From a Republican colleague of mine as he walked off the floor: "We're going to have a drink and a

[Cha]

Rep. Ted Deutch
✔ ?@RepTedDeutch
From a Republican colleague of mine as he walked off the floor: "We're going to have a drink and a cigar. Enjoy your protest." Really.
4:42 PM - 22 Jun 2016 · Washington, DC, United States
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"This is the People's House. And John Lewis is my hero."

https://teddeutch.house.gov/


Jerome Trammel ?@MrJeromeTrammel
I'm in tears, I've thought long & hard about gun control. Let me just say the #NoBillNoBreak sit in, is amazing!

4:30 PM - 22 Jun 2016
194 194 Retweets 364 364 likes

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I'm in tears, too.. our Dems are so Beautiful!~ Thank you!

[MFM008]

1. republicans are soulless

[Cha]

3. This is True, MFM!

Igorvolsky
✔ ?@igorvolsky
.@joniernst one of the top recipients of @NRA $$ just voted against expanding background checks:
11:48 AM - 20 Jun 2016
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[OnDoutside]

19. They're showing even worse arrogance than they accused the Democrats of, back in 09

[Cha]

99. Oh yeah.. pots of money from the nra will do that for them.

[liberal N proud]

58. Guess she doesn't need bread sacks anymore

[Cha]

60. Meanwhile.. Elections matter..

Nerdy Wonka ?@NerdyWonka
People are dying while GOP enjoys cigars and drinks. Both sides are not the same. Elections matter. #NoBillNoBreak
5:03 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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Mahalo, liberal N proud

[geardaddy]

68. And any idiot knows you put the bread bags on the inside of your shoes

not the outside.

[Cha]

100. That's right! lol

[Cha]

98. Guess not!

[The Wielding Truth]

59. Republicans should be called out by media. They keep saying, "Congress is broken".

It is the party of Racism, Bigotry and Selfishness that is destroying our Country. The Republican Party!!!

[Cha]

94. Yes, the media should call them out but that would require them to do their job.

[Saviolo]

69. It's like

they no longer see their position as their civic duty. It's just a job, now. They're so jaded with the position that they treat it like so many 9-5 minimum wagers treat their dead-end jobs. Clock in, do the work, go home. Except they're all getting paid so much more to be there, and their decisions have such a far-reaching effect on the country, and they just don't see it any more. It's like a resume line, an income stream. Soulless and jaded. Their long weekend (for a whole week) is more important than people dying. Completely out of touch with the average citizen and their hopes, dreams, concerns, or fears.

[CanonRay]

82. That's the problem with gerrymandering and safe districts

They don't give a shit

[Cha]

97. Right, especially when you're beholden to the nra.. nothing else matters.

[Iliyah]

2. K & R

[Cha]

4. Mahalo, Iliyah, for KICKING~

[sheshe2]

5. We just rocked the house and took out the trash. Cha.

Dems rule!

[Cha]

6. GOPers leaving the House are greeted by protesters booing at them. "Your approval rating is 9%!"

Jennifer Bendery
✔ ?@jbendery
GOPers leaving the House are greeted by protesters booing at them. "Your approval rating is 9%!" "Asshole!" Bad pic:
4:42 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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To Our Dems, she.. they Kicked out the Trash!

[sheshe2]

7. ouch!

[bluestateguy]

12. "Your approval rating is 9%!"

Not in their lily white, red state, redneck districts it isn't

[Cha]

101. Yeah, they think they're safe.

[riversedge]

8. callous repugs

[Cha]

16. People are dying while GOP enjoys cigars and drinks. Both sides are not the same. Elections matter.

Nerdy Wonka ?@NerdyWonka
People are dying while GOP enjoys cigars and drinks. Both sides are not the same. Elections matter. #NoBillNoBreak
5:03 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/22/nobillnobreak-good-trouble/

Mahalo, rivers~

[smirkymonkey]

38. Disgusting, isn't it?

[Cha]

44. Yes, it is, smirky..

Oliver Willis ?@owillis
3 yr olds doing lockdown drills at preschool for active shooters cause the nra owns our govt http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-scary-and-heartbreaking-reason-this-mom-photographed-her-3-year-old_us_576941b0e4b0fbbc8beba28e …
7:40 AM - 21 Jun 2016
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Mahlao

[AgadorSparticus]

84. 🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝 This!! I hope people remember that.

