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24. With all the insults and name-calling, one wonders when things will escalate...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2024, 04:36 PM

Apr 18

...to physical threats. What do you suppose would be the modern version of the Charles Sumner caning incident? Or perhaps some future assailant would still threaten to wield a cane, you know, just for old times' sake?!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/James_Buchanan#.22Presidency.22

Violence reached the floor of the United States Senate, where Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina savagely beat Abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner with his cane. Southern sympathizers sent Brooks new canes. Members began carrying knives and pistols into the Chamber. Meanwhile, the Nation's Chief Executive, James Buchanan, did nothing.

--David McCullough narrating The Civil War by Ken Burns

on edit: Whoops, I jumped the gun (no pun intended) and didn't see post #2--sorry about that.

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Things just got very heated on the House floor Group of hardliners were trying to pressure Johnson to only put Israel a [View all] riversedge Apr 18 OP

WTF is tubby? jcgoldie Apr 18 #1

The thing that makes them terrified as a cat on a porch with 100 rocking chairs maxrandb Apr 18 #8

When are they going to start whacking each other with canes like in the olden days? Ocelot II Apr 18 #2

The idiots could have a duel jcgoldie Apr 18 #3

I'd pay to watch a duel between MTG and Boobert. Ocelot II Apr 18 #5

They are the kind who scratch eyes out and pull hair. Irish_Dem Apr 18 #13

Just spoke to Derrick Van Orden. He tells me he was calling Matt Gaetz "tubby" -- not Speaker Johnson -- riversedge Apr 18 #4

You old rapscallion you..... OnDoutside Apr 18 #6

Wow, those are some really tough guys - 'tubby' & 'squish' - damn, I'm surprised they didn't come to blows or call NoMoreRepugs Apr 18 #7

I chuckled at the MTV reference. oregonjen Apr 18 #9

Me too leftieNanner Apr 18 #14

And on our side of the isle Beachnutt Apr 18 #10

Well... All their mothers wear combat boots! So there! 😝 LakeArenal Apr 18 #11

Somebody please furnish them with swords. MOMFUDSKI Apr 18 #12

Van Orden is the drunk who screamed at Senate pages in the Rotunda. Midnight Writer Apr 18 #15

Yikes! mahina Apr 18 #23

I am so Gen X that Bettie Apr 18 #16

lol same obamanut2012 Apr 18 #17

I could not figure it out either until I saw the last tweet in the OP!! riversedge Apr 18 #18

@MarkPocan Clarification. Apparently the person @derrickvanorden called "Tubby" was not Johnson but Matt Gaetz riversedge Apr 18 #19

Gaetz told us that DVO was acting "unhinged" and that the Wisconsin Republican is "not particularly intelligent" riversedge Apr 18 #20

Video Killed the Radio Star! EX500rider Apr 18 #21

"Gaetz should know about not being intelligent. Love the "tubby" blast." riversedge Apr 18 #22

With all the insults and name-calling, one wonders when things will escalate... keep_left Apr 18 #24