Dem Lawmaker Rips GOP Reps To Their Faces: 'You Bend The Knee To The Orange Jesus'

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Rep. Rob Menendez says he's "had it" with the partisanship of Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee.

A Democratic lawmaker slammed his Republican colleagues over their fealty to Donald Trump on Tuesday night during a marathon 15-hour session on impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border security issues.

Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) said the House Homeland Security Committee has held 17 hearings on the border, but zero full committee hearings on other issues within its jurisdiction such as emergency preparedness, cyber threats, infrastructure protection and more.

“We have not lived up to our oversight obligation here on this committee because you all are obsessed with the border,” he said. “Because you bend the knee to the ‘Orange Jesus’ as you refer to him across the aisle.”

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If only they gave a shit.

They want to get reelected. They know they have to do what the Almighty Orange One says for that to happen. I'm really hoping the Democrats actually take off the gloves for this election and call the Republicans the insurrection party. Then they have to show America that one party is fully responsible and that one party has been blocking the investigation into the insurrection.

Show the Jan 6 footage. Get an emotional response. Make the Republican voters feel like shit for allowing that to happen.

I’m really hoping the Democrats actually take off the gloves for this election

Sorry, I've been waiting for that for at least three decades. They are terrified that anything further left than milquetoast corporate-friendly liberalism will somehow make things worse. Yes, I'm voting for Biden, blah blah blah, but it sure would be nice to see Dems shake things up for a change.

I honestly think we're a walking corpse of a country. They absolutely do not in the slightest care one iota about what "we" think. We could show them, in person, Donald Trump kicking a 4 year old and they'd argue that "they were a liberal so it's fine, he actually loves children."

I know several republican voters who watched the Jan 6 footage with pride. I really don't think anything would get someone who's still a republican at this point to switch over.

Trying to manipulate them with guilt isn't going to work. Why would they feel guilty about something they supported? Or if they didn't, why would they feel guilty about something they didn't have anything to do with?

Would the failed attempts to kill Hitler have made you support him out of guilt?

Surely quoting Liz Cheney at then will shame them into decency, she's so well loved and influential in Republican circles /s

Rips! At least he didn't "slam" them -

A Democratic lawmaker slammed his

Goddammit

I made a post complaining about political articles using "slam" on Fark back in 2004. I wouldn't hold your breath that journalists will stop using it anytime soon.

Now I'm sad. Thanks a lot for slamming my dreams of better journalism.

Journalists generally don't write their headlines. It's usually copy editors from what I've heard.

The only politician I know of who actually slammed anyone was Greg Gianforte. I always feel compelled to throw that reminder out when this comes up.

In like 5-10 years lawmakers will be "roasting". I'd enjoy it if they all did actual roasts outside of the corespondents dinner.

I may have to learn how to make Lemmy bots so I can build a Slamometer. Increments a counter every time a headline says someone slammed something.

I think that's worth a try. If only to really get an idea of how much it's used by everyone.

You know what's more boring than journalists recycling metaphors? The inevitable complaints people pay about it every. single. time.

It's not about being boring. It's about calling out lazy journalism and this news trend of pretending like anything is changing while no progress actually happens.

This entire article is just saying they got mad and everyone still voted along party lines. That's a whole lot of nothing for such a sensationalist title.

I'm all for calling that out every single time.

Yeah, fuck people that point out professionals being lazy! Don't criticize anyone!

Want anything to be better? Well fuck you for wanting that. Amiright?

GOP Representative SLAMMED his dick in a drawer and blamed Democrats for his pain.

Not like they care or are willing to do anything though.

Alternate headline:

"Nepo baby of corrupt scumbag throws tantrum, makes good points; still nepo baby who had positions handed to him on silver platter"

He's called for his dad to resign from the Senate, so there's that at least.

Doesn't make anything he's saying less right.

You must've been really annoyed under Trump

It's almost as if political dynasties/neoptism/cronyism shouldn't be a thing. Fuck Trump. And fuck Menendez. And Kennedy. Bush, Clinton, Cheney, Paul, Ashcroft, and probably dozens of others that aren't coming immediately to mind.

Form the minute lil Robert declared he was running, the local media simply treated him as the heir to his dad's old seat. Because it was true. He cruised on connections, many of them because his daddy is a crook. I'm hoping Andy Kim can primary senior if he wriggles free again, but Murphy's wife is also running and would you look at that, now we're right back at unqualified people pretending they can govern just because of who they're related to.

Maybe one day junior will prove that he's not just riding coattails as a golden boy. But it's going to take more than an outburst to do it.

I thought this was his dad until I saw your comment. Bob Menendez should resign, and Rob Menendez is right about this. Both things can be true.

I mean, that describes like three quarters of Congress, no?

That's the most blatant ad hominem attack I've seen in a while. Congratulations!