Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:41 PM
onetexan (11,721 posts)
MSNBC Maddow: GOP rep eyes plan to kick Cheney, Kinzinger out of the party
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-rep-eyes-plan-kick-cheney-kinzinger-out-party-n1275194
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), chair of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, reportedly told his GOP colleagues during a conference meeting this morning that he's introducing a new resolution targeting Cheney and Kinzinger. As Politico reported, Biggs' proposal "would institute a rules change that would expel any member of the GOP conference if a House Republican accepted a committee assignment from Democrats." --------------------------------------- Liz & Adam Kinzinger showed integrity & stuck to their principles. I hope they will become Dem-leaning independents! ![]() ![]()
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onetexan | Jul 2021 | OP |
Champp | Jul 2021 | #1 | |
patphil | Jul 2021 | #36 | |
Texaswitchy | Jul 2021 | #2 | |
W_HAMILTON | Jul 2021 | #3 | |
Rustyeye77 | Jul 2021 | #4 | |
leftieNanner | Jul 2021 | #7 | |
agingdem | Jul 2021 | #11 | |
leftieNanner | Jul 2021 | #17 | |
onetexan | Jul 2021 | #19 | |
obamanut2012 | Jul 2021 | #16 | |
qazplm135 | Jul 2021 | #34 | |
orangecrush | Jul 2021 | #38 | |
Walleye | Jul 2021 | #5 | |
AZ8theist | Jul 2021 | #6 | |
sinkingfeeling | Jul 2021 | #8 | |
frazzled | Jul 2021 | #10 | |
erronis | Jul 2021 | #39 | |
frazzled | Jul 2021 | #49 | |
erronis | Jul 2021 | #50 | |
ProfessorGAC | Jul 2021 | #9 | |
Fullduplexxx | Jul 2021 | #12 | |
onetexan | Jul 2021 | #21 | |
Kali | Jul 2021 | #30 | |
oldsoftie | Jul 2021 | #52 | |
davsand | Jul 2021 | #13 | |
UCmeNdc | Jul 2021 | #14 | |
Mad_Machine76 | Jul 2021 | #15 | |
Gregory Peccary | Jul 2021 | #18 | |
monkeyman1 | Jul 2021 | #37 | |
Gregory Peccary | Jul 2021 | #44 | |
Jilly_in_VA | Jul 2021 | #20 | |
erronis | Jul 2021 | #41 | |
Progressive Jones | Jul 2021 | #22 | |
lark | Jul 2021 | #23 | |
bucolic_frolic | Jul 2021 | #24 | |
Probatim | Jul 2021 | #25 | |
Bev54 | Jul 2021 | #26 | |
iluvtennis | Jul 2021 | #27 | |
YoshidaYui | Jul 2021 | #28 | |
ffr | Jul 2021 | #31 | |
crickets | Jul 2021 | #48 | |
ffr | Jul 2021 | #29 | |
COL Mustard | Jul 2021 | #32 | |
Tanuki | Jul 2021 | #33 | |
DownriverDem | Jul 2021 | #35 | |
totodeinhere | Jul 2021 | #42 | |
totodeinhere | Jul 2021 | #40 | |
onetexan | Jul 2021 | #43 | |
Mr. Evil | Jul 2021 | #45 | |
GoCubsGo | Jul 2021 | #46 | |
TNNurse | Jul 2021 | #47 | |
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin | Jul 2021 | #51 |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:42 PM
Champp (2,114 posts)
1. Republicans cannot abide truth tellers
This will hurt them big. Honest people see how devoted to lies the republicans have become, and are disgusted with them.
Who is it that is called the Father of Lies ![]() ![]() |
Response to Champp (Reply #1)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:57 PM
patphil (4,693 posts)
36. A modern version of Proverbs 12:22
Republicans 1:6
The Republicans delight in lying lips, but detest people who are trustworthy. |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:44 PM
Texaswitchy (2,937 posts)
2. They can be Indy's.
Is this enough for them to leave. |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:44 PM
W_HAMILTON (6,763 posts)
3. Is this the """cancel culture""" they are always whining about?
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:44 PM
Rustyeye77 (2,736 posts)
4. Good... get away from the dark side.
Become indie or dem.
The pukes always turn on their own. |
Response to Rustyeye77 (Reply #4)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:47 PM
leftieNanner (13,510 posts)
7. They will never be Democrats
Their policies are quite toxic to our side of the aisle. That being said, I'm delighted that they stepped up and support Country over Party.
