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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcCarthy warned members not to attack colleagues who vote for impeachment because it could endanger
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John McCormack
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According to a GOP source on conference phone call yesterday, Kevin McCarthy warned members not to verbally attack colleagues who vote for impeachment because it could endanger their lives.
12:21 PM · Jan 12, 2021
John McCormack
@McCormackJohn
According to a GOP source on conference phone call yesterday, Kevin McCarthy warned members not to verbally attack colleagues who vote for impeachment because it could endanger their lives.
12:21 PM · Jan 12, 2021
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McCarthy warned members not to attack colleagues who vote for impeachment because it could endanger (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jan 2021
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Bernardo de La Paz
(50,296 posts)1. Trumpism. . . . nt
Freddie
(9,522 posts)2. Is he implying that DEMOCRATS are threatening lives??
Caliman73
(11,767 posts)10. Not at all.
He is likely telling his colleagues, Republicans, not to go after each other if they decide to vote for impeachment. He is tacitly acknowledging that Trump supporters are violent POSs that would threaten and try to harm people who try to uphold justice by voting to impeach the traitor Trump.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)3. Do they ever listen to themselves?
This is ridiculous.
BeerBarrelPolka
(1,202 posts)4. I think
I'm reading it that he's saying the Repubs that are for impeachment would be in danger.
Hamer555
(75 posts)5. McCarthy must be deep state.....trying to take their free speech away.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)7. Where we are as a country after four years of disastrous rule
Elections have consequences, for sure.
Hav
(5,969 posts)8. He's right
but he also knows the deplorables that are making up a majority of Houre repubs. These warnings will be useless because some of them are insane.
SWBTATTReg
(23,566 posts)9. They didn't listen to Moscow Mitch either and his request to not object to the counting of Biden's
votes. The republican party has lost all respect for anything...