NEWS: Several Republicans in the House have skipped Friday's votes and enlisted their colleagues to vote on their behalf, signing letters saying they couldn't attend "due to the ongoing public health emergency."
But those members are scheduled to be at CPAC
@justinamash Justin sure was quiet when Trump was doing the same shit. Such a partisan hack. This would get you back into the Republican party’s good graces.
God bless & protect the Black women AGs taking it on b/c they will face the full force of the white power structure for daring to try & exercise authority over this white man
Rep. Adam Kinzinger on the GOP: "We just fear. Fear the Democrats. Fear the future. Fear everything. And it works for an election cycle or two. The problem is it does real damage to this democracy." https://t.co/dG2TGblUzT
Key nugget today: Trump reviewed the permit for the rally at the Ellipse, which originally did not include marching to the US Capitol - and had it revised to allow that.
Mitch McConnell, who refused to reconvene the Senate before January 19 to allow Trump's impeachment trial to start while he was still in office, just voted that it's unconstitutional to put Trump on trial because he's no longer in office.
Weeks before her election, Colorado Rep Lauren Boebert paid off $20,000 in state tax liens on her restaurant. Coincidentally, her campaign just reimbursed her $22,000 for mileage, meaning she drove 38,712 miles despite no advertised events in the spring. https://t.co/O1EV4ToLiE
Favorite thing: Guys who pretend that they are outraged by Cancel Culture but who voted for Trump because he called for a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims. You guys tried to cancel a couple of billion people. You're a joke.
The #Benghazi attack occurred on September 11, 2012.
3 years later, on October 15, 2015, @HillaryClinton testified before a GOP-controlled Congressional Committee for 11 hours.
3 weeks ago, our Capitol was under siege by domestic terrorists.
Republicans want us to move on.
Last time Trump was impeached for trying to cheat in his election, he was acquitted and escaped accountability. So what happened next? He tried to steal his election and subvert our democracy. Without accountability, it allows for it to happen again—by Trump or someone else.