Jim McGovern JUST SAID IT! Chairing the Rules Committee, he pointed out to Republican Lesko....

[George II]

...."I would point out that this is the Democratic majority, not the Democrat majority!" Then Jamie Raskin pointed out that FDR called the party the "Democracy Party", and then said something about Lesko not being able to pronounce the name of the party (I'm paraphrasing here)

But it was GREAT that finally one ours pointed out the stupidity of saying "Democrat" instead of "Democratic".

I'll be looking for the video later tonight.

[Ohiogal]

1. GOOD.

I am beyond sick and tired of hearing “Democrat Party”. “Democrat House”, etc.

[SCantiGOP]

19. Came from Rush

And Trump addressed it a while back. Said he calls it the Democrat Party because it doesn’t sound good and it makes them mad.
Yes, he thinks he is the smartest asshole at the 5th grade recess.

[Farmer-Rick]

28. That's why I say RepubliCON

Most time they don't notice but once in awhile one of them will snap it's RepubliCAN.

[trueblue2007]

31. call them The Republic Party ....... sounds pretty goofy doesn't it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or if you really wanna get nasty. The Repukes or The Repigs.

[rurallib]

35. maybe nazis?

[magicarpet]

57. Maybe...

Re-Nazis... or

Re-Pub-Nazis.

[brewens]

53. I'm using repedolican a lot lately. Our illustrious Idaho legislature recently killed

a bill restricting child marriage. 16 and 17 year old's could still be married with parental consent, but the pervs like 'em even younger than that

[cstanleytech]

59. I call them what they are which is the Repugnants.

[TrollBuster9090]

49. Personally, I prefer the Banana Republican Party. It's more accurate.

Since they're trying to turn The United States into a banana republic, with hereditary ruling oligarchs (the Bush family, Koch funding etc); and rules that only apply to the 'little people.'

[lsewpershad]

65. Republicon

[George II]

30. The first documented reference to "Democrat Party" was the late 1800s, but it was rarely used....

...until Joseph McCarthy resurrected it as a slur for the Democratic Party in the late 1940s or early 1950s.

[BigmanPigman]

38. Figures it would be that bastard.

[EarnestPutz]

40. That mean spirited old codger Bob Dole used the slur throughout....

....his mean spirited old codger campaign.

[magicarpet]

58. In more recent times we can thank....

... Newt Gingrich for resurrecting the term.

Via WikiPedia:

(begin snip)
During the 1984 Republican National Convention, use of the term was a point of contention among the delegates.[27] When a member of the Republican platform committee asked unanimous consent to change the phrasing of a platform amendment to read Democrat Party instead of Democratic Party, New York Representative Jack Kemp objected, saying that would be "an insult to our Democratic friends;" the committee dropped the proposal.[6]

Newt Gingrich, in his efforts in the 1980s and 1990s to produce a Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives, relied heavily on words and phrases that cast Democrats in a negative light.[28] The phrase Democrat Party gained new currency when the Republican Party, led by Gingrich, gained control of the House of Representatives in 1994.[3]

In 1996, the wording throughout the Republican Party platform was changed from Democratic Party to Democrat Party: Republican leaders "explained they wanted to make the subtle point that the Democratic Party had become elitist".

(end snip)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrat_Party_(epithet)

[xxqqqzme]

48. There is a

video of an TV appearance of W's grandfather on an early Meet the Press or some other Sunday morning program and he calls it the 'Democrat Party'. The rethugs have been at it for decades.

[Recursion]

51. It's older than that. John Connally used to do it after he switched parties (nt)

[maddiemom]

56. I imagine Frank Luntz had a hand in somewhere.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. FDR if he did that (can someone fact check that please) it would have been BEFORE

the vile filthy fuck mccarthy created the RAT by intention.

I fucking HATE republicans

[George II]

5. I'm going to look into that later.

[DeminPennswoods]

20. Raskin cited HW Brands biography of FDR

"Traitor to his Class" as the source.

[gratuitous]

3. Shorter admonition to Republican buffoons

Please learn the difference between and adjective and a noun.

Makes me want to institute a literacy requirement for members of Congress.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. Or having to pass the citizenship quiz

same as that immigrants do.

Either way, they could not.

