We do a disservice to Democrats by demanding Pelosi deny seats to 126 GOP Members

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44. Politics is theatre. Democrats wringing their hands isn't engaging

A well reasoned as StarfishSaver’s argument is, it is outweighed by that of those who want to use the device of questioning the Seditionist 126’s right to seats in the House to highlight their perfidy and anti-democracy maneuvering. Republicans use every trick in the book to screw Democrats and democracy itself. Meanwhile, Democrats engage in ceaseless hand wringing about what is proper and within the rule of law, missing out on making important points all the while.

Nobody believes that we can really keep the 126 from their seats—though we can all see they don’t deserve them. Everybody knows that Republicans, in our place, would try that very thing against us. So lets at least not deep six the very idea. Let’s make a lot of noise instead,, drawing attention to use how rotten the 126 really are. And lets remind everyone about it every chance we get. Those are actions that will actually punish these seditionist Members and deter others.

Finally, should Democrtic leadership fail to engage in these kinds of punishments, then attacks on their strength and effectiveness will not be unfair or baseless.