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re: One-third of House Democrats refuse to participate in peaceful transfer of power
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:46 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:46 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
According to the Fox News Brainroom, there are (at this hour) at least 64 House Democrats who won't attend Friday's inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States.
They are:
Arizona (2)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ)
Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ)
California (15)
Rep. Karen Bass (CA)
Rep. Tony Cardenas (CA)
Rep. Judy Chu (CA)
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA)
Rep. Jared Huffman (CA)
Rep. Barbara Lee (CA)
Rep. Ted Lieu (CA)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (CA)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)
Rep. Raul Ruiz (CA)
Rep. Mark Takano (CA)
Rep. Juan Vargas (CA)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA)
Florida (3)
Rep. Darren Soto
Rep. Frederica S. Wilson
Rep. Alcee Hastings
Georgia (1)
Rep. John Lewis (GA)
Illinois (5)
Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (IL)
Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL)
Rep. Mike Quigley (IL)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL)
**Rep. Bobby Rush (IL) - said he is not attending the inauguration due to his wife’s hospitalization
Kentucky (1)
Rep. John Yarmuth (KY)
Maine (1)
Rep. Chellie Pingree
Maryland (2)
Rep. Anthony Brown
Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD)
Massachusetts (1)
Rep. Katherine Clark
Michigan (1)
Rep. John Conyers
Minnesota (1)
Rep. Keith Ellison
Mississippi (1)
Rep. Bennie Thompson
Missouri (1)
Rep. William Lacy Clay
New Hampshire (1)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (NH)
New Jersey (2)
Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (NJ)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ)
New York (7)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY)
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY)
Rep. José E. Serrano (NY)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY)
Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (NY)
Rep. Grace Meng (NY)
North Carolina (2)
Rep. Alma Adams (NC)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (NC)
Ohio (1)
Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (OH)
Oregon (3)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR)
**Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (OR) - he usually skips the "pomp and circumstance events in Washington"
Rep. Kurt Schrader (OR)
Pennsylvania (4)
Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA)
Rep. Robert Brady (PA)
Rep. Mike Doyle (PA)
Rep. Dwight Evans (PA)
Tennessee (1)
Rep. Steve Cohen (TN)
Texas (3)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (TX)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX)
Rep. Al Green (TX)
Virginia (2)
Rep. Don Beyer (VA)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA)
Washington (2)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA)
Rep. Adam Smith (WA)
Wisconsin (1)
Rep. Mark Pocan (WI)
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Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:46 pm to gthog61
quote:
Trump should tell them they cannot come to the state of the union
Can the President technically do that?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:47 pm to gthog61
quote:Why would he tell them something that he has no power to enforce.
Trump should tell them they cannot come to the state of the union
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:50 pm to OMLandshark
quote:It seems people know little about the procedures of government (I admittedly know little) or they really want Trump to be an absolute authortarian.
Can the President technically do that?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:50 pm to cajunangelle
I'm not a member of the House and I'm not a Democrat.
I have attended two inaugurations and watched every other one since I was a small child though. I'll be sitting this one out, as will my wife who is a veteran.
I have attended two inaugurations and watched every other one since I was a small child though. I'll be sitting this one out, as will my wife who is a veteran.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:51 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
It seems childish on their part, but isn't refraining from an event--allowing it to occur--pretty peaceful?
Not when their absence is geared toward inciting the unhinged left assembled in D.C. to cause trouble.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:52 pm to buckeye_vol
Yeah, A POTUS can't tell them no SOTU. They will probably boycott it or wear all black.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:53 pm to OMLandshark
quote:
Can the President technically do that?
No.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:53 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
It seems people know little about the procedures of government (I admittedly know little) or they really want Trump to be an absolute authortarian.
Yeah, I was about to say that I didn't think he could do that.
It's scary how many people appear to want Trump to be a dictator in everything but name.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:53 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
It seems people know little about the procedures of government (I admittedly know little) or they really want Trump to be an absolute authortarian.
It was a mother fricking joke.
God damn, I even said it would get him 100% attendance.
The point is these assholes are merely contrary and if they thought they were not allowed to do something they would whine about not being able to do it.
God damn some of you halfwits are fricking stupid.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:55 pm to gthog61
quote:
God damn some of you halfwits are fricking stupid.
Have you been reading this board? Tons of posters here believe in absurdly stupid things. I apologize if I mistook you for the average poster of this board.
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:58 pm to dmjones
I didn't watch Obama's on TV but maybe a little bit. I will be brutally homest. When I heard his sham-wow speech starting I turned it off. I instinctively just knew he was not going to be calming the oceans tides or bringing hope to both blue and red States.
It is far different for us to not watch. It is quite another for Reps to boycott it and have their leader not comment on it. It is tacky as all get out.
It is far different for us to not watch. It is quite another for Reps to boycott it and have their leader not comment on it. It is tacky as all get out.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 6:59 pm to cajunangelle
This is a huge unforced error by the Dems and a gift to the Republicans. This gives Trump/Republicans a license to ignore decorum and tradition whenever they choose. It also makes it plausible for them to pass legislation unilaterally and without apology. Mandate, bitches.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:02 pm to gthog61
quote:
Trump should tell them they cannot come to the state of the union
Technically Congress invites the President to the State of the Union (joint session of Congress)
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:02 pm to cajunangelle
So much for liberal open-mindedness and tolerance.
The most close-minded and intolerant people I have ever met in my life have been self professed open-minded and tolerant liberals.
The most close-minded and intolerant people I have ever met in my life have been self professed open-minded and tolerant liberals.
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:04 pm to OMLandshark
What irritates me is the sticks in the mud
It's a message board folks lighten up a bit
It's a message board folks lighten up a bit
This post was edited on 1/18/17 at 7:05 pm
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:05 pm to LosLobos111
He has failed at everything he has ever done in office. Why should this be different?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:05 pm to cajunangelle
So all the senators are acting like grown-ups?
Posted on 1/18/17 at 7:08 pm to autauga
quote:
So all the senators are acting like grown-ups?
Senators have to worry more about the general population of their state and not just a non-diverse district where they can do anything they damn well please. No way in hell could the senators from Texas miss it.
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