[True Blue American]

10. Trump would never pass

A Citizenship test!

[LiberalFighter]

25. Should include a question asking the name of the two major political parties.

Anyone answering Democrat Party would automatically fail.

[safeinOhio]

4. the Publican party always does

it, with a snicker.

[Ford_Prefect]

6. This is an OLD Republican meme to distort the correct name of our party.

Right wingers used it when attacking FDR and Truman back in their day. It is an old and nasty semi-literate tactic straight from the heart of Dixie.

[OregonBlue]

8. No reason we can't all start calling it the Democracy party.

[George II]

13. What I was referring to was the other hearing, the Rules Committee, discussing whether or not....

....they would approve contempt proceedings against Barr and McGahn.

[malaise]

14. OK - I'll delete that n/t

[George II]

15. No big deal. Raskin is a member of both committees and has been running back and forth....

....that may be why you thought it was the Judiciary Committee.

[malaise]

17. I was actually wondering how I didn't see McGovern

[Zambero]

11. Why not ADD a syllable to "Republican"?

Let's start hitting them up with "Republicanist" or "Republicanite" and see what the response is?

[George II]

12. I've referred to them time to time over the years as "republics".

[90-percent]

16. Me too!

I do it 100% of the time. Every chance I get!

-90% Jimmy

[eShirl]

21. RepubliCAN'T Party

[nilram]

23. 'Republicanner' is what a friend used to say

[pangaia]

24. Fascist would work...

[Louis1895]

27. How about Republican't?

As in “we Republican’t work with the Democrats!”?

[Ligyron]

29. Re pubic hair Party?

Well that's pretty third grade but...

[rurallib]

36. I usually refer to them now as the "Trump Party" or

the "Trumpists"

[AllyCat]

52. Party of Trump

The POT party. The Potty Party?

[DeminPennswoods]

18. Raskin said if Lesko couldn't pronounce

"democratic party", she could call it the "democracy party". It was a great comeback. In fact everything Raskin said in the Rules Committee hearing was excellent.

[George II]

22. I got distracted when he added his comments to McGovern's, didn't hear everything he said....

....but yes, he was great throughout, from all the politicians I've seen over the years on television, he's probably the most brilliant when it comes to the law and Constitution. He rattled off parts of the Constitution from memory.

[NastyRiffraff]

67. Jamie is my Congressman

I love him. He not only shines in Committee hearings, he is excellent with constituent services.

[still_one]

26. Thanks George. It is about time that every Democrat stop any republican pushing that bullshit.

Thank-you representative McGovern

[efhmc]

32. I prefer republican't.

Since they can't govern and can't get into office without cheating.

[Hortensis]

33. I'm a proud Democrat AND too smart to bite at this nonsense.

[SunSeeker]

34. That derisive mispronouncing is one of my pet peeves. The signature tell of an asshole Republican.

[marble falls]

37. They've been pushing that crap for too long for them to be able to shrug it off. They're trying ...

to rebrand us and steal our name to destroy who we are.

I politely correct my MiL every time.

[muntrv]

39. I call them Republickers.

The party is Republican, so the members must be Republickers.

[wyldwolf]

41. Chris Matthews 'used' to call them out on it back during the early Bush years.

Looking forward to the video when you find it.

[George II]

42. I've seen him do that from time to time....

....the one I remember the most was when he was interviewing Darryl Issa, Matthews interrupted him mid-sentence and lectured him about the correct name of the Democratic Party. Issa was stunned and embarrassed.

[Tactical Peek]

43. This clip at c-span is less than a minute.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4801896/party

[George II]

44. Thanks very much, that's exactly how I thought I heard it. Lesko was clearly embarrassed....

....and started shuffling papers.

I don't remember seeing Jamie Raskin before a few months ago. He's very impressive and knowledgeable. To pull that FDR reference out of nowhere was amazing.

PS - I saved that link for future reference, a great smack down of their childishness.

