CBC chair says GOP lawmaker told her 'kiss my a--'

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, alleged on Tuesday that GOP Rep. Hal Rogers (Ky.) told her to "kiss my ass" after she asked him to wear a mask before boarding a train in the Capitol as lawmakers headed to votes in the House chamber.

"Today, while heading to the House floor for votes, I respectfully asked my colleague @RepHalRogers to put on a mask while boarding the train. He then poked my back, demanding I get on the train. When I asked him not to touch me, he responded, 'kiss my ass,'" Beatty wrote in a twitter thread.

"This is the kind of disrespect we have been fighting for years, and indicative of the larger issue we have with GOP Members flaunting health and safety mandates designed to keep us and our staff safe," she added.

Rogers's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill for comment.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/593366-cbc-chair-alleges-hal-rogers-told-her-kiss-my-ass-over-mask-ask

[wryter2000]

1. that's who it was

I saw this in another thread. How absolutely ghastly.

[Budi]

2. "They're all the same". Trump, GOP, Rogan, Q's,

& GOP Rep. Hal Rogers (Ky.)

[Traildogbob]

3. Kentuckians

[Budi]

5. Assholery is a rite of passage for these fkrrs.

Every one of them

[Bayard]

34. Careful.....

[Traildogbob]

35. North Carolina

We gave the world Meadows and Cawthorn. Both from the district I live in. But McConnell and Paul are a couple real winners. I blame it on rigged elections. Surely there are not enough idiots in these two states to legally put those 4 in power. Meadows, part term and left. Cawthorn, hoping he is an early exit as well. At least we could say we don’t keep re-electing the same idiots.

[LenaBaby61]

30. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[gopiscrap]

44. exactly

[Emile]

4. Can Nancy Pelosi fine him or punish him?

[ChazII]

25. This is what I am thinking.

No reason for this type of disrespect.

[Warpy]

6. Note to Rep. Beatty: it's "flouting," not "flaunting."

It's a common mistake these days and bugs the hell out of me.

/pedantry

As for the remark by her KKKolleague, I think it demonstrates at least an equal contempt for women and POC.

IOW, what an asshole!

[NullTuples]

13. Her point still stands. Could also have been the journalist.

And yes, I agree:
flouting = to show disregard
flaunting = to show off

[niyad]

32. It is good to see you here.

[littlemissmartypants]

36. I looked it up and the dictionary suggests otherwise...

VERB
flaunting (present participle)
display (something) ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance.


So, it seems, though not exactly interchangeable, either works in this instance. Interesting. Thanks. ❤

[Botany]

7. This an example of the Republican playbook* ... always act like they are in charge even when they..

... aren't. Disrespect, meanness just for the sake of being mean, cheating, rule breaking, and
all the time talking about Jesus, 'merica, and FREE Dumbs. Reagan, the loss of the fairness
doctrine, Newt's toxic act,Rush, Fox, w & TFG's stolen elections, and TFG's act have now put
this at a new level.


Perfect example is Gov. Greg Gianforte of Montana shot and killed a tagged Yellowstone wolf inside
a fenced in area just north of the park's boundary just to be a dick. He must have thought the killing
was good because it will make "the libs" sad.

* and Vlad's playbook too.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. WOW-this GOP congresscritter is an asshole

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Cha]

11. Rt TY.. I was hoping they'd tell

the world about it!! Shine the Light!

Nazi POS needs to keep his GD hands to himself.

[Cha]

9. Keep your GD hands to yourself..

you Slimy Nazi POS.

[paleotn]

10. Garbage humans. We're all dealing with them.

[LakeArenal]

12. Did he think she wouldn't report it? They think they're immune to criticism?

That entitled…. It really is shocking. GOP used to be the self-righteous “respect the dignity of the office” party.

Now they are just entitledly self-righteous with no respect for anyone.

[NullTuples]

14. Hal Rogers statement as of a few minutes ago (3:38 PST)

Hal Rogers statement: “This afternoon, I met with Congresswoman Beatty to personally apologize. My words were not acceptable and I expressed my regret to her, first and foremost.”

[onecaliberal]

21. No way. These bastards need to be named and shamed continually.

[NullTuples]

31. Every single time.

[MerryHolidays]

27. I am actually stunned he apologized. It doesn't excuse this

completely unacceptable behavior. But it is surprising.

