Who's down with OPP?

Congressional Democrats, it appears.

The Naughty by Nature crew with Democratic Representatives Jamie Raskin, Yassamin Ansari and Hakeem Jeffries—all of whom voted to honor Charlie Kirk. A dude who, cough, mocked them and everything they stood for.

So back in the lord’s year of 1991, the hip-hop group Naughty by Nature released an all-time great song named, “O.P.P.”

And if you were a kid who loved the genre (as I was), “O.P.P.” reigned as ubiquitous. It played at every club, every party, inside every dorm room and frat and sorority house. Seriously, the jam proved inescapable, and with good reason. It straight-up thumped.

Now, for people over a certain age, the meaning of “O.P.P.” was most likely a mystery. Either you didn’t care or didn’t know or didn’t know and didn’t care. For us kiddos, however, part of the magic of “O.P.P.” was the abbreviational power.

“O.P.P.”, you see, stands for “Other people’s pussy.”

The song is about cheating. Fooling around. Getting some O.P.P. And the best verse—like, the the the best verse—is when Treach (the lead rapper and a lyrical genius), bellows, “O is for Other, P is for People scratchin' temple/The last P... well... that's not that simple/It's sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten/It's five little letters that are missin' here.”

For 34 years, instead of callously referring to someone I loathe as a “pussy,” I opt for, “It's sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten.” And I feel better about myself.

Which leads to the Democratic Party.

In case you missed this, the U.S. House passed a resolution today that honors the late Charlie Kirk as, “a courageous patriot.” And if you’re thinking, “Only Republicans, right?” Nah, girl. Nah. A whopping 95 Democrats supported the resolution, while 58 opposed, 38 voted present and 22 did not vote.

Now, if you’re wondering, why would Democrats join Republicans in honoring a dude who referred to the Civil Rights Act that granted Black Americans the right to vote as a ‘mistake’; who said Paul Pelosi’s attacker should be bailed out of jail by “a patriot”; who accused Jews of controlling Hollywood, universities, “all of it”; who said he wouldn’t trust a Black woman pilot … if you’re wondering why, in God’s name, they would choose to honor such a dishonorable human … well …

It's sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten.

I repeat.

It's sorta like another way to call a cat a kitten.

We are out here, busting our asses, fighting and scratching and clawing against the demise of democracy and the rise of an authoritarian, and the Democratic Party is … honoring Charlie Kirk—a man who mocked and belittled and condemned them on a near-daily basis? Seriously? Really? Actually? Charlie Kirk? That guy? Really?

Look, no one is happy Charlie Kirk was murdered. And if someone is happy, he’s an asshole. But just because a human perishes doesn’t mean we need to glorify his impact and legacy. Kirk was toxic. His words were toxic. His approach was toxic. He was Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Alex Jones, Jason Whitlock. A different package, sure, but the same genre. We, Democrats, can bemoan his murder without turning him into Gandhi. I’m sure he had his positives. One can argue he was a free-speech proponent, for example. But, to repeat, bruh was no Gandhi.

Of course, however, at the moment our party is lost. We’re afraid, soft, limp, cowardly. We’ve been thrown a meaty fastball across the plate, and we continue to refuse to swing. We’d rather take the walk. Or just slink back to the bench, bat in hand.

We are kittens.

And we are far too down with O.P.P.

PS: Huge props to AOC …