[Ferrets are Cool]

45. Bout damn time

[czarjak]

46. One local reporter used it in print...

I informed him he was either a deliberate asshole or stupid. He actually confessed to stupidity. (Yes, I still read the paper)

[GETPLANING]

47. There is no "Democrat Party"

The reason conservatives use the phrase, "democrat party" is because they no longer believe that America is a representative democracy. They don't believe in democracy. They believe in winning, and the very idea of "democracy" needs to be eliminated from the language altogether.
A favorite talking point from conservatives I keep encountering lately on comments threads is that "America is NOT a democracy, it is a republic."
Every time I encounter the phrase, "democrat party" I stop and tell whomever it is that they are not intelligent enough to be in the discussion because they are talking about a political party that does not exist. It works, too. They have no comeback.

[Ligyron]

69. I wish they'd screw up and use it in some official document or capacity.

Thereby rendering whatever undemocratic effort they were trying to accomplish moot or unenforceable.

[markbark]

50. More accurate to refer to the "Respublikanskaya Party"

...although it looks so much better in the original Cyrillic -- "Республиканская партия"

[FDRman]

54. I like "Democracy Party"......

That would make the republicans the "Anti-Democracy Party".

[Baltimike]

55. They should start calling them the Republic Party...because fuck them...nt

[saidsimplesimon]

60. She is in a district

gerrymandered in 2012. Our party will need a strong candidate with funding to defeat her. imo

Debbie Lesko accused of moving $50K from campaign to a PAC that backs ... Lesko

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/02/21/debbie-lesko-accused-moving-50-k-campaign-pac-backs-lesko/361429002/

Congressional candidate Debbie Lesko last month steered $50,000 from her state Senate campaign to a federal political-action committee that has supported her in the West Valley race, a move one of Lesko’s opponents claimed is illegal in complaints filed this week.

The $50,000 transaction laid out in campaign-finance records underpins complaints to the Federal Election Commission and Arizona attorney general made by Phil Lovas, who is also seeking the Republican nomination for the vacant 8th District seat.

Steve Montenegro, who is also vying for the GOP nomination, also condemned the maneuver.

Lovas said the movement and use of the funds reflect coordination that violates campaign-finance rules.

"This is an illegal money-laundering scheme," he said. "They're clearly in violation of the law. They knew 70 percent of the vote would be in by the time this comes out. ... I think it's clear that there's coordination."

[The Wizard]

61. Democratic is an adjective. Democrat is a noun. Party is a noun.

Adjectives modify nouns. Using a noun to modify another noun is grammatically incorrect. Then again, the leader of the Republican Party has a 77 word English vocabulary. Everything else he spews is Jerklish.
Joseph McCarthy began using the term Democrat Party to marginalize Democrats. If the Publican Party wants to align with Joseph McCarthy, so be it.

[TxVietVet]

62. Conservanazis

When a republikan starts with the “democrat “ Party bu$hit, I start talking about the CONSERVANAZIS. Then their panties get all wadded up about “name calling “. Conservanazis can dish it out, but they can’t take it. F*ck ‘em.

[TxVietVet]

63. Conservanazis

When a republikan starts with the “democrat “ Party bu$hit, I start talking about the CONSERVANAZIS. Then their panties get all wadded up about “name calling “. Conservanazis can dish it out, but they can’t take it. F*ck ‘em.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

64. Fat Donnie has used the phrase repeatedly,

both during his presidential campaign and as president. In a July 2018 campaign rally, he said that "The Democratic Party sounds too good so I don't want to use that, OK?" He added, "I call it the Democrat Party. It sounds better rhetorically." At a September 2018 rally he said, falsely, that "When you see 'Democratic Party,' it's wrong. There's no name, 'Democratic Party.'" At the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2019, he stated he liked to say, "the ‘Democrat Party,’ because it doesn’t sound good. But that’s all the more reason I use it, because it doesn’t.”

A history of the use of the term, going back to 1890, can be found in Wikipedia.

[YOHABLO]

66. They say 'Democrat' disparagingly. They know better. Well perhaps some.

I will refer to them as the 'Repugnant' Party'. and all of it's synonyms:

abhorrent, revolting, repulsive, repellent, disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, nasty, loathsome, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, monstrous, appalling, reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable, intolerable, unacceptable, despicable, contemptible, beyond the pale, unspeakable, noxious, obscene, base, hideous, grisly, gruesome, horrendous, heinous, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavory, unpalatable, unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, dislikeable, off-putting, displeasing

[The Bopper]

68. Let's be obvious

They are the Repedophile party.