[Cha]

85. Same here, Agador!

[AgadorSparticus]

86. Spot on, Cha!!

[Cha]

96. ..

[Starry Messenger]

9. K&R

[Cha]

95. Mahalo, Starry Messenger~ 130 Members of Congress Who Held the Floor All Night!

States United ?@SUPGVNetwork
26 hours.
130 members of Congress.

We look back at the #NoBillNoBreak #DemocraticSitIn: http://fus.in/28OcQMn .
9:21 AM - 23 Jun 2016
33 33 Retweet 18 18 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/23/president-obama-delivers-a-statement-3/#comments

[riversedge]

10. Happy to rec.

[Cha]

103. Mahalo, riversedge! House Members who Held the Floor All Night

States United ?@SUPGVNetwork
26 hours.
130 members of Congress.

We look back at the #NoBillNoBreak #DemocraticSitIn: http://fus.in/28OcQMn .
9:21 AM - 23 Jun 2016
33 33 Retweet 18 18 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/23/president-obama-delivers-a-statement-3/#comments

[Just reading posts]

13. I agree.

[Cha]

23. You both are Wrong.

[Cha]

17. Get Real.. the Dems are Sitting IN from their Hearts.. NOT "Pandering".

[Cha]

20. You're Wrong.. they are speaking from their Hearts.

[byronius]

21. Yeah, they all do it, right?

Everyone's a shithead. Everyone's for sale. It's all a dark pit of evil.

Pardon me while I back away from your reality.

[Cha]

102. Mahalo, byronius!

States United ?@SUPGVNetwork
26 hours.
130 members of Congress.

We look back at the #NoBillNoBreak #DemocraticSitIn: http://fus.in/28OcQMn .
9:21 AM - 23 Jun 2016
33 33 Retweet 18 18 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/23/president-obama-delivers-a-statement-3/#comments

[Gormy Cuss]

57. Assuming, you're right...

Did it work for GOPers, because right now converting more votes for Dems in the fall is a worthy goal too.

[Cha]

104. Most worthy!

[dumbcat]

39. But they are sitting ON

their brains. This is not going to end well for us. Why can we never learn from history? Doesn't anyone remember '96? Sandy Hook? Jesus! Yes, they are acting from their HEARTS, but that doesn't necessarily get votes in the real world. Money usually trumps feelings.

[Cha]

45. No, they're NOT "sitting on their brains".. Your negativity is not Welcome.

[dumbcat]

46. Constructive criticism is allowed

on this site. Your opinion of what is "welcome" is irrelevant. The site owners set the ToS, not you.

[Cha]

47. I didn't say I did.. it's still not welcome.

[dumbcat]

48. Thank you for your opinion

I appreciate it. (Hoping for the new era of civility the site owners are trying to promulgate.)

[Ikonoklast]

80. But they are demonstrating in favor of subverting the Constitution.

Even the ACLU thinks what the Senate Dems voted for and what House Dems want is not constitutional.

It's as if the entirety of the Democratic party has suddenly decided: "Fuck Due Process!" Yes, it would be awful nice if we could keep firearms out of the hands of terrorists.

And, we could do that in any number of ways; but, most of them directly contravene the US Constitution's Fifth Amendment, and voting in favor of secret government lists is one of those.

Even if someone hates the Second Amendment, this isn't the way to fix this.

It's setting the precedent that we can strip people of their Constitutionally protected rights by adding their name to a secret government list.

