Funny how it was 2 Republicans who were stripped of...

[Botany]

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.... their committee seats for threatening violence but our "liberal media" continues to play up the dems are in disarray crap.

We should demand that any member of congress that helped out in the 1/6/21 attempt to overturn our democracy needs to be forced out of the House or Senate .

The time to play nice with these shits is over and we need to control the message.

[brooklynite]

1. Who will you be demanding this of?

You need a 2/3 vote of the chamber to expel anyone.

[Botany]

5. The Republicans

Get em on record of supporting crimes against the Nation we love. And any voter who will support these treasonous supporting bastards we would never get their vote anyway.

[FoxNewsSucks]

25. That's right.

The Democrats need to publicly make the attempt.

I'm sick of wishy-washy mewlings about how we can't even try because republicon scum won't go along with it therefore it can't be done.

Dems need to be seen making the attempt, and as you say, put the criminals on record.

[jmowreader]

38. 14th Amendment, Section 2

It clearly says that no one who participated in insurrection can be in Congress, and it takes a two-thirds vote to let them back in. This was written to readmit members from the old Confederacy, but it’ll still work.

[doc03]

2. According to the media we have already lost the House next year. No need

have an election.

[spanone]

3. I'm sick of hearing that crap over & over & over

[BeerBarrelPolka]

4. Same here

But no matter who wins/loses, we simply cannot go on like this with all the bitter hatred and violence in politics. I may be taking an idealist approach here, but I believe the emphasis somehow has to be on finding some middle ground and doing a political infrastructure so to speak, and mending fences and building bridges.

[doc03]

7. How do you find common ground with people that want to burn

the country down to please a mad man? There were a few Republicans that voted for the infrastructure bill, they
won't be there next year because of it. It's alright to threaten your opponent with death but you get punished for
voting for an infrastructure bill that has been wanted by both parties for decades.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

8. I know

All I'm saying is that my approach isn't very realistic. It's simply wishful thinking. I've been wishful thinking since I was a kid about Raquel Welch and so far it's not panning out either.

[Septua]

13. I still agree with you but...

..wishful thinking won't get it. The existing administration must get the voting rights bill passed and nullify all the latest state anti-democracy laws and gerrymandering.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

15. Again

I can't argue with what you have written.

[Septua]

10. Much as I'd like to see...

..peace and tranquility same as you, there is no middle ground to be had. The Republican Party is no longer a functioning political organization with a Democracy based platform. McCarthy wants to be Speaker, McConnell wants to be majority leader, the remainder just want to keep their jobs and they are all afraid of Trump and his base.

If they regain Congressional control in 2022, we're doomed.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

11. I can't

I can't argue with anything you've written.

[KS Toronado]

17. If they ever take control of the White House & Congress

We will be doomed. We'll see president for life instated and all media will be required to air
his propaganda or face a firing squad.

[FoxNewsSucks]

27. That's their goal.

All one has to do is look back at the last 50 or so years and the pattern is clear. They intend to take and keep control of the country.

They're at that point now. Next time, we won't get it back. And we can thank people like the Maserati-driving Joe Manchin for failing to do everything possible to protect voting rights.

[Hotler]

24. Hard to find common ground with people whose motto is

"The only good Democrat/Liberal is a dead Democrat/Liberal." So, do we bake them cookies......

[The Wizard]

6. Are we being conditioned to be

passive under fascist rule?

[Botany]

12. T.P.T.B., the GOP, and most of the corporate media are ..

...working 24/7 to keep the minority controlling the majority. Joe Biden is the best President I have ever seen and he is getting a lot done and Kamala is doing a good job too but you wouldn't know that from the media.

[FoxNewsSucks]

28. It seems like that.

You can see it in many of the posts right here. Constant comments such as "Oh my, we can't do that so let's just not talk about it" or "Why would you even bring that up, they won't let us" .

The passiveness and outright animosity toward those who DO want to take action makes me want to puke.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

30. I can agree

I don't like to walk on eggshells. You have to be proactive and offensive at times.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Make it three and include double impeachment.

