The reason they “hated sleepy” Joe is because they couldn’t mold his again mind to do their bidding. They can with Trump. Hop him up on some sort of drug, send him out there to speak, and then just use him as a puppet beyond that.
I read a terrifying article from Michael Littig warning that Trump and House Speaker Johnson may simply opt not to seat newly elected Congressional Reps after the election. He’s appealing to Republicans to wake up and do their jobs, I fear that ship sailed long ago.
So we’re at a place where we the people must protest (No Kings 10/17) and continue to push back against the zealots who would hand our republic to this damaged party. It’s not just Trump anymore, he has nurtured a whole ecosystem. They look at this image a shrug because decency doesn’t matter. They enjoy what he’s doing, as if it’s a TV show.
I read the same article and it has me more terrified than anything else going on right now. None of our GOTV efforts will matter if those in charge of the peaceful transfer of power refuse to transfer it. And Kegsbreath has purged the military of any office with a shred of integrity who might stand up to defend the results of the mid-terms. I hope that every official who supports the peaceful transfer of power after a free and fair election is mapping out a Plan B, and a Plan C, and a Plan D, all the way down to Plan Z.
We should expect the unexpected this election. I don't believe we've yet to see the worst of this monster. The only clue to what man can do is what man has already done.
Cannot do that. Once a Congressional term ends, there are no duly serving members of the House, and the decisions of the outgoing Congress are not binding on the incoming Congress. The first thing that happens, at the start of a new term, is that the House elects a Speaker. The second thing that happens is that the Secretary of the House swears in the Speaker. And the third thing that happens is that the Speaker swears in the other 434 House members (and the three delegates) en masse. It is not likely that the Republicans will hold the majority in January, or that Johnson will be re-elected as Speaker. So, he's not likely to be in a position to try to pull this stunt. And even if he somehow is in that position, there is no way to swear in only the Republicans, since again, the ceremony is a group event.
The stunt won't work in the Senate, either. In the case of the upper chamber, if there's no swearing-in ceremony, then there would be roughly 65 duly-serving members of the Senate. But since there are 22 Republican seats up, as compared to 13 Democratic seats, that would mean a Democratic majority. And the Democrats would promptly elect a majority leader, and that leader would seat the 35 un-sworn-in senators.
On top of this, if Republicans engage in shenanigans to keep Democrats from being seated, then the Constitution would be in abeyance. Every single thing the pseudo-Congress tried to do would result in lawsuits, arguing (entirely correctly) that action [X] is not legal because the duly-elected Congress did not approve it.
It's actually the dean of the House that swears the new Speaker in, by tradition.
The House (unlike the Senate) is not a continuing body. From the moment that one session expires, to the moment that the next group of members-elect are sworn in, there is no House of Representatives. There are no members. The current House cannot make decisions for future Houses.
If it’s not about the ballroom or the ballroom or the ballroom, he doesn’t care. Literally. Does. Not.
Indeed. WTF?
The reason they “hated sleepy” Joe is because they couldn’t mold his again mind to do their bidding. They can with Trump. Hop him up on some sort of drug, send him out there to speak, and then just use him as a puppet beyond that.
A sociopathic malignant narcissist in the end stages of dementia.
What could possibly go wrong?
Once a pos always a pos
We elected this crap
Now deal with it
The cult raising their right hands at his demand to pledge cheating on the election--that was the tell. Too many of our fellow citizens are rotten.
I read a terrifying article from Michael Littig warning that Trump and House Speaker Johnson may simply opt not to seat newly elected Congressional Reps after the election. He’s appealing to Republicans to wake up and do their jobs, I fear that ship sailed long ago.
So we’re at a place where we the people must protest (No Kings 10/17) and continue to push back against the zealots who would hand our republic to this damaged party. It’s not just Trump anymore, he has nurtured a whole ecosystem. They look at this image a shrug because decency doesn’t matter. They enjoy what he’s doing, as if it’s a TV show.
I read the same article and it has me more terrified than anything else going on right now. None of our GOTV efforts will matter if those in charge of the peaceful transfer of power refuse to transfer it. And Kegsbreath has purged the military of any office with a shred of integrity who might stand up to defend the results of the mid-terms. I hope that every official who supports the peaceful transfer of power after a free and fair election is mapping out a Plan B, and a Plan C, and a Plan D, all the way down to Plan Z.
We should expect the unexpected this election. I don't believe we've yet to see the worst of this monster. The only clue to what man can do is what man has already done.
Trump gets a 50% commission on all grifts. That’s what molds him.
Cannot do that. Once a Congressional term ends, there are no duly serving members of the House, and the decisions of the outgoing Congress are not binding on the incoming Congress. The first thing that happens, at the start of a new term, is that the House elects a Speaker. The second thing that happens is that the Secretary of the House swears in the Speaker. And the third thing that happens is that the Speaker swears in the other 434 House members (and the three delegates) en masse. It is not likely that the Republicans will hold the majority in January, or that Johnson will be re-elected as Speaker. So, he's not likely to be in a position to try to pull this stunt. And even if he somehow is in that position, there is no way to swear in only the Republicans, since again, the ceremony is a group event.
The stunt won't work in the Senate, either. In the case of the upper chamber, if there's no swearing-in ceremony, then there would be roughly 65 duly-serving members of the Senate. But since there are 22 Republican seats up, as compared to 13 Democratic seats, that would mean a Democratic majority. And the Democrats would promptly elect a majority leader, and that leader would seat the 35 un-sworn-in senators.
On top of this, if Republicans engage in shenanigans to keep Democrats from being seated, then the Constitution would be in abeyance. Every single thing the pseudo-Congress tried to do would result in lawsuits, arguing (entirely correctly) that action [X] is not legal because the duly-elected Congress did not approve it.
It's actually the dean of the House that swears the new Speaker in, by tradition.
The House (unlike the Senate) is not a continuing body. From the moment that one session expires, to the moment that the next group of members-elect are sworn in, there is no House of Representatives. There are no members. The current House cannot make decisions for future Houses.
Total piece of shit. Not that it's going to matter to MAGAts, though.
Yes. It is unAmerican. And it's Fox News and right-wing radio doping the 30% for profit.