Pelosi out of order, dems change rules
A strange thing happened in the House of Representatives yesterday. The same House members who could not censor or specifically condemn members for making anti-Semitic remarks, rushed to formally condemn the President of the United States for what democratic leadership considered "racist" remarks. The formal resolution (H Res 489) condemned the President's remarks directed at certain members of congress. The vote was 240-187, with every democrat voting in lock step.
Perhaps it was Pelosi's way of trying to trap Republicans by creating a situation where Republicans would have to vote on a Trump statement. Something like asking Trump nominees about how they feel about Trump statements.
One big problem:
The problem was the rules of the House forbid it. House rule XVII, clause 1(B), requires remarks on the floor “be confined to the question under debate, avoiding personality." Georgia rep Doug Collins (R) called her on it:
Collins immediately stood and asked if Pelosi wanted to "rephrase that comment."
"I have cleared my remarks with the parliamentarian before I read them," Pelosi claimed, before walking away to applause.
"Can I ask the words be taken down? I make a point of order that the gentlewoman's words are unparliamentary and be taken down ," Collins said.
The chair, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, (D) Then called for compliance: "The chair will remind all members, please, please, do not make personality-based comments"
The confused Emanuel Cleaver
Collins then repeated his request as House democrats talked with the House P arliamentarian. While that was going on Pelosi let the House floor, which is another rule violation! Then Clever (the Chair) walked off! Rep Steny Hoyer (D) eventually took over the chair, then read a statement: "The words used by the gentlewoman from California contained an accusation of racist behavior on the part of the President, the words should not be used in debate, " he said, affirming the House parliamentarian's decision and technically banning Pelosi from speaking on the House floor for the rest of the day.
Then House democrats quickly voted to change the rules, restoring Pelosi's words and restoring her speaking privileges.
Democrats at work!
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Simply stunning!
“In America, if you hate our Country, you are free to leave. The simple fact of the matter is, the four Congresswomen think that America is wicked in its origins, they think that America is even more wicked now, that we are all racist and evil"....Donald Trump
Remarks to be classified as "racist" or stupid?
Was he attacking their race or their radicalism?
"Go back where you came from" is a well know racist slogan. Trump's stupidity (not knowing the individuals are all Americans and 3 of the 4 were born in America (AOC is literally as American as Donald Trump-one of her parents is a native born American and one is an immigrant exactly like Donald Trump himself)) tripped him up and gave him away.
Maybe for you John. If one were listening to some of the statements those 4 radicals made, one might be confused as to where they were from. They have little love for America. BTW there are 14 members of congress born outside the US:
" There are 14 congressional members who were born outside the United States, all of whom are Democrats, who became U.S. citizens. Thirteen of the 14 members of Congress born outside of the United States to non-American parents serve in the House of Representatives. Three of them are from Mexico – Salud Carbajal and Raul Ruiz (California) and Jesus Garcia (Illinois), and two are from India – Raja Krishnamoorthi (Illinois) and Pramila Jayapal (Washington). Other congressional members were born in the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Taiwan, Poland, Ecuador, Vietnam, and Guatemala."
The thing that bothers me more than Trump making a knee-jerk statement is somebody hiding behind their race after making anti-American & anti-Semitic statements!
My advice to the President - To combat liberals, you don't have to become like them!
Your career on Newstalkers seems to be dedicated to making daily excuses for President* Trump.
I am as I have always been - a fierce opponent of the cancer known as "liberalism. Donald Trump may be crude, but he has taken on the left. He only needs to be careful not to alienate those of us who want a return to normalcy. I notice you are making this about Trump again. Do you have any opinion about what your democrats did yesterday?
A few weeks ago the North Korean dictator criticized Joe Biden (possibly at Trump's request), saying that Biden is "low IQ" (sound familiar?). Trump tweeted out agreement with the NK dictator's attack on Biden ( a former vice president of the United States).
The "traitor" here is Trump.
All I can say John is just "Wow"!
Would that normalcy be Koch brothers normalcy or John Birch Society normalcy ?
Good.
It wasn't a compliment.
