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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAndy Ogles (R-TN) equates having "a set of balls" with doing whatever Trump demands, enthusiastically, without question
House conservatives are training their fire on a new target: their own Senate majority leader.
Fed up with John Thune's (R-SD) refusal to nuke the filibuster and force through President Donald Trump's sweeping voter ID bill, House Republicans are reaching for a familiar weapon the same scorched-earth playbook they used to torch former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
"Its time for Thune to grow a set of balls," Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) told Notus on Thursday.
"Nuke the filibuster, pass all this stuff and pass Trump's executive orders," he added.
The frustration centers on the SAVE America Act, which passed the House 218-213 last month with just one Democrat voting yes. The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo ID to cast a ballot, including by mail, in an attempt to curb baseless accusations of rampant voter fraud. Critics say it would amount to voter suppression.
https://www.rawstory.com/john-thune-2676388578/
canetoad
(20,736 posts)Of a 'boys club' a bit too far.
Jilly_in_VA
(14,343 posts)ought to be kicked out of Congress for the scurrilous anti-Muslim crap he's been posting everywhere. If a Democrat did that he'd be censured and kicked out of the party.
2naSalit
(102,414 posts)Some real honest to gawd pretzelogic there... almost makes me dizzy.
Drum
(10,648 posts)Miles Archer
(23,015 posts)https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/matt-schlapp-accused-fondling-male-campaign-staffer-rcna64563
The Herschel Walker campaign aide said the conservative leader groped him without his consent in October.
Jan. 6, 2023, 1:21 PM EST / Updated Jan. 6, 2023, 8:05 PM EST
By Jonathan Allen
WASHINGTON Matt Schlapp, one of the nations most prominent conservative leaders and a top ally of former President Donald Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walkers campaign in October.
"He reached in between my legs and fondled me," the former Walker staffer told NBC News in a telephone interview Thursday night. "To my shame, I didnt say anything" to stop Schlapp. NBC News is withholding the staffers name at his request because he fears the allegations against a powerful Republican could harm his own career in GOP politics.
Turbineguy
(40,027 posts)msongs
(73,680 posts)GenThePerservering
(3,308 posts)struggle4progress
(126,070 posts)Himmler is very sim'lar. And poor old Ogles has no balls at all.