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Grasswire2

(13,564 posts)
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:55 PM Feb 2022

So 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, Bossie’s 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 Party’s 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 committee’s members. It was not read or presented aloud before it was voted on nine hours later.

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So now we know that the language "legitimate public discourse" was not in Bossie's censure res. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Feb 2022 OP
We should hit them over the head with it repeatedly.Wear it out like they did "defund the police" Walleye Feb 2022 #1
WaPo says the original wording of that sentence was "nonviolent and legal" rather than tblue37 Feb 2022 #2
It wasn't me ! dweller Feb 2022 #3
Democrat party Skittles Feb 2022 #4
The bomb-cyclone of GQP stupidity rages on. Hassler Feb 2022 #5
This seems to happen from time to time gratuitous Feb 2022 #6

Walleye

(30,718 posts)
1. We should hit them over the head with it repeatedly.Wear it out like they did "defund the police"
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:58 PM
Feb 2022

They only had nine hours to read it

tblue37

(64,979 posts)
2. WaPo says the original wording of that sentence was "nonviolent and legal" rather than
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 10:03 PM
Feb 2022

"legitimate." That's even worse, since we all saw the violence and the illegal actions.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
6. This seems to happen from time to time
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 08:19 PM
Feb 2022

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."

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