GOP Lawmaker Tells Ocasio-Cortez Congress Isn't Just 'Eating Bonbons'

[RandySF]

Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows spoke up Tuesday during the first meeting of the newly Democratic-controlled House Committee on Oversight and Reform -- his first joint appearance with Ocasio-Cortez, one of Congress’s newest, most liberal members.

Soon, though, Meadows and other Republicans were telling Chairman Elijah Cummings of Maryland that members should get more than three days’ notice to attend questioning of witnesses by Democratic staff lawyers. Meadows said five days was better, particularly for lawmakers who live far from Washington.

Ocasio-Cortez wasted no time in offering her first remarks on the committee. “I don’t believe we need five days” if lawmakers are doing their jobs, she responded.

Meadows wasn’t going to let that go. Formally directing his remarks to Cummings, he responded: “Mr. Chairman, I can tell you on all of this at this particular point, we’re all wanting to cooperate.” But he said, “Sometimes our schedules, you know, we’re not just sitting around eating bonbons, waiting for the call of anybody.”

Ocasio-Cortez then asked Cummings whether Republicans gave members ample notice for such matters during the last congressional session, when they ran the committee.

“No,” said Cummings, of Maryland.




https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-29/meadows-tells-ocasio-cortez-congress-isn-t-just-eating-bonbons?utm_content=politics&utm_source=twitter&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-politics&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social

[3Hotdogs]

1. She is blistering their asses.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. +1000

And it's delicious to behold.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. AOC sure is!! She's not takin any man-splainin crap from that pig!!

[calimary]

10. They've had it coming for a LONG time.

[RHMerriman]

2. Isn't Meadows an unindicted co-conspirator in one of the college sexual assault cases?

Isn't Meadows an unindicted co-conspirator in one of the college sexual assault cases?

It's hard to keep track of all the GOP congressmen who are perverts in the caucus that Deny Hastert built, but shouldn't Meadows be doing penance somewhere?

[padah513]

7. Not Meadows

Jordan

[True Blue American]

18. No, his friend

Gym Jordan is. Both are members of the so called Freedom Caucus that accomplished nothing except to force boehner to retire and turn the House blue again.

Give them credit for that.

[RHMerriman]

20. Thanks to you both...

It's so challenging to keep the GOPervs straight. There are so many of them.

[True Blue American]

22. But becoming less

All the time.

[RHMerriman]

24. True ... it's a start

True ... it's a start.

40 down last November, 200 or so to go.

[Celerity]

32. Meadows bungled sexual harassment charges against staffer, must pay $40,625

https://eu.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2018/11/16/mark-meadows-slow-act-sexual-harassment-house-committee-says/2028590002/



Ex-Mark Meadows Aide Says Sexual Harassment in Congressman’s Office Was Known Earlier Than Reported
The Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus is already under investigation for paying his chief of staff, Kenny West, after he was let go for harassment.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-mark-meadows-aide-says-sexual-harassment-in-congressmans-office-was-known-earlier-than-reported

[RHMerriman]

40. Even the ones who aren't out-and-out pervs can't manage to prevent harassment

Even the ones who aren't out-and-out pervs can't manage to prevent harassment.

Not only is he a pisspoor legislator, he can't manage basic HR.

[gratuitous]

3. Republicans didn't give Democrats ample notice

Democrats are giving Republicans three days' notice. If you're in town and doing your job, that should be plenty of time. Besides, what could the House Oversight Committee possibly have to look into after eight years of Republican control? Oh, yeah. Roll up your sleeves and get ready to do some work for a change, Mark.

[True Blue American]

19. Mark and the others

Are just now beginning to understand they are not running the show now.

McCarthy was on the Sunday shows complaining.

[Trumpocalypse]

4. Good for her!

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Mark Meadows, another idiot past his sell by date.

That AOC knows how to direct the discourse by asking questions is a super power Meadows can't even dream of having. He's just too damn stupid.

[RockRaven]

8. BONBONS (especially "sitting around eating" them) are a Reagan-era "welfare queen" trope

Whether this comment was f--king racist, given that it was directed at a woman of color (as Reagan-era anti-welfare rhetoric was) I will leave to you gentle readers to decide.

[bobbieinok]

11. 'Spending her day sitting arnd eating bonbons' is very old claim: women do this, men WORK

Women sit all day at home, watching TV and eating bonbons while men 'work their butts off to support them'

It also paints a picture of women as FAT and LAZY with NO BRAINS

And--why would my wife want a job? She can sit around at home eating bonbons while I kill myself working long hours to support her.

It's a phrase that codifies the claim that women don't contribute anything to the world/to society.

Also use of the word 'bonbons' is a dead giveaway that it's an old saying. Really, who says bonbons these days?