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Response to leftieNanner (Reply #7)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:00 PM
agingdem (6,429 posts)
11. so if they get expelled where do they "land"?
they could go Independent and caucus with the Dems...that would give us a somewhat bigger majority...they don't have to vote with us all of the time but on the "biggies" like the infrastructure bill, voting rights I'd gladly take their "Aye" vote
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Response to agingdem (Reply #11)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:08 PM
leftieNanner (13,510 posts)
17. I actually hope they stay in the Republican Party
And rebuild it to be a governing partner with us.
I know. Pipe dream. |
Response to Rustyeye77 (Reply #4)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:06 PM
obamanut2012 (23,840 posts)
16. They are both RW hardliners
They will never be Dems, or someone like Angus King. They are just not traitors.
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Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #16)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:54 PM
qazplm135 (7,425 posts)
34. Kitzinger is a little over 50 percent rating
with various conservative groups. He's more of a middle of the road Republicans back when there used to be liberal conservative and middle of the road republicans.
Now, it's Trump republicans and like a half dozen other people. |
Response to obamanut2012 (Reply #16)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:04 PM
orangecrush (16,492 posts)
38. This.
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:45 PM
Walleye (22,793 posts)
5. Translation:Cheney is an uppity woman who needs to be put in her place'
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:46 PM
AZ8theist (4,506 posts)
6. Biggs is my rep
And I CANNOT STAND THIS NAZI FUCKING TRAITOR.
If he commited treason by giving recon tours of the Capital on 1/5, HE NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED AS A TRAITOR. |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:50 PM
sinkingfeeling (47,590 posts)
8. Weren't they just bitching about Biden's lack of bipartisanship?
Response to sinkingfeeling (Reply #8)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:58 PM
frazzled (18,389 posts)
10. Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
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Response to frazzled (Reply #10)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:14 PM
erronis (12,340 posts)
39. Why the 'sarcasm' emoji? Flexibility is the cornerstone for large minds.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your use of "hobgoblin".
Most people with limited processing ability want things to be "just so". |
Response to erronis (Reply #39)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 08:12 PM
frazzled (18,389 posts)
49. Because
I was responding to the poster’s query (itself somewhat sarcastic) about the inconsistency of republicans threatening to oust two of their own members for serving on a bipartisan committee even as they excoriate Biden on failure to be bipartisan. Are we surprised at their hypocrisy?
My reply is a version of famous statement by Ralph Waldo Emerson: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. A hobgoblin is a mischievous spirit. I was offering up this bromide as a hypothetical Republican defense of their inconsistent viewpoint on bipartisanship. Hence the sarcasm emoji. They are both inconsistent and have little minds. It can happen. |
Response to frazzled (Reply #49)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 08:22 PM
erronis (12,340 posts)
50. Thank you so much for your great explanation. I should have read more deeply/better.
I love our little board (DU) with so many viewpoints and mainly well-educated commentators (self excluded.)
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 03:54 PM
ProfessorGAC (57,812 posts)
9. They Were VOTED In By Landslide Margins
Expelling them doesn't change that they're duly elected officials.
This seems to increase the odds they'd vote WITH democrats. Of course, Biggs doesn't think things through. He's incapable of that. |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:02 PM
Fullduplexxx (6,822 posts)
12. Their plan.... they kick out those 2 then the gop can say there are no republicans
On the committee ... I
The committee is not bi-partisan |
Response to Fullduplexxx (Reply #12)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:12 PM
onetexan (11,721 posts)
21. It is from the perspective Liz & Adam are moderate conservatives. The RW cult which the
GOP have become they are not. If they do this to themselves there will either be a new conservative party created or there w be a Independents. Either way the GOP is self-destructing. This does not look good for them.
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Response to onetexan (Reply #21)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:46 PM
Kali (54,135 posts)
30. cheney is no moderate
not sure about Kinzinger, but cheney is still a horrible right wing asshole. she may be doing the honorable thing here and I give her that, but she is no friend on policy.
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Response to Fullduplexxx (Reply #12)
Thu Jul 29, 2021, 06:44 AM
oldsoftie (10,559 posts)
52. Thats exactly what they want. And why Mccarthy took the others off.
Cant have a committee with 5-6 GOP members and say its "rigged"!
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:03 PM
davsand (13,376 posts)
13. That's a Republican party decision.
I am LMAO at the entire PR mess the GOP finds itelf in--in spite of how high the stakes are--but I have to say it's entirely a GOP thing. Seems like every day the water they are swimming in gets deeper. I keep coming back to the Lincoln Project attitude of "Fuck around and find out."
Neither of the two will ever be a Dem or even left leaning. What they do offer potential for, however, is a path back to sanity for the GOP membership that wants a return to the days of to a (mostly) sane party. While I disagree wtih them both on any number of isues, i do feel they are trying to do the right thing here. Laura |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:05 PM
UCmeNdc (9,323 posts)
14. Fascism is within the GOP.
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:05 PM
Mad_Machine76 (23,578 posts)
15. Please proceed
I don’t think it will have the effect on them that they think it will have.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:09 PM
Gregory Peccary (466 posts)
18. I guess the "freedom caucus" does not allow the freedom to disagree
Response to Gregory Peccary (Reply #18)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:59 PM
monkeyman1 (5,109 posts)
37. fuck the freedumb carcass!!!
