Posted on 03/05/2020 8:39:18 PM PST by Helicondelta
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a resolution on Thursday, along with 14 Senate Republicans, to censure Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for threatening Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.
Hawley’s proposal to condemn Schumer quickly gained support from across the Senate Republican conference. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT), Mike Braun (R-IN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), David Perdue (R-GA), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Martha McSally (R-AZ) all cosponsored the resolution to condemn Schumer.
Loeffler said Thursday:
Words matter. There’s no room for threatening rhetoric in American politics. Senator Schumer’s use of threatening language against two sitting Supreme Court justices was inappropriate and sets a dangerous standard in an already polarized political climate. I applaud Chief Justice Roberts for condemning the Minority Leader’s remarks. His behavior cannot go unchecked, and this resolution will demonstrate that this level of hyper-partisan rhetoric against any official will not be tolerated. It is time the Senate holds him accountable.
Perdue said:
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attacked the country’s highest judicial body yesterday. Threatening two sitting Supreme Court justices is not only disgraceful, it is dangerous. This shows how far the radical left is willing to go to realize their socialist agenda. Schumer’s actions threaten the very balance of our three-branch government. It was irresponsible, inappropriate, and unacceptable. I hope the Senate will stand together and condemn this unacceptable behavior. Of course the Minority Leader should apologize, but I’m afraid his comments have already caused irreparable damage.
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Predictably, Flimsey Grahamnesty is against taking his friends to task.
Censoring the SOB is not enough.
The evil POS should have been given a choice: immediately resign, like right now....or face full prosecution. His choice.
Why isn’t every single R voting for this? What is wrong with them?
What’s wrong with the GOP? The GOP Senate hate POTUS and the MAGA agenda every bit as much as Schumer does.
Far too many of them are Bush League Republicans and want to give their friends a permanent majority with amnesty for illegal aliens.
They figure if they’re real nice to the Democrats now, when the GOP are the permanent minority the Democrats will be nice to them.
No commies of course. They stick together no matter what. Can’t say that about the republican’ts.
You just have to laugh at that list. Mostly lightweight GOPe types running for reelection in the near future. The same folks who can’t be bothered to exercise their oversight duties and gather a single fact regarding the ongoing coup in the executive branch.
Repubs in the house need to do the same to omar for calling two of them sexual predators.
Well you pretty much answered your own question very well.
We are conservatives who vote republican for practical reasons.
But most Republican leaders waved goodbye to conservatism a LONG time ago.
Agreed. I tire of this political BS. If there are not several “big fish” in prison or in court by the election, it will be proof that it doesn’t really matter who wins.. Tweedle dee and tweedle dum, Trump has given away his mojo to Deep State Barr. We will be lucky to keep the Senate or make gains in the House. Republicans once again are delivering defeat out of the grasp of victory.
It is time to work on personal relationships with God and his Son. Everything else is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Perdue and Inhofe are the only two worth anything.
It is time to charge him criminally and get him just a taste of the criminal record he deserves.
Too bad the Repubs are in the minority in the Sinate. Imagine if they ever had the power or something resembling a backbone?
The fact EVERY Elected right wing Human hasn’t owned this already publicly, shows how weak they truly are. I’m really sick of Rino’s.
Where is our favorite RINO Romney on this? He came against the Biden probe. Would he be against this too?
CORRUPT...... That’s what is wrong with the bench warming Republicans!
All a dog and pony show. A limp noodle on the wrist
Maybe some decade. But not this one.
Unfortunately, as long as he says it on the Senate floor there can be no punishment.
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