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tblue37
(65,682 posts)Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)There is a lot of crowd noise and it is a bad recording.
He was asked why they didn't shake hands and he started by saying it should be self explanatory.
Initially, they condemned the riots, but because of whatever Trump has on him, they backtracked and have refused to hold Trump and others responsible for what happened. Louis Gohmert, for example, presented J6 rioters with a flag that was flown over the capital, which is an insult to everything his brother (Sicknick, I believe) stood for. None of the Republicans have any honor except for Liz Cheney who sacrificed her career to stand up for what is right.
That's most of it. Some of it is a little garbled.
tblue37
(65,682 posts)wnylib
(22,078 posts)deserve to get a handshake because they have no integrity. They went back on their initial condemnation of Trump and cater to him because they are afraid of him. Also said that they lack the courage and integrity of Liz Cheney who shows that she cares about process.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)tblue37
(65,682 posts)onecaliberal
(33,220 posts)K&R
MyOwnPeace
(16,980 posts)Call it as it is - COWARDS bowing to tRump and the gang of insurrectionists!
babylonsister
(171,174 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,701 posts)louis-t
(23,350 posts)Mitch and his sidekick know EXACTLY what that was all about. There is no way they can explain it away.
wnylib
(22,078 posts)and getting no response.
And afterward, when Nancy led people in clapping, Schumer joined in but McConnell and McCarthy refused to clap.
MontanaMama
(23,413 posts)Wonder why they even showed up for this thing?
Laffy Kat
(16,409 posts)Caliman73
(11,764 posts)I watched that at least 3 times and felt giddiness.
The reality is that the Sicknick family knows what Republicans/Conservatives have been trying to do with regards to the events that cost them the life of their family member. They are so used to getting away with doing nothing or actually doing damage, but still getting the respect of acknowledgement as a public servant or Congressional Leader. The family made it clear that McConnell and McCarthy are owed NOTHING.
Cha
(298,860 posts)geardaddy
(24,953 posts)Yertle has his hand out and no one is even looking at it.
calimary
(81,822 posts)The family of Officer Brian Sicknick has every right to make that visual statement. I stand with them. And their snub of those two Republican weasels was EPIC! Small, subtle, but roared like a lion!
spanone
(136,125 posts)mitch & kevin ultra hypocites.
FUCK 'EM BOTH
republianmushroom
(14,383 posts)To purposely to put it in your hand, No way.
cilla4progress
(24,891 posts)What it comes down to.
Midnight Writer
(21,997 posts)Beachnutt
(7,456 posts)pathetic bastards.
calimary
(81,822 posts)I can just hear it now. How dare you pass me by! Do you realize WHO. I. AM!?! ILL show YOU whos boss.
Actually, they just did, dudes. THEYRE the boss here.
bucolic_frolic
(43,862 posts)Warpy
(111,663 posts)The only reason those slimebuckets shake hands is to distract people while they're being robbed--of their cash, their wages, and their freedoms.
Cha
(298,860 posts)Brian's family "shake hands" with those two?
smb
(3,498 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,890 posts)allegorical oracle
(2,357 posts)there basking in the honor limelight. After doing a 180 on condemning tfg, they had no business being in that rotunda. Am proud of Sicknick family.
Meowmee
(5,164 posts)and while resting I saw a part of the ceremony on TV. Watching McCarthy and McConnell was just disgusting, such hypocrisy, they are really just awful, awful people.
ffr
(22,698 posts)McConnell and McCarthy are not politicians. They are HENCHMEN.
AllaN01Bear
(19,455 posts)live love laugh
(13,331 posts)Oldtimeralso
(1,940 posts)that voted against honoring the brave officers have violated their oaths of office and need to have the 14th amendment invoked to prohibit them from ever holding an elected office!!!