[Seinan Sensei]

14. Make them pass Naturalization Test for US Citizenship

In addition to demanding that participation in Jan 6 disqualifies them, we should (before their election) give candidates the Naturalization Test for US Citizenship.
ALL candidates.
For House, for Senate, for Presidency.
TFG could not have passed.
Ditto L.Boebert.
Ditto M.T.Greene
Prolly not Gomert. Prolly not Gosar.
Problem solved.

[usaf-vet]

18. I have a close friend who came to the US as a youngster. Has been a naturalized citizen for years.

We have talked about the process and the test. His knowledge of the Constitution would put everyone on your list to shame.

[DENVERPOPS]

34. Maybe Boebert

studied that when she got her GED just before running for office....??????????

[Traildogbob]

16. Do you all notice

The loudest, most absurd defenders of Gosar during the hearing in the house were all the ones most likely directly in the planning and coordination of the coup AND defending the coup. Even stepping into the well of the house with him when Pelosi read the penalties to Gosar. Green, (maskless and hopefully fined again) Gohmert, Gaetz, Jordon, Boebert and Gosar himself. Everyone of the pathetic traitors need to be in jail for attempted and still planning the next coup attempt. Maybe a firing squad with Green’s and Boebert’s personal arsenal.

[The Wizard]

19. Exiled to mother Russia

where they'll be amongst their brothers to provide slave labor.

[Traildogbob]

23. Putin will not allow them

They would start a Guns rights party with those huge mouths screening FreeDumb, we must have blood flowing in the streets.” He would NEVER accept women with guns willing to overthrow HIS power. Not enough windows to drop em all from without being seen.

[CaptainTruth]

20. "we need to control the message"

Exactly. I've realized how many people don't really pay attention to what politicians are really doing, or the affects it has on them or the country, they just believe whatever they're told by the media, they believe the messages they hear & form opinions (& vote) based on that.

As for the root cause of the problem, I'm convinced it's because our American education system (K-12) is based on a "believe what you're told" model that discourages critical thinking. Critical thinking skills aren't really emphasized until college, & look at the college vs non-college breakdown of support for Trump & other right wing loony politicians. Too many people go from 12+ years of school-based "believe what you're told" indoctrination (by authority figures, teachers, giving you information) & move right on to "believe what you're told" by authority figure talking heads in the media, without ever learning the critical thinking skills necessary to analyze & evaluate the accuracy & truthfulness of what they're being told.

I'm afraid that until we change our approach to education, this problem will only get worse.

[bucolic_frolic]

21. Great OP - Expulsion should be an issue

"We should demand that any member of congress that helped out in the 1/6/21 attempt to overturn our democracy needs to be forced out of the House or Senate ."

Yes we do have issues if we incubate them. Republicans would be blind-sided by such.

[lees1975]

22. The proceedings need to start in Congress to remove every single one of them

NOW!

The DNC needs to allocate money to push into the district of each one of them, radio ads, local Democratic party officials, they need to put the pressure on, burn up the email and phone lines, protest at the offices of these goons and whether there's a chance they could get the votes they need or not, the proceedings to remove them need to be on the fast track.

I think the pressure will push enough Republicans, who really want this mess to be over and done with, to see that there is a lot of public support for integrity, and they will vote to remove these nut jobs from Congress.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

26. Son mal sinvergenzas! They're evil, shameless people!

(Mal: evil, bad )

(sinvergüenzas: colloquial: shameless)

[dchill]

29. "The time to play nice with these shits"...

was OVER on January 6. And they're ALL SHITS.

[live love laugh]

31. Funnier that some say there's no RW media bias. nt

[Martin68]

32. I'm very tired of the media's cheap shots. They are using the same game plan Facebook does:

encourage division and hate to get more eyeballs.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

33. It's New Age Civil War. Full stop

Republicans no longer represent their constituents. They must just want to shore up trickle down. If innocent people are hurt or die, most of them truly have no f'***s to give.

[Cha]

35. Yeah, the US m$$$m can

Rot in Hell..

I turned them OFF in Nov 2002. And, Never looked the Hell back

[Laura PourMeADrink]

36. Hmm. Gotta try harder. Yes, we are 100% in the right. But

you can't blame the media! WE make the story!!!!!!!!!! Jeez hire the best PR in US?????

[Pepsidog]

37. Media is destroying the world.