Republicans have a new strategy: Blue Lies Matter
By: Dana Milbank
Look up your Representative.
NAPO_116th_Congress_Legislative_Scorecard.pdf
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McCarthy, Stefanik and Banks all scored 57 percent, and some of the back-benchers piling on Tuesday — Reps. Ken Buck (Colo.), Jody Hice (Ga.), Mo Brooks (Ala.) — scored a paltry 43 percent on NAPO’s pro-police scorecard.
And the Squad? Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) all scored 86 percent. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) scored 71 percent. Where it really counts, all four members of the Squad are more pro-police than their Republican critics.
The pattern continues when looking at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California (80 percent) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland (86 percent), compared with Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana (50 percent). Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), one of 21 House Republicans to vote against giving medals to the police heroes of Jan. 6, scored 33 percent.
Things are a bit more even in the Senate, although Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont (80 percent) bests Republican Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Ted Cruz of Texas (both 60 percent) and Rand Paul of Kentucky (a perfect zero).
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It’s like the military, republicans like to vocally express support (unless of course it means women and minorities have more of a voice) but don’t ACTUALLY like to do anything, you know, helpful.
Good find, Dulay!
This is straight out of 1984..
the party that spent 2020 literally trying to take slash police budgets across the country now tries blame republicans for their acts.
You can either laugh at how cynical and pathetic a lie it is, or feel pity for those whose brains by their hard left partisanship that they actually believe this nonsense.
Oh please DO provide evidence that the data provided by NAPO documents a 'pathetic lie' Sean.
I'll wait...
The NAPO ranked AOC, who called to fully defund the NYC police department, with a 71. The more you attack police, the better you score with NAPO.
I guess we see the reason these activist groups publish this sort of nonsense normal people laugh at. Some people actually fall for it.
Yes yes, and the military command staff are a bunch of “woke” Marxists and yadda yadda yadda.
First of all, PROVE that AOC called for fully defunding the NYC police.
Secondly, the link to the NAPO document clearly cites the legislation they support and the methodology for their rankings. Attacking the police is NOT a positive criteria nor is giving lip service to 'back the blue' a negative criteria.
The NAPO's 'activism' is to ACTUALLY support LEO's and the legislation that will make their jobs easier. I'm doubt that Republicans that have high rankings would dismiss their ranking as nonsense.
Oh and please make sure that your argument is 'logical and consistent'...
Now you're reaching for the moon. Good luck with that....
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Oh really Xx. How about YOUR Representative, Doug LaMalfa? Are you claiming that the NAPO is misrepresenting his positions on the issues they cite?
If NOT, what 'lies' are you talking about?
Those who have led the drive to not support the police, and in fact defund them, have been the politicians, mayors, and city councils of the larger cities, almost all being controlled by Democrats.
And they have gotten plenty of pushback from th le rest of the left. Defund the police is a ducking stupid motto and aside for a. Select few outliers nominees actually wants to get rid of law enforcement. Retrain sure, redefine the mission sure, but eliminate? Fuck that.
The gop is so half baked they are at Pappa Murphy's!