Rarely have I seen a speech by Steny Hoyer, but DAMN

[FoxNewsSucks]

his floor time today scorched the living hell out of that rancid **** Marjori T Green. He deserves a massive standing O for that.

Saw it a little while ago on Lawrence O'Donnell's show. I was so moved by his genuine outrage and concern for the Squad when he brought out a posterboard of Greene's ar-15 pointed at them.

Here's the whole video. Republiqons should be so deeply ashamed of themselves. They're not, but the should be.

[dchill]

1. He OWNED it.

[Bev54]

2. I was livestreaming and thought it was outstanding!

[Dem2theMax]

3. K&R.

[soldierant]

35. I wish it had CC

but here is a transcript, at his website:
https://www.majorityleader.gov/content/hoyer-house-has-opportunity-take-stand-truth-and-decency

[tblue37]

39. This video does have CC.

[soldierant]

55. It does now.

I assure you it didn't when I posted. that does happen sometimes - at first a video doesn't have it but it turns up later.

[Stuart G]

4. Thanks for posting.I missed it & was hoping someone would post it.Thanks Again, K &R

[Irish_Dem]

5. He walked the poster in front of all the members. They could not avoid it.

He was outraged at the treatment of his colleagues.
They are human, they are mothers, they work with all of you.
And Miss Green was holding a gun pointed towards them.

[FoxNewsSucks]

18. That's the part which stopped me in my tracks

as I walked by the TV. It's like he was speaking about them as if they were his own daughters. It's not common to see that kind of sincerity in politicians

[Irish_Dem]

20. Yes exactly, like they were his own daughters.

I was really struck by his compassion, concern, and caring about these three women.
Yes we don't often see this kind of thing.
It hit me too.

[flibbitygiblets]

23. Same reaction here. Epic moment

Kind of a “have you no decency” moment. He spoke for all of us.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Yes exactly, a "have you no shame" moment.

"where is your decency."

[FoxNewsSucks]

28. They have none.

Couldn't be more obvious.

[Irish_Dem]

31. Yep. They have no shame whatsoever.

They could care less about anyone but themselves.
And power and profit.

[MustLoveBeagles]

6. K&R

[oasis]

7. Well done Steny!

[oswaldactedalone]

22. Yes, indeed

Well done, Sir!!

[elleng]

8. He's good.

I haven't seen/heard him speak often (even tho his Cong. Dist is near mine,) but whenever I have, he's hit it out of the park.

[SharonClark]

9. Hoyer was excellent.

Over the last few days I’ve been surprised by how inarticulate so many Congresspeople are.

[moondust]

10. Excellent.

I wonder if he considered asking Gabby Giffords to stand in front of that poster and say a few words.

[FoxNewsSucks]

19. That would have been good to see.

Probably would have made not a bit of difference to the republiqon scumbags, after all Steve Scalise is still one of the NRA and assault rifle's cheerleaders even though a gunhumper nearly murdered him.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Someone needs to flat out ask Greene

“Do you want to shoot people in Congress? Is that your goal? Violence?”

[halfulglas]

12. One of Steny Hoyer's finest moments.

I always thought Hoyer was a little bland, didn't pay much attention to him, but I must say I was impressed.

[FoxNewsSucks]

29. Yeah, it really was.

I kinda thought the same, that he was "stale" or "establishment", but this must have really gotten to him, because that was so heartfelt and memorable.

[onecaliberal]

13. I saw it on Lawrence a bit ago. Very powerful. Lawrence has a really good show tonight.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

14. K & R!!!

[Mr.Bill]

15. Any Congress member who heard that speech

then voted no is sub-human and without a soul.

[Traildogbob]

36. Two in particular

That spoke out against her before the meeting and who she has targeted. Romney and Cheney both voted in her favor to keep committees. Speaks volumes of cowardice.

[spooky3]

41. Romney is in the Senate. The House voted. Nt

[Traildogbob]

43. Well crap!😟

I know that. Pretty dumb mistake.

[Cicada]

16. Steny is an ideal example of a good professional legislator

He is exactly what our founders hoped future legislators would be.

[StarfishSaver]

34. +++

One of the reasons I push back so hard on those who are overly critical of Congressional Democrats like Hoyer, Pelosi, etc. is that they are exceptional leaders and public servants who do an incredible job every day, even if they're not flashy, or zinging people on Twitter, or constantly showing their hands. They are just working their tails off day after day.

