$32 million dollars and an entire administration mobilized to destroy one congressman.
His crime?
Demanding answers about Epstein class abuse networks, and refusing to let child predators hide behind political cover.
If that level of firepower doesn't tell you who's being protected, nothing will.
Go Massie!
Serious question, why isn’t Trump going after Thune with a fraction of the force he’s going after Massie with?
We could have the SAVE Act and tons of other bills passed by now.
I unfortunately have to admit something.
I voted for a high school kid to run this country in 2024.
Thomas Massie votes against a bill? "Worst Republican in history." "Disloyal." "Sanctimonious fool." "May we never have to deal with him again."
Lauren Boebert campaigns for the wrong person? "Weak minded." "Dumb." "Carpetbagger." "Deserves a good primary fight."
This is the President of the United States.
Publicly trashing members of his own party because they didn't fall in line.
Not debating their positions. Not explaining why they're wrong. Not making a case.
Name calling.
On social media.
Like a teenager who got left out of the group chat.
"He's disloyal." "She's weak minded." "Vote them out."
That's not leadership. That's a popularity contest at a lunch table.
You disagree with the boss and instead of a conversation you get publicly humiliated and threatened with a primary challenger.
That's not how a president handles disagreement.
That's how a bully handles it.
Massie voted no on something he believed was wrong. That's literally his job. That's what Americans elected him to do. Think for himself and represent his district.
But in this version of the Republican Party, thinking for yourself gets you a public hit piece from the leader of the free world.
And the base cheers for it.
When did "loyalty to one man" replace "loyalty to the Constitution"?
I voted for a president.
I got a hall monitor with a Truth Social account.
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@LasVegasSun@SenJackyRosen I can not stand Senator Rosen, but she is right about one thing. This $1billion is better spent somehwere else than Trumps ballroom.
Pesticides are giving kids cancer. Why the HECK is CONGRESS trying to include provisions in the Farm Bill that protect these corporations? Who the heck is getting paid? Is someone’s spouse on the payroll? Are you planning your exit from Congress to go lobby for Monsanto? Actual CHILDREN are DYING. IT IS BEING PLACED IN THE FOOD SUPPLY! Y’all are some sick freaks.
@LeaderJohnThune If democrats are doing everything they can to open the border,
why aren’t you doing everything within your power to secure our elections?
We want the SAVE America Act.
I want to apologize for not responding to any of the 22 thousand comments my last post inspired. I’ve been filming all week and just noticed my observations about Jimmy Kimmel and a former plumber named Markwayne Mullin have gone viral. I've also noticed that many of the comments are from people who genuinely seem to believe that Jimmy wasn’t belittling plumbers at all, but was instead, simply trying to point out that Mullin is not qualified to lead the DHS. Here's a small smattering...
Roger Bicknell...
Mikey stop. Kimmel wasn't making fun of plumbers he was making fun of Mullin.
Rebecca Piatt Gonzalez...
Dearest Mike, it's not anything to do with his being a plumber. It's him NOT being skilled in Homeland Security.
Patrick Wise...
Being a plumber qualifies you to be a plumber. Period. The issue Jimmy and the rest of us at the adult table recognize is that jobs require certain training and experience and being a plumber does not qualify you to be Sec of DHS.
Had Roger, Rebecca, Patrick and all the others who rushed to Jimmy’s Kimmel’s defense actually read what I had written, they would see that I did not suggest - even remotely - that a plumber was inherently qualified to hold a cabinet position. What I said was that being a plumber should not disqualify a person from holding such a position. Big difference. Doctors, lawyers, veterinarians, fireman, and university professors are no more or less qualified to run the DHS than plumbers, electricians, or carpenters – but should they all be dismissed as “unqualified” simply because they made a living in some other vocation?
As I wrote in my original post, credentials and diplomas are great ways to bolster a person’s credibility, especially if we’re talking about mastering a specific skill. I think we can all agree that plumbers, accountants, mechanics, and surgeons should all have to prove themselves competent before hanging out a shingle. But what do their credentials and diplomas have to do with their actual competency? Are we not already surrounded by a legion of perfectly qualified experts who don't know what the hell they're doing? Moreover, what do credentials and experience have to do with wisdom, honesty, common sense, integrity, courage, the ability to lead, or any other virtue we’d like to have in our elected officials?
There are plenty of legitimate reasons to question Mullin’s suitability for this role. But there’s no legitimate reason to disqualify him simply because he used to be a plumber. Just as there was no legitimate reason to dismiss AOC because she used to tend bar. As for the joke itself, here’s an honest question. If Senator Mullin was a retired doctor instead of a retired plumber, do you believe he would have would made the same joke?
Roger, Rebecca, Patrick...be honest. Do you really think Jimmy would have said to his audience, "So, now we have a DOCTOR in charge of protecting us from terrorism? Hey – it worked for Dr. Suess – maybe it’ll work for Markwayne!"
Personally, I don't. Not in a million years. Why? Because no one would have found it funny, that’s why. Even though doctors are no more “qualified” to protect us from terrorists than plumbers are, Jimmy knows that doctors are widely respected in society, and that plumbers are not. He knows that medical degrees and doctorates are aspirational credentials, whereas plumbing certificates are not. The entire premise of his joke was based on a personal bias that he knew his audience shared – a bias that presupposes plumbers are uneducated, one-dimensional workers who never made it to college, and are therefore "unqualified" to do anything but plumb.
Jimmy is entitled to his opinion, along with anyone else who believes that Mullin is unqualified to lead the DHS. The Constitution, however, says otherwise, and so does the Senate. Likewise, reasonable people can disagree as to what is funny and what isn’t. Frankly, I couldn’t care less. What I do care about, is the extraordinary shortage of plumbers and electricians our country is facing, and the longstanding stigmas and stereotypes that continue to discourage people from considering a lucrative career in the skilled trades. Jimmy’s joke – and his audience’s reaction to it – is proof positive that those stigmas and stereotypes are alive and well.
PS. We have a lot of money set aside to help train the next generation of plumbers. Apply for a scholarship at https://t.co/vidLSYXCf6 Who knows? Could be the first step on your road to President..
Sometimes, I wonder why I do this work.
I wonder why I work so hard to elect Republican majorities into office
& — when we are in power — our very elected officials don’t wield or harness that power.
I wonder why I lose sleep, miss family vacations, & put my personal life on hold, so wealthy Senators can go on paid vacations
after not achieving the very promises they campaigned on.
Sometimes, I wonder if they truly care about us & if they actually want to represent the will of the very people that elected them into positions of authority.
I will tell you this: if the Senate ultimately does not pass the SAVE America Act, I will use all of the energy, hustle, & organizing efforts we used to elect these Senators into office
as tools to peacefully & respectfully defeat them in their upcoming elections.
@FoxNews Should be suspended indefinitely. Congress must follow the rules we all have to follow. If they dont want to follow them, they shouldnt pass them.