oh goodness they're reading the Constitution on the House floor

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Link to tweet

[AllaN01Bear]

1. who was reading? 1 of them or 1 of us?

if them smokescreen

[sarisataka]

2. Maybe they should do this

At the start of each Congressional session. It seems more than a few people who get elected are unfamiliar with the document.

[rzemanfl]

3. WTAF????

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Do Republicans even UNDERSTAND what is in it beyond the 2nd Amendment?

More than likely NOT! Not with this bunch.

[Ohio Joe]

10. To be fair...

They don’t understand the 2nd amendment either.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. What "regulated militia" are they a member of I wonder?

[ananda]

19. Got me.

???

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. I do not think it means

what RepubliKKKans think it means.

[Freethinker65]

6. Good. They can read.

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. But do they understand what they are reading?

[emulatorloo]

25. Sure, but they spend most of their time willfully misinterpreting it on Fox or in fundraising emails

[vlyons]

7. Just so much kabuki theater. Meanwhile no legislation for

sensible gun control, healthcare, gerrymandering, education, home ownership, or anything else

[Arkansas Granny]

8. This might be the first time some of them have listened to/read the document themselves.

[Ocelot II]

11. It's probably the first time many of them have read it.

[niyad]

13. Reading, comprehending, and abiding by, are three different things.

[greymattermom]

14. So is the room full?

I'd like to see attendance numbers.

[gratuitous]

15. A little late there, Kevin

Weren't you promising your theater-addicted fans that you'd do this on the very first day of Congress? What took so long? Oh yeah . . . right. That whole voting for a speaker thing. And it only took 15 ballots! Your mommy must be so proud.

[Initech]

16. WTF???? OMG I truly hate the MAGA scumbags.

[Whiskeytide]

17. I hope someone is listening. They'll put some shit in the record ...

… that doesn’t belong.

[bullimiami]

18. Just like with the Bible. They read it, pretend it's important, then ignore it.

[turbinetree]

20. Did they skip 14 Amendment Section 3...because over 160 of them where all in in 2020 insurrection...

Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection and Other Rights
Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

[MineralMan]

21. Almost nobody in the chamber.

Publicity stunt.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. Who is surprised by this?

[MineralMan]

27. Not I.

[louis-t]

22. Dems should show up and stop him frequently

and ask him to reread certain sections, then ask the speaker if he believes in that clause. Make. It. Backfire.

[multigraincracker]

23. I thought I heard the first guy say something about

promoting the General Welfare?

[Midnight Writer]

26. The GOP is the Party of Stunts. It is all they have.

[2naSalit]

28. If only they had...

Comprehension capabilities.

[jmowreader]

29. How they wish it could be

“Clerk, read the 26th Amendment “

Clerk does so.

“All in favor of ignoring this Amendment on grounds those punks vote in too many Democrats?”

[sinkingfeeling]

30. Republicans can read?