My "good" was in agreement with your brevity. Keep all your responses to one sentence, and I think the forum will benefit.
Trump supporters are , by and large, brainwashed.
Trump Is The Most Unpatriotic Presidential Candidate In American History
"Your career on Newstalkers seems to be dedicated to making daily hate/idiotic detrains against President* Trump"
Looks much better and much more accurate John - sorry, but truth be told.
Trump says the four democratic congresswomen are Un American.
Trump sought and accepted help from an enemy nation to the United States to help him get elected president.
When Putin said the US is not exceptional Trump did not disagree with Putin. He mealy mouthed approval of what Putin said.
Trump publicly agreed with a communist dictator when that dictator attacked a former US vice president.
The kicker is though, that Trump is no more American than these women are. His status as far as immigrant or native is EXACTLY like AOC. Both had one immigrant parent and one native born parent. What the fuck is his basis or right to tell her "go back where you came from" ?
"Trump sought and accepted help from an enemy nation to the United States to help him get elected president. "
Show your proof. Obviously you think you know much more than what Mueller reported.
Proof please.
He asked Russia to produce Hillary Clinton's private emails. Mueller said that. Where were you?
You have no idea whether or not that is true. You are just mouthing right wing propaganda. It is not unAmerican to criticize America from the left any more so than it is to criticize it from the right.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez wants a better life for the working class people of the United States. There is nothing un American about that. Republicans and conservatives generally oppose workers having unions. I call that un American.
Trump has repeatedly shown ignorance of US laws, or disagreement with US laws. He has called an entire federal district court unAmerican. He's so stupid he didnt even know that Puerto Ricans are Americans. He's not a true patriot, he's a joke patriot.
The people who support Trump and Trumpism in the face of a daily mountain of evidence against him are the "blinded" ones.
While your career on Newstalkers seems to be dedicated to making daily "I Hate Trump" comments and seeding articles to exhibit that.
It is very easy to find evidence against Trump.
Trumpsters dont care about evidence. I'm not going to hop around like a monkey just to amuse Trumpsters.
But you play the part so well
I've been on tenterhooks for months waiting for "evidence" that no one, not even Mueller, Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, et al, have been able to provide. How long must I wait?
The traitors are those who won't accept election results and tried to remove a President from office. Still no thoughts on anything in the article? Yesterday I found out that even if the seeder/author discusses a topic, she gets to declare it Off Topic later!
So the millions (almost 3 million more than the turd of a 'president' received) of people who voted for Hillary are traitors?
I got a feeling you don't know much about either. Normalcy involves all the decent Americans living between the east coast slums and the west coast homeless communities.
Shall I do what you did yesterday? Ok, Hillary and Trump are now off topic!
You discussed something, then declared it off topic and found a moderator to go along with it
Nope I don't consider them traitors , those 3 million more votes just happened to be in places that it didn't effect the assignment of available electors in the electoral college .
every single vote that Hillary garnered counted towards the electors where the votes were cast.
basic High School US government class stuff.
That's accurate.
Cry me a fucking river Vic
Blah blah fucking blah. I wasn't talking to you
Sometimes it simply isn't appreciated when you try to educate people on how elections are really conducted.
It dosen't work that way for me. If I comment on something I don't get to later say it's off topic. I bet if I took that to someone, she would overturn it.
In America, if you hate our Country, you are free to leave.
The love it or leave it defense, a redux from the sixties. I do not believe that they hate our Country, more along the lines of improving what they see as injustice.
Whether one agrees with what one says or not, they are also free to say what they may, as are we all.
I beg to differ!
more along the lines of improving what they see as injustice.
Like elevating one race over another?
Whether one agrees with what one says or not, they are also free to say what they may, as are we all.
So is Donald Trump!!!
Yup, even Mr. Trump.
more along the lines of improving what they see as injustice.
Like elevating one race over another?
Nope, just going about what they deem correct.
I beg to differ!
I suppose only they can answer that question.
They have
was love it or leave it racist?
Nope, just a knee jerk reaction to those that differed on an opinion that ultimately proved correct.
