AOC Touts Blocking Supreme Court Security Bill After Kavanaugh Threat

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez touted her efforts to block the passage legislation aimed at increasing police protection for Supreme Court justices and their families on Thursday and cited stalled efforts at passing new gun control laws.

Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat who represents New York's 14th district, shared a video to her Instagram Stories purporting to show her rushing to the floor of the House of Representatives in order to object to unanimous consent for legislation...

"I wake up this morning and I start to hear murmurs that there is going to be an attempt to pass the Supreme Court Supplemental Protection Bill the day after gun safety legislation for schools and kids and people is stalled," she said.

"Oh, so we can pass protections for us and here easily, right? But we can't pass protections for everyday people? I think not."...

https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-touts-blocking-supreme-court-security-bill-brett-kavanaugh-threat-1714922

Locked in LBN so copied here.

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2928554

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Anyone have the link to the Instagram where she runs to the

Podium? Glorious.

[Srkdqltr]

2. I totally agree. The supreme court and legislature should not have more protection from guns than c

Our children.

[krawhitham]

3. GOOD

[Voltaire2]

4. This is the way.

[H2O Man]

5. Recommended.

AOC is my favorite politician. I think this should be "connected" to gun control. However, I wish it were framed where the two were connected in the same bill.

[malaise]

6. Good choice

[myohmy2]

7. pukes...

...want to play hardball, let's play hardball...

...let's protect the supremes like trump protected the Capitol on January 6...

...let the supremes be safe from gun violence when we, our children, family and loved-ones are safe from gun violence...

...let the supremes feel the effects of their many misguided right-wing decisions...

...I'm with AOC...

[3825-87867]

8. How about we MOVE ALL the SCOTUS

to a safe location - until there's no problem with gun violence...ANYWHERE in the U.S.?

It might make it a little tough for them to issue ANY rulings they may make or are PLANNING to make..

for their safety, of course. Meanwhille, congress can continue to pass laws!

[Solly Mack]

9. I don't think their lives worth more than mine.

But then I neither mythologize nor imbue elected and appointed officials with special qualities and abilities. They're people. They're citizens, just like I am.

Problem is, many of them forget they are citizens just like the rest of us.

They forget - and some flat out don't care - that we become the pawns when they take harmful actions they label as "governing" or when they don't take any action at all when it is desperately needed.

A government that places its citizenry at the disadvantage isn't much of a government at all.

[stage left]

10. K&R

Dems in the House need to quit saying yes to everything the Rethugs want. How about a little quid pro quo.

[JoeOtterbein]

11. K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt

[allegorical oracle]

12. Love AOC, but we do NOT need a Kavanaugh martyr. Keep him safe and f**king accountable.

[JudyM]

14. Right on point, way to go, AOC.