how congress votes that allows them to vote remotely. This will also allow the House to expand and provide proportional representation, and would nearly eliminate the ability to gerrymander a district.
I’m talking in hyperbole. Obviously they have committees. And sure they need to be in their home state for town halls and constituent meetings, but the vast majority of their time should be spent on the floor of the Congress. They should be reading and debating bills, not just popping in for a quick vote.
i mean obviously the machinery of how the us government works is his direct complaint, and his call to action involves changing said “how things work” because obviously they are not working. they do not read the bills they vote for, they vote how they are told, they are not held to account for not being there for votes obviously, they spend ungodly amounts of time calling rich doners to beg for money for votes. using privileged information for insider trading. and so forth
Maybe they will invest in public infra now
It’s fine. Remember we don’t take back Congress till January. Don’t get too miserable, friends. We can bulldoze the bastard then.
Lmao that’s not acceptable at any job site :D
They are still pushing this? We already know it’s not true. At least one person that skipped the vote was actually there according to witnesses (and I think video). The rest were at a fucking AIPAC event. We still have more work to do in 2028 to get rid of the rest of these Israeli shills.
The rest were at a fucking AIPAC event.
If true, then we must also consider who called the vote at such a stupid time.
The Speaker of the House called the vote. Actual leadership would have expected this dirty trick, especially when the GOP has done the exact same thing several times before.
yes, why cant our entire government operate at a time that accomodates aipac events. I mean, listen to yourself.
The vote was scheduled in advance. If congresspeople wanted to be there they would have been. Stop trying to pretend this was a scheduling issue instead of a corruption one.
Oh, I’m in agreement. It’s absolutely a corruption issue. I’m saying that the dems in question are absolutely complicit, but so is the current house speaker for being a righteous dick for calling the vote in a manner that reeks of collusion.
100%
Tbf that was republicans, they do still control the house til January.
