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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Wed Jun 22, 2016, 10:55 PM Jun 2016

Democrats Sing We Shall Overcome Hold As House Republicans Try To Hold A Vote [View all]

By Jason Easley on Wed, Jun 22nd, 2016 at 10:41 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tried to take back the House from Democratic protesters, and it did not go well. Republicans pretended like nothing was happening as Democratic chants and verses of We Shall Overcome drowned the GOP in a sea of protest

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Democrats Sing We Shall Overcome Hold As House Republicans Try To Hold A Vote [View all] workinclasszero Jun 2016 OP

Why do republicans and specifically speaker ryan, continually want to be on the wrong side... dubyadiprecession Jun 2016 #1

The Whig party didn't see their doom approaching either workinclasszero Jun 2016 #2

Cool. Tactical Peek Jun 2016 #3

Amen and Amen!!! uponit7771 Jun 2016 #4