Response to monkeyman1 (Reply #37)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:33 PM
Gregory Peccary (466 posts)
44. Ya, the freedom carcass is dead to me!
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:12 PM
Jilly_in_VA (7,629 posts)
20. Does Smallie Biggs
get to do that all by his little self? What a self-important asshole! Oh, wait, assholes serve a useful function.....
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Response to Jilly_in_VA (Reply #20)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:16 PM
erronis (12,340 posts)
41. Yup. I use mine almost every day. I'll be happy to have an "exchange" with Biggs intake orifice...
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:13 PM
Progressive Jones (6,011 posts)
22. The more chaos in the Gang Of Parasites, the better. nt
Edited to correct a typing error.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:34 PM
lark (22,204 posts)
23. No, no, no, Cheney will be a Democrat - never.
She is a Cheney after all. She believes in no taxes for the rich and to stick it to the working class, she doesn't support abortion or even the right to it, she doesn't want to increase the minimum wage.
She is a right winger, like the old right wingers. She, however, believes in America and isn't a fascist like the drumpf led repugs these days. She's an anachronism. |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:43 PM
bucolic_frolic (36,141 posts)
24. If those are the two we have, so be it
The traitors don't realize they are isolating and identifying themselves. Permanently.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 04:59 PM
Probatim (1,748 posts)
25. Does anyone actually think they'd vote any differently if they were Independents?
Cheney voted more often for TFG than her replacement did. Kinzinger is a saner version of republicans - and is likely the smooth talking fascist we've been worried about for months.
Yes, it's great they are taking this stand, but it's their long game that is troubling me. |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:00 PM
Bev54 (7,767 posts)
26. Cheney will never be a left leaning, that is a pipe dream.
I disagree with her politics at every turn but I support her right to have her positions, just hoping they do not get implemented. The dems must go hard at all the republican congressional sheep that are supporting their leadership instead of doing what is right. They have no place in the congressional halls voting on any legislation, if they cannot even think for themselves.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:19 PM
iluvtennis (17,948 posts)
27. The constituents of Chaney and Kinzinger elected them to represent them, and the rethugs
now want to overturn the will of the people. This is asinine and UNACCEPTABLE.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:23 PM
YoshidaYui (40,270 posts)
28. They are no longer a Political party
They represent insurrectionists.They want to overthrow the government they are a danger.
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Response to YoshidaYui (Reply #28)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:47 PM
ffr (21,992 posts)
31. +1
Their true colors are shining through and they are not red,white, and blue!
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Response to YoshidaYui (Reply #28)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 07:30 PM
crickets (24,649 posts)
48. 👆 This. nt
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:46 PM
ffr (21,992 posts)
29. Wah! Wah! Go the snowflakes!
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:49 PM
COL Mustard (4,646 posts)
32. It's Not The Freedom Caucus
It's the Fascist Caucus
Or the Freedumb Caucus Or the Caucasian Caucus Or the Racist Caucus I could go on and on, but I'll let someone else add to it as appropriate. |
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:51 PM
Tanuki (14,220 posts)
33. Is that what they call "cancel culture"?
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 05:57 PM
DownriverDem (5,826 posts)
35. No surprise for them
They are doing what is right. They know they have lost reelection in Nov 2022 too.
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Response to DownriverDem (Reply #35)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:18 PM
totodeinhere (12,718 posts)
42. I doubt it they know that.
The GOP caucus has high hopes of getting the majority in 2022. Of course if they expel two members that would make it that much harder to pull it off.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:16 PM
totodeinhere (12,718 posts)
40. Go ahead and expel them. Without their organizing votes that's two more seats that the
GOP would have to pick up to take control of the House making it easier for the Dems to keep control.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:35 PM
Mr. Evil (2,451 posts)
45. Republicans should finally change their name to TP.
No, not Toilet Paper although that would also be appropriate but, they should now be known as the Toddler Party.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:37 PM
GoCubsGo (31,123 posts)
46. So, he wants to reduce the size of his own caucus, and make them an even bigger minority?
Please proceed, Dumbfuck.
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Response to onetexan (Original post)
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 06:39 PM
TNNurse (6,423 posts)
47. Yes, Nazis must obey and salute.
Response to onetexan (Original post)
Wed Jul 28, 2021, 12:31 PM
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (97,171 posts)
51. You're not allowed in our tree fort anymore- Andy Biggs
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