That's bad, it's just horribly bad.

Stop and think, what rights are we going to suspend for "suspected terrorists" next? People who have never been accused or indicted for any crime whatsoever.


We went though this all before with the Red Scare and McCarthyism, J. Edgar Hoover loved to keep secret lists, Martin Luther King was on one.

It was fucked up and terrible then, it's fucked up and terrible now.

We've just exchanged "Communists" for "Terrorists".

Be careful you aren't suddenly, secretly named as a "Terrorist".

[Cha]

88. I stand/sit with John Lewis and all our Dems...

Donna NoShock ?@NoShock
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. #DemocraticSitIn
1:51 AM - 23 Jun 2016
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[Hekate]

90. I stand with John Lewis and Tammy Duckworth, each one a hero who shed blood.

[Cha]

92. Mahalo, Hekate~ House Members who held the Floor All Night..

States United ?@SUPGVNetwork
26 hours.
130 members of Congress.

We look back at the #NoBillNoBreak #DemocraticSitIn: http://fus.in/28OcQMn .
9:21 AM - 23 Jun 2016
33 33 Retweet 18 18 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/23/president-obama-delivers-a-statement-3/#comments

[Ikonoklast]

107. You also stand with Dick Cheney.

And Joe McCarthy.

[Cha]

109. Oh please.

[byronius]

22. Please explain what you mean.

What do you mean by 'urban base'?

What is the 'Right to due process' in this instance? What do you mean by that phrase?

How would a 'Rep' 'win this one'? By what standard do you judge victory?

I'm very curious to hear you expand upon your opinion.

[lovemydog]

25. Their urban base is who many represent.

Republicans in the House keep switching the subject. First it's 'terrorism.' Then it's 'due process.' Then it's 'publicity stunt.'

I think these democrats are representing their constituents who want a vote in the House.

[Cha]

27. I know they're representing me.. even though I'm not Urban .. John Lewis speaks

for me from his heart.


David Simas
✔ ?@Simas44
Publicity stunt for standing against gun violence? Here's American hero @repjohnlewis. #NoBillNoBreak
3:36 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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I cannot believe anyone would call this "pandering".

Mahalo, lovemydog~

[NastyRiffraff]

52. He speaks for me, too

and for many of us. Not just the "urban base." (My god what a phrase! We're past the dog whistle now.)

[Cha]

55. John Lewis speaks for all of us across our Country.. I forgot to add these pics..

David Simas
✔ ?@Simas44
Publicity stunt for standing against gun violence? Here's American hero @repjohnlewis. #NoBillNoBreak
3:36 PM - 22 Jun 2016
749 749 Retweets 980 980 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/22/nobillnobreak-good-trouble/

Mahalo, Riff~

[pinboy3niner]

74. I got to march with him once

Twelve years ago Rep. Lewis led a march against voter suppression in Ohio. We marched to the state Capitol to protest voter suppression by Ohio SoS Ken Blackwell. That was pretty cool (and John Lewis autographed my sign ).

[Cha]

106. Wow! That is sooo Cool, pinboy! Just a little history of our Hero!

Michael Skolnik
✔ ?@MichaelSkolnik
I have an original print of this photo hanging in my office. Trust me, @RepJohnLewis is not afraid of @SpeakerRyan.
6:10 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/23/early-bird-chat-774/



David Simas
✔ ?@Simas44
Publicity stunt for standing against gun violence? Here's American hero @repjohnlewis. #NoBillNoBreak
3:36 PM - 22 Jun 2016
749 749 Retweets 980 980 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/22/nobillnobreak-good-trouble/

Mahalo~

[TNNurse]

70. I am a rural white woman

who does not live in GA (anymore).

John Lewis speaks for me.

[Cha]

83. So many many of us, TNNurse!

[Nevernose]

66. They represent 87% of all Americans who want background checks

Amongst other things.

