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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu May 9, 2019, 08:26 AM May 2019

This is why I've always known I could never function as a Congressman: when an ass like

Trump waves around a "graph" at one of his Bund rallies and claims that he has given Puerto Rico 91 billion dollars while the AP confirms that the true amount is 11 billion, I could not stop myself from screaming "You lying sonofabitch!" the next time I was within earshot of him.

I admire those who can bite their tongue in order to work for the common good, but I have too much outrage to even pretend that these lying criminals are worthy of respect.

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This is why I've always known I could never function as a Congressman: when an ass like (Original Post) Atticus May 2019 OP
Even when they're debating before a vote (like yesterday) blueinredohio May 2019 #1
The basic decorum required, in a hearing like MontanaFarmer May 2019 #2
I had to turn the hearing off. Delmette2.0 May 2019 #4
frankly, I think we need more people like you in our congress... Javaman May 2019 #3

MontanaFarmer

(630 posts)
2. The basic decorum required, in a hearing like
Thu May 9, 2019, 08:43 AM
May 2019

yesterday's or the Barr Senate hearing, would be more than I could abide. How dems didn't just scream at those fkers every time they brought up the dossier, Clinton, etc is beyond my ability at this point in my life.

Delmette2.0

(4,164 posts)
4. I had to turn the hearing off.
Thu May 9, 2019, 09:28 AM
May 2019

It was so much bs and extending the meeting by using the "strike the last words". The Republicans had nothing useful to add to the conversation, they just wanted to delay the vote and waste time.

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