[UniteFightBack]

13. Calgon needs to take that muthafucka Meadows away.

[tclambert]

17. What exactly is a bonbon? Is it like a sugarplum?

I tried looking it up. Now I'm not sure if bonbons are exclusively chocolate or not.

[True Blue American]

21. An old candy

Soft center, hard shell.

[Control-Z]

30. I've only had ice cream bonbons.

Vanilla ice cream, chocolate shell. Bite size. Like an ice cream bar but no stick and a lot smaller.

I'm pretty sure the originals were candy, not ice cream. And today's ice cream version probably come in different flavors.

All I know for sure is that you have to be really lazy, way overweight, and just sooooo lucky to be one of the women who gets to lay around eating them. It's like princess-hood fantasy come true.

[True Blue American]

33. No, they are various flavors

With creamy coconut centers.

https://www.mileskimball.com/buy-coconut-bon-bons-15-oz-349888

[Pluvious]

39. They were Peggy Bundy's favorite !! (nt)

[PatrickforO]

27. Well, I actually ate a couple of bonbons the other day.

They're mighty good! Chocolate ones...mmm!

[Botany]

12. "... just sitting around eating bonbons ...."

Could his comments be more sexist and ignorant?

[UniteFightBack]

14. Well ya know he's bringin home that bacon, and fryin it up in a pan.......

stupid muthafucka that he is.

[Frosty02]

16. He will work on that

Certainly they could. I'm sure he will work on that. How'd he miss inserting a "little lady" in there somewhere?

[ProfessorGAC]

37. He's A Teabagger

Changing the name didn't change the fact that he's a regressive troglodyte.
So, to answer for question, probably not, but completely expected

[PaulX2]

15. WTF Is A BonBon?

Some dead snack?

[True Blue American]

23. Candy, soft center

With a hard shell. Used to be popular. Most were bright colors on the outside. Something like coconut balls, but blue, pink with white, creamy centers.

All of a sudden I crave one! Picture, surprise, they still sell them!

https://www.mileskimball.com/buy-coconut-bon-bons-15-oz-349888

[DRoseDARs]

25. Interestingly enough, got its start with the 17th Century French Aristocracy...

They are a chocolate candy. Became a way of slurring the rich and well-to-do, and at some point closer to modern times evolved to become used sometimes as a slur against women because they belong at home and are probably lazy so of course that scum-sucker Meadows used the expression to attack AOC. I swear to Dog, the Republican motto has become "At All Times: #BeAwful"

[Raine]

34. chocolate on the ouside

creamy soft filling in the middle, yum they're really good!

[PatrickforO]

26. I like AOC better every day.

It is especially entertaining watching the older Republican men react to her.

[DeminPennswoods]

31. Yep

She must scare the beejeebers out of them.

[mr_lebowski]

28. "The Call Of Anybody"? You mean, like the CALL of your F***ing BOSS, TO DO YOUR JOB?!?

Yeah, I remember the last time I told my Boss (who was just like ... 'The American People' or whatever) I needed 5 days notice, minimum ... if that old bastard wanted me to 'show up' and 'do my job' ...

I mean DAMN, I told him about my 'Schedule', with the lack of any Bon-Bons and shit ... I couldn't even believe it ... He was like ... 'pfffft' ... and I was all like 'whatever'!




And it went real well for me, in case you wondered ...

[DeminPennswoods]

29. Ridiculous argument

A whopping 3 members from states west of the Mississippi River.

Republican members:
Jordan, Ohio, Ranking Member
Amash, Michigan
Gosar, Arizona
Foxx, North Carolina
Massie, Kentucky
Meadows, North Carolina
Hice, Georgia
Grothman, Wisconsin
Comer, Kentucky
Cloud, Texas
Gibbs, Ohio
Higgins, Louisiana
Norman, South Carolina
Roy, Texas
Miller, West Virginia
Green, Tennessee
Armstrong, North Dakota
Steube, Florida

Note 6 Dem members are from CA. I think if 3 days is enough for members from the west coast, it's plenty for GOP members nearly all of whom are closer.

[ProfessorPlum]

35. What an apt analogy for the GOP corporation servants

Just like the wife sitting at home eating bon bons, when their corporate masters get home, they are going to have to put out to keep their positions - servicing their big donors and giving them access to themselves. Don't forget that part, Mark.

What you forget is that AOC doesn't have corporate masters.

[onetexan]

36. The spunky young lady is not letting up

And not letting the pompous GOP idiots get away with crap like they did when they controlled the House. We need more gutsy reps with a titanium spine like her.

And if there are Dems House members rattled by her and calling for a challenger in 2020, they'd better take heed the people of her district know who they elected and want her to stay put. She is exactly what we Dems need - new blood, new ideas, different approach to get things done. They may disagree with her style of leadership, but to try to railroad her when she's getting things done is unconscionable.

[Vinca]

38. Go AOC, go.

Her "BS Meter" is set to high and she's not putting up with it.