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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo now we know that the language "legitimate public discourse" was not in Bossie's censure res.
It was added by someone, somewhere, before Republicans in Congress voted on it.
And it has generated a crack in the GOP.
[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/08/gop-legitimate-political-discourse/|
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The phrase legitimate political discourse did not appear in an original draft of the resolution by top Trump ally David Bossie, according to a copy reviewed by The Washington Post. Instead, Bossies version said the committee had a disregard for minority rights and due process and seemed intent on advancing a political agenda to buoy the Democrat Partys bleak electoral prospects.
It is unclear how the words legitimate political discourse came to enter the document as it was edited in Salt Lake City by Bossie, McDaniel and others. Bossie did not respond to requests for comment.
Several RNC members said it was frustrating that, aside from a small number of resolution committee members on Thursday afternoon, no one else saw the text of the resolution until 1:38 a.m. Friday, when the document showed up in inboxes of the committees members. It was not read or presented aloud before it was voted on nine hours later.
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Walleye
(30,718 posts)They only had nine hours to read it
tblue37
(64,979 posts)"legitimate." That's even worse, since we all saw the violence and the illegal actions.
dweller
(23,561 posts)Expect to hear that repeatedly
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Skittles
(152,964 posts)these stupid fuckers think they are being clever but they look like the morons they are
Hassler
(3,321 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)How many times has some curious bit of Republican-favoring stuff suddenly appeared in, say, continuing resolution legislation? Nobody knows how it got in there, nobody can say who wrote it, but there it is. The Democrats don't want to vote in favor of the continuing resolution with that language in there, but time's short, and a vote has to be take or the government will shut down.
Looks like the Republicans will even screw over their putative comrades in the party with self-writing stuff like "legitimate political discourse."