It's nice to see some people here realize just what a badass Stent Hoyer actually is, even if he doesn't make a lot of noise.

[MFGsunny]

45. + 1000 n/t

[Old Terp]

56. He did this for the Party, dismissing the fact that Our Revolution primaried him.

He did win the primary by a large margin. I think we will keep him there until he decides to retire,

[yellowdogintexas]

46. Also, an excellent example of why we do not need pre defined term limits

There is a reason why he has been Nancy's #2 going back to when she was Minority Leader and Majority Leader... he was the Whip for crying out loud! The Whip is the one who rounds up the votes. He and Nancy are a great team.

He is low key but he knows when to throw a touchdown.

He was the highest ranking Democrat to attend Speaker Jim Wright's funeral. Nancy would have been there but she was in Japan. One of our Democratic House members introduced me to him at the reception afterwards. He is so much of a hard working background member I was not sure who he was and had to ask Congressman Marc Veasy! He just quietly goes on doing his job and very well .

Is this on You Tube?

[BobTheSubgenius]

17. I think you can guess who I think the standing O should go to.

No. No no no NO!!! NOT MTG. You really should pay more attention.

[Cha]

21. TY Bookmarked!

[pacheen]

24. Have you no shame, Representative Green?

Amazing speech!

[Airotciv60]

25. Dayum !

Dayum is right!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

27. k&r for others who missed it

[markpkessinger]

30. I LOVE the fact that he threw Burke at them! n/t

[iluvtennis]

32. A phenomenal presentation! nt

[MyMission]

33. 40 years in Congress! This was his finest moment

As a native New Yorker I'm proud he was also born there, although he was raised in Maryland.

He has a JD from Georgetown and he went right into local politics. He would have made an amazing trial lawyer, but I'm glad he found his way to Congress.

He is the most senior House Democrat, and the House majority leader, has served as minority whip, and chair and vice chair of the House Democratic conference. He's no slouch.

He has 3 daughters, which might have helped fuel his sincere outrage, and he supports and encourages Nancy in her role. He might have been speaker, but understood Nancy could do it better. He a great 2nd in command.

Something I find interesting, his ancestor on his mother's side was John Hart of New Jersey, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. I think that also helped inspire his eloquent and passionate speech.

As he repeated Edmond Burke's quote about evil flourishing if good men do nothing, I saw him challenging and imploring his colleagues to be good "men". He had to try, but they're not good, that's the problem. Congressman Hoyer showed himself to be the best of men.

Thanks for sharing the video.

[Politicub]

37. That was amazing. The theater of it was magnificent.

There was no room left for doubt about Greene's odious behavior. The republicans that voted to keep her in place on the committees are craven political tools.

[honest.abe]

38. My Congressman!

[AmyStrange]

40. +100000000000000000000000000000000 x 2

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Wow!!
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[electric_blue68]

42. Woah! Intense, excellent!

He's not that much on my radar, but dayum that
was great.
Empathetic Righteousness!

Yes, walking the poster around... deeply poignant. Wow

[yellowdogintexas]

47. Democrats have not been as prone to use visual aides as Republicans

I suspect Rep Katie Porter was smiling under her mask!!!!

[FoxNewsSucks]

50. I'm sure she was,

and somewhere, Alan Grayson was smiling too

[electric_blue68]

57. Oh, ok I hen. I didn't know that (don't have cable/C-SPAN).

[BComplex]

44. Wow. Just wow. That was nuclear!

Good on Steny Hoyer!

[love_katz]

48. Huge kick and rec.I

Fantastic speech. Exactly what needs to be said. Bravo, sir, bravo!!!

[reACTIONary]

49. Wouldn't mind having him for my rep....

... but I'm OK with Mfume.

[elleng]

58. and I'm happy with Raskin!

Best of 2 worlds, my official residence is in Jamie's district, but my REGULAR residence is in Steny's!

[George II]

51. That was stunning yesterday.

[demtenjeep]

52. Damn. I don't think I have ever heard him speak that much

Clearly he felt impassioned about this

Hit it out of the park

[BigOleDummy]

53. Excellent!

Excellent speech and well said too.

[Raastan]

54. K & R