Pic Of The Moment: GOP Pauses Relief Checks, Because What America Needs Now Is Pointless Stunts

[EarlG]

House passes Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief package

GOP Senators plan 'infinity' vote-a-rama for Covid bill

Ron Johnson pledges to slow down passage of stimulus bill with out-loud reading of 700-page document

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[Ligyron]

1. Cannot Schumer just refuse to put any of that needing a vote on the floor like McTurtle did?

[NCjack]

2. Next time there is a DU poll to vote for the dumbest US senator,

I'm voting for Johnson instead of Tuberville -- until Tuberville is discovered to have been one of Trump's coordinators of the attack by insurrectionists on the Capitol.

[ShazzieB]

14. That would be a tough choice.

The guys you mentioned, plus Hawley and Cruz and too many others to list here...such an embarrassment of riches!

[cannabis_flower]

15. Cruz isn't stupid...

He’s just evil.

[niyad]

3. Fine. But ONLY on the condition that HE read it, no breaks, no water. Nothing for him til he

has read every word. And for every second that it takes, he must write a 1,400 dollar check to make up for what he is costing us.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. The Dems should make it a priority to point out what assholes the Repugs are.

They should make sure the message gets to every Red state that it is their senator who is holding up the stimulus bill. Billboards, ads, opinion pieces in national and local media. Hammer the point home that the only reason you haven't gotten your check or shot is because the Republicans don't want you to have them. This should be the only thing Democrats talk about when they appear on political talk shows: "While I understand your question, the only thing that is important to the country is the Covid Relief bill, which has a 70% favorability rating among all Americans, Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Only the Republican Party is preventing the passage of the Covid stimulus. Here's what your audience isn't getting because of Republican actions in the Senate, which are designed to slow the inevitable passage of the bill. First, the $1400 relief checks, second, money for vaccines..."

Repeat the underlined point ad naseum, until it dominates the news and talk shows. Put pressure on big corporate donors to Repug senators. Threatening to boycott a company's product line if it continues to support a Republican senator would make a difference.

This bill must pass, and the Repugs must pay bigly for every day they delay it.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

23. Very good post!

What really sucks is that the R's in the Senate are doing this out of pure spite. Every day they delay these things is another day their hate/propaganda machine can whine and complain about how the Biden administration is a failure. The fact that this is not true doesn't stop them- they are pushing the ridiculous lie about how Antifa/BLM is responsible for the Jan.6 insurrection so what's the big deal with another falsehood?

Johnson's tactics should be exposed to the citizens of Wisconsin and yes, the Dems need to hammer that message home every chance they get.

[PatSeg]

5. What a monster

Though can't say I'm surprised. They are never going to change.

[gab13by13]

6. Schumer needs to play hard ball,

time is wasting, we need an infrastructure bill next. Schumer sets the schedule, keep them there 24/7 until they back off.

[True Blue American]

11. Schumer just said the bill would pass this week

No matter how long it takes the Senate will stay in session. He called out the Senator that read a conspiracy theory into a hearing and who voted for the tax cut.

[dchill]

7. "Translated from the original Russian."

(TY Brian Williams)

[Wild blueberry]

8. Just like MoRon to suggest that Someone Else actually do it

The guy who married into his job and his millions; others do the work, he takes the credit and money.

What were you doing in Moscow July 4, 2018, RonAnon?

[gademocrat7]

9. Johnson is one of the most odious rethugs.

He is a treasonous bastard.

[magicguido]

10. from Wikipedia

Johnson was born in Mankato, Minnesota, the son of Jeanette Elizabeth (née Thisius) and Dale Robert Johnson. His father was of Norwegian descent and his mother of German ancestry.[3]

Growing up, Johnson delivered newspapers, worked as a caddy at a golf course, baled hay on his uncle's dairy farm, and worked as a dishwasher in a restaurant.[4]

Before politics, Johnson was chief executive officer of a polyester and plastics manufacturer founded by his brother-in-law.[2]

Johnson rejects the scientific consensus on climate change, claiming that scientists who attribute global warming to human activity are "crazy" and the theory is "lunacy".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Johnson_(Wisconsin_politician)

[True Blue American]

13. Then married money.

[Mr.Bill]

12. I've got a feeling this is just the beginning.

Now watch them spend a few weeks adding amendments to the bill.

[orangecrush]

16. Jesus Christ

I am so sick of them.

[nuxvomica]

17. He looks like a ventriloquist dummy in the picture

Thereby making him look smarter than he is.

[calimary]

18. The guy with the pale watery-blue eyes.

Anemic-looking.

Just like his “ideas” and policy “positions.”

[Ziggysmom]

19. Problem is the Repugs play dirty and we dont

So the media and uninformed public misses the point often.

[GETPLANING]

20. Making the economy scream

It's time to end the filibuster and put America's agenda into action.

[Marthe48]

21. johnson acts like an abusive drunk

He is abusive, have no clue if he fuels his devils with liquor.

[Oldem]

22. Claire McCaskill's name for him is QaRon. I like that.

[Midnight Writer]

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

[Oldem]

25. Anybody remember Mad Magazine? This is

a picture of Alfred E. Neuman for the 21st century.

[marble falls]

26. It's the thought that counts.