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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Democrat penalized after listing Trump's legal crises
After Rep. Jim McGovern listed a series of Trump scandals, Republicans tried to silence the Democrat. The effort had the opposite of the intended effect.
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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-democrat-penalized-listing-trumps-legal-crises-rcna153673
Action on the floor of the House of Representatives paused for more than an hour Wednesday after Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., listed off the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
As the former presidents legal crises have intensified, its become common for members to reference Trumps troubles during floor arguments, though its usually Republicans peddling conspiratorial nonsense while defending their partys presumptive 2024 nominee.
Yesterday, however, McGovern took some time to mock his Republican colleagues who traveled to New York to show their support for Trump during his criminal trial. Maybe they want to distract from the fact that their candidate for president has been indicted more times than hes been elected, the Massachusetts Democrat said......
In general, the relevant rules are supposed to discourage House members from personally attacking each other during floor remarks. In this instance, however, Republicans concluded, after a surprisingly lengthy delay for deliberation, that McGovern wasnt allowed to go after the former president, either even though everything McGovern said was almost entirely true.
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.......Once again, the GOP might want to familiarize itself with a phenomenon known as the Streisand effect. The Merriam-Webster definition is as good as any: The Streisand effect is a phenomenon whereby the attempt to suppress something only brings more attention or notoriety to it.
In other words, the more someone tries to divert attention away from a story, the more it ends up having the opposite effect.
I have no idea whether McGovern planned for this he is, by any measure, one of Congress most clever members or whether Republicans stumbled into the misstep all on their own. Either way, it was good to see the Democrats list get some deserved attention.
liberalla
(9,362 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(25,212 posts)Omnipresent
(5,848 posts)Thought i might start reminding people again you know, so they dont forget!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,863 posts)It's a shame that he was penalized for it.
Cha
(299,223 posts)Sogo
(5,080 posts)former9thward
(32,379 posts)When a request is made the Speaker, or more likely his designee, makes a ruling. In this case the words were stricken and McGovern was prohibited from speaking the rest of the day.
ananda
(29,032 posts)One after another
The Roux Comes First
(1,322 posts)Why not some stand-ins to keep the crime-listing headlines running?
niyad
(114,954 posts)oasis
(49,970 posts)Now
Lawrence was right that Alabama Speaker could not READ!!!!!!!!!
And as Lawrence said "this is where we are in 2024".
oasis
(49,970 posts)understand his seat was recently primaried from under his sorry ass
Most likely we've seen the last of him.
GenThePerservering
(1,998 posts)the goppers will have stepped on a giant rake.
oasis
(49,970 posts)LiberalFighter
(52,122 posts)Ohioboy
(3,288 posts)BadgerMom
(2,789 posts)Heres his donation page.
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/stand-with-jim-mcgovern
He got my donation.
ProudMNDemocrat
(17,253 posts)Rep. Jim McGovern doesn't!
House MAGAts can't handle the truth about their cult leader! About time Democrats start dishing it back. Tie them all to the DICKtator wanna-be and his Hitleresque leanings.
Hermit-The-Prog
(34,088 posts)Frame it as a parliamentary question, as Rep. Crockett did with the 6B question.