[Gore1FL]

15. "He then poked my back, demanding I get on the train."

Isn't that battery or assault or something?

[Marthe48]

16. should be

what a jerk hal is.

[70sEraVet]

19. The 'kiss my ass', followed by poking her

would certainly result in punishment in the corporate world. He'd get canned with one more misconduct.

[onecaliberal]

22. Where I work, he would have been fired and security would remove his "items"

[liberalgunwilltravel]

17. She should have

She should have honored his request. “Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you said, ‘Kick my ass!””

[whathehell]

23. I like your suggestion..

[TNNurse]

18. Well, if he ever tried to identify himself as a "Kentucky gentleman",

we need to point this out to him.

This is a person without class, dignity or decency.

Wish I could ask his mama what she thought of him talking to ANY WOMAN that way.

[MontanaMama]

20. Why is this behavior

allowed in congress? I don’t get it.

[robleb]

24. Disgrace

and simply put, JERK

[ShazzieB]

26. This was more than just rudeness.

This was racism, misogyny, and white male privilege on full public display.

I can't read this story and see it any other way. White man curses at a black woman AND puts his hands on her? That's a step beyond mere rudeness, imnsho, triggered by being "told what to do" by someone he considers his inferior.

In imagining how Rogers would have reacted to being reminded to wear a mask by someone other than a black woman, I can't help but believe it would gone down differently. Would he have put his hands on a white woman? I really don't think so. White southern men of his generation were trained to be "gentlemen," which includes being polite to (white) "ladies." They might regard women as the "weaker sex," but there are hard and fast rules about how a "gentleman" is expected to treat a (white) "lady."

What if a black man told Rogers to wear a mask? Rogers probably would have "poked" him even harder, and said something even worse.

How about a white man, someone Rogers saw as his equal? That could warrant a dirty look and/or a snarky comment, but I don't for a moment think he would sunk to the same level of rudeness.

Telling someone to kiss your nether regions isn't just rude. It's utterly contemptuous and disrespectful. That's one of the most disrespectful things you can say to someone without using the f word, and Rogers said it to a black woman. That says volumes to me about who he thinks is deserving of his respect and who is not.

[niyad]

33. Exactly.

[orleans]

37. "This was racism, misogyny, and white male privilege on full public display." yes it was

i hope pelosi kicks his ass

[littlemissmartypants]

38. Exactly! Thanks so much for saying what I feel. ❤

I'm sick to death of the definitely not so good, "good ole boys" club and the patriarchy in general.

Despicable.

This was racism, misogyny, and white male privilege on full public display.

Your comments are right on!

[electric_blue68]

40. Spot on.

[c-rational]

28. Good for the CBC Chairwoman for speaking up.

[Evolve Dammit]

29. They are vile and need to be called out at every incident. MSM could do a LOT more in reporting

[electric_blue68]

39. GD fucker. How DARE he poke her, along w his disgusting comment!

[raccoon]

41. Stay classy, Republicans. NT

[PittBlue]

42. How despicable.

Typical Republican pig.

[Kid Berwyn]

43. Hal Rogers, NAZI Cheap Crook

Who’s the most cringe member of the Ky Congressional delegation? We have a new winner.

BY LINDA BLACKFORD
Lexington Herald-Leader, FEBRUARY 09, 2022 12:14 PM

Excerpt…

What money, you ask? In 2020, John Cheves wrote yet another story about Rogers’ various and lucrative political organization, including a PAC that pays Rogers’ wife $3,000 a month for “event planning.” Also, Cheves found the PAC had paid $18,000 so far for Tracy Rogers, the congressman’s daughter-in-law, and $36,000 so far for Bob Mitchell, his longtime friend and former district director who retired from Rogers’ office in 2012.” In 2011, the Center for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington found that Rogers, also known as the “Prince of Pork,” the longtime chair of the House Appropriations Committee, had funneled more than $236 million in federal funds since 2000 to a web of nonprofit groups he created in Kentucky, benefiting him, his family and his associates.

Politicians are not supposed to funnel money to associates or tell their colleagues to kiss their ass. Then again, they’re also not supposed to support or foment lies about election fraud and riots in the U.S. Capitol. Then again, this is the Kentucky delegation.

Source:

https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/linda-blackford/article258206483.html

[RussBLib]

45. he apologized, finally

you go, Joyce!