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CrispyQ

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3. Democrats criticizing repubs is political & partisan but repubs criticizing dems is healthy political debate.

Reply to JohnSJ (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2024, 01:22 PM

Mar 2024

Pointing out that they are taking marching orders from Trump is partisan & unseemly but wearing a MAGA hat in the chamber & jeering the President is freedom of expression.

Over the years the hypocrisy wears you down.

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Why is it political pointing out the hypocrisy of the republicans in Congress by refusing to pass [View all] JohnSJ Mar 2024 OP

There's nothing wrong with it being political. TwilightZone Mar 2024 #1

Exactly, "almost everything has a political context", or can be interpreted as such. However, JohnSJ Mar 2024 #2

Democrats criticizing repubs is political & partisan but repubs criticizing dems is healthy political debate. CrispyQ Mar 2024 #3

Nailed it. Their hypocrisy has become normalized. bluesbassman Mar 2024 #11

They support their own hyper-MAGA-partisanship. pandr32 Mar 2024 #4

It is political limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #5

I think they use that as an argument in an attempt to diminish what was said, in other words, JohnSJ Mar 2024 #6

Oh, I know. limbicnuminousity Mar 2024 #10

They are just calling out what they Tree Lady Mar 2024 #7

you bet the speech was political..it had to be... agingdem Mar 2024 #8

It matters not what Joe Biden says... Septua Mar 2024 #9

Why is it political to pursue a criminal for federal crimes ? republianmushroom Mar 2024 #12

Of course it's political. Everything that happens in the Capitol is political. MineralMan Mar 2024 #13