Current Affairs General US politics (ie, not POTUS related)

[BlueTX]

There's a decent argument against the seizure of the phone of a member of Congress engaged in official duties...unless there's hard evidence of corruption.

The implication would seem to be that there is hard evidence of corruption.

If the FBI does not have evidence sufficient to get a warrant to seize the Congressperson's phone, I'd agree with Gohmert.

1) I highly doubt the FBI went off the reservation here.
2) It would not surprise me one bit if Gohmert gets a visit from the FBI on matters very similar to those which have Rep. Perry under investigation.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Disgusting

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Ruairi77]

Disgusting

so cruel using people as political pawns like this. And the GOP and their ilk all claim to be Christians. The mind boggles.
The vineyard is tiny, hope some of these people can settle and the rest find some help here in Boston.

 

[Ruairi77]

I also find it so infuriating that these asylum seekers came from Venezuela.
The GOP have spent the last 6 years painting this place as the worst place on earth,
yet when their citizens come to our door looking for help, the GOP treat them like cattle.

 

[BlueTX]

Notice he uses the word "migrants", not "illegals" or "illegal aliens".



Also of note:

 

[Martin Alvito]

so cruel using people as political pawns like this. And the GOP and their ilk all claim to be Christians. The mind boggles.
The vineyard is tiny, hope some of these people can settle and the rest find some help here in Boston.

I'm rather certain that the answer to "What would Jesus do?" is not "Put immigrants on a plane to another state."

DeSantis and Abbott are both Catholics, so if they haven't been having some sharp conversations with their priests in the confessional then those priests should be defrocked.

The Democrats should start labeling DeSantis and Abbott "George Wallace Republicans" if you ask me. Not that many members of the present electorate know who he was, but on the plus side the elderly vote Republican by a sizable margin.

 

[BlueTX]

This is incredibly similar to the reaction of some Mexican-Americans here in Texas.

"Yeah, but I'm not like THOSE Mexicans (Hondurans, Guatemalans, etc.)."

 

[Martin Alvito]

This is incredibly similar to the reaction of some Mexican-Americans here in Texas.

"Yeah, but I'm not like THOSE Mexicans (Hondurans, Guatemalans, etc.)."

It's interesting how uncharitable those populations are to their own. I suspect that the root cause is that they see illegal immigrants as a threat to their own personal liberties.

 

[BlueTX]

I'm rather certain that the answer to "What would Jesus do?" is not "Put immigrants on a plane to another state."

DeSantis and Abbott are both Catholics, so if they haven't been having some sharp conversations with their priests in the confessional then those priests should be defrocked.


The Democrats should start labeling DeSantis and Abbott "George Wallace Republicans" if you ask me. Not that many members of the present electorate know who he was, but on the plus side the elderly vote Republican by a sizable margin.

Highly doubtful those priests will refuse Abbott or DeSantis communion (unlike some who refuse to politicians who support a right to choose an abortion).

Also, Greg Abbott is married to a Mexican-American, who has master's degrees in Education and Theology and has been a Principal at several Catholic schools (which routinely foster and educate immigrant children).

 

[BlueTX]

It's interesting how uncharitable those populations are to their own. I suspect that the root cause is that they see illegal immigrants as a threat to their own personal liberties.

Without question. Latino communities are very often quite hostile to African-American communities for the same reason (in the US and elsewhere).

 

[Martin Alvito]

Highly doubtful those priests will refuse Abbott or DeSantis communion (unlike some who refuse to politicians who support a right to choose an abortion).

Also, Greg Abbott is married to a Mexican-American, who has master's degrees in Education and Theology and has been a Principal at several Catholic schools (which routinely foster and educate immigrant children).

Hypocrisy at its finest. Yay, America. No wonder we produce the bulk of the world's most famous comedians. It's impossible to run out of material here.

 

[Ruairi77]

worth noting that Desanits didn't send them next door to Nantucket, I wonder who had a $5k a head fundraiser there last month!

 

[Ruairi77]

It's also worth noting that Service industry employees are ferried from the mainland (7 miles) every day as there is no accommodation on the island for people who work there. Desantis knows this, it wasn't a random 'dart in a map'. It's just another example of republicans disenfranchising the working class and convincing them the fault lies with the asylum seekers (or anyone worse off really) so they have somewhere to vent their ire and double down on voting red.

 

[BlueTX]

Hypocrisy at its finest. Yay, America. No wonder we produce the bulk of the world's most famous comedians. It's impossible to run out of material here.