Republican support for Trump rises after racially charged tweets
No but the fan base seems to be embracing this incarnation of it.
He could get 100% Of Republican support and still lose if the rest of the country is unified against him.
That one is difficult to argue.
Has it ever occurred to you that MAYBE the support is a reaction to the over-the-top, hypocritical, insane, melodramatic responses to his tweets?
While everything that occurs these days from both sides seems to be shrouded in drama, real or imagined offence, hypocrisy and hyperbole, the tweets were both vile and not required.
The Dems were on the verge of self destruction, all he had to do was sit back shut his mouth ( or thumbs ) and allow it to reach its conclusion. All he seems to have accomplished is to unify them and make his path all the more difficult.
personally I think they are ALL( both parties) a bunch of braying jackasses that have no public speaking abilities....
Totally agree!
Link please
How many fuckin liberals do you think there are?
Seems that some haven't learned and are still hoping/relying on making the popular vote the factor for presidential elections. They still believe that electing a POTUS is the same as electing a prom king/queen.
Pretty much
Yup
If only they could get all of those "voters" out in CA to really make an impact!
Republican support for Trump rises after racially charged tweets ...
GOP support for Trump rises after tweets attacking congresswomen: Poll
Thanks Luther for backing up an opinion. Those numbers were rising and I believe they are rising because people are seeing and hearing the liberal democrats. Please keep them talking!
The same status quo we see on campus and in the biased media that lied to us for three years. I'd say the average American is a lot wiser than you give them credit for.
last I saw a couple years ago was Reps made up around 25-28 % of the voters , dems between 28-32% leaving the rest as independent voters not tied to any party affiliation, but having the same as the 2 major parties , liberal moderate and conservative factions , neither major party would win without convincing those independents to vote their way. fact of life actually , even the what passes as dems cant win if the others unify against them.
breaking rules and rewriting the rule book to avoid accountability.
And Democrats complain about trump...
That's their MO, be it Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi or the liberal judges that have been blocking Trump.
While I believe Trump definitely could have handled his tweet differently...he has shown all of America the nature of the beast that calls themselves the Democratic Party.
The 'squad' now believe that they can whip anyone into complete control....after all, they got Pelosi to use harsh words and lie about it. When caught, changing the rules is the answer. This group of little merry lawmakers would rather complain than create a comprehensive immigration policy that would end any type of cruelty they claim occurs. Blame Trump, blame the org that is tasked with ensuring laws are complied with...sit back and complain some more. If anyone disagrees...yell RACIST...anti-woman of color...whatever suits you.
Manufactured Crisis....oh wait, there really is a crisis! Blame Trump! Blame ICE! Blame CBP!
Yes, Trump could do things differently...but showing the underbelly of the Dems seemed to be more fun.
I thought the article was about Pelosi and what she said/did, but as I read through the comments it seems that the whole discussion was off topic. Seems to me that John* (asterisk intended) led that discussion. Eh Hombre?
"The problem was the rules of the House forbid it."
What are Rules to the "Left" anyway ?
"ILLEGAL" is the Great and Powerful "Legal" now.
Democrats seem mighty fond of rules.
Until they decide they don't like those rules being applied to THEM.
Rules are just a thingy to be broken for "Self Indulgence" by the "Dimbulbs".
That's why we have so many folks in Jail to this day …. and it keeps growing ! After all, the "Left" keep lifting up the "Common Folk" to be like them !
So it appears Democrats believe racism is not offensive. They just went on record that they don't think anyone should be offended by being called a racist.
Nancy Pelosi (D) = I was told I could use those words (LIED).
Steny Hoyer (D) = NO YOU CAN'T (TRUTH)!
it was GREAT !
To bad they voted to let Nancy speak again, but what are "Rules" really for anyway.
What is fascinating is the absence of the Democratic Presidential candidates. Seems like a perfect opportunity for the Democratic candidates to parade in front of the cameras denouncing Trump to get free face time. Since the mantra has been to defeat Trump, this episode should have been Gravy Train that makes its own gravy.
So, where are the Presidential candidates?