The NRA and their Internet stooges make it seem as if there's some kind of actual, national debate, or as if there's s sizeable percentage of Anericans opposed to common sense gun control.

It's not just the "urban base," it's the (often overwhelming) majority of Americans.

[justiceischeap]

29. Parents and friends of gun violence that were outside the Capital last night

didn't think the Dems are pandering. They are greatful that someone, anyone, is listening to their pleas and trying to do something about it.

One of the purposes of the sit-in is to get public attention and then, hopefully, get public action. Every Rep that spoke to the crowd outside emphasized that this bill was just one step of many they'd like to take (the ultimate being universal background checks).

Jamie Raskin spoke and he said all the illegal guns they picked up in Baltimore homocides this summer came from surrounding red states because MD has some very strict gun laws.

[geek tragedy]

31. 'urban base'

there it is

[Cha]

33. Yes.. and there it is.

[NastyRiffraff]

54. Past the dog whistle now

Soon we'll be seeing the word that poster really wants to use.

[still_one]

34. That is the talking point that the republicans are using, ignoring the fact that the whole POINT of

the protest is because Ryan won't even allow a vote on the issue

[still_one]

35. Really? Do you have an issue that Ryan won't let them vote on gun legislation, the actual reason

for the protest?

The Senate defeated four gun-control bills this week, but at least they allowed a vote on it. The house won't even allow that

[Spazito]

36. The reps are the ones pandering... to the NRA...

as they always do.

[KMOD]

40. Exactly.

[Cha]

108. Aloha, Spazito.. Thank you!

States United ?@SUPGVNetwork
26 hours.
130 members of Congress.

We look back at the #NoBillNoBreak #DemocraticSitIn: http://fus.in/28OcQMn .
9:21 AM - 23 Jun 2016
33 33 Retweet 18 18 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/23/president-obama-delivers-a-statement-3/#comments

[shenmue]

41. Huh? Why shouldn't they do what their constituents want?

[NastyRiffraff]

50. Change "I think" to "I hope"

and we've got your sentiments exactly, thankyouverymuch.

Due process is generally fine; we need it, but sometimes protest is the appropriate action. This is one of those times.

Oh, and what on earth COULD you mean by "their urban base"? Hmmm?

Go have a drink and a cigar with your Republican friends.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. When I think of all that man has been through, his body beaten and broken

And to see him, standing for all of us. It must be quite uncomfortable for him at 76 years of age.

What a true hero he is.

[Cha]

49. #goodtrouble #NoBillNoBreak, Maru~

David Simas
✔ ?@Simas44
Publicity stunt for standing against gun violence? Here's American hero @repjohnlewis. #NoBillNoBreak
3:36 PM - 22 Jun 2016
749 749 Retweets 980 980 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/22/nobillnobreak-good-trouble/

Mahalo~

[brer cat]

15. K&R

[Cha]

93. Mahalo brer cat~ House Members Who Held the Floor All Night!

States United ?@SUPGVNetwork
26 hours.
130 members of Congress.

We look back at the #NoBillNoBreak #DemocraticSitIn: http://fus.in/28OcQMn .
9:21 AM - 23 Jun 2016
33 33 Retweet 18 18 likes

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/23/president-obama-delivers-a-statement-3/#comments

[lovemydog]

24. K & R

Mahalo Cha.

[betsuni]

26. K&R

[livetohike]

28. Could we send them breakfast? Real food and coffee/tea?

I wouldn't know how to get that together. My niece lives in DC, but she is on vacation in Japan right now.

Until Ryan allows a vote, there has to be something we can do to support them.

[Cha]

43. Aloha & Snacks from my Senator in Hawaii, livetohike.. Sen Hirono.. & support from Nancy Pelosi~

Nancy Pelosi
✔ ?@NancyPelosi
@SenateDems, thanks for joining us in demanding @HouseGOP: #NoBillNoBreak! Oh, and thanks for these sweet goodies.
5:27 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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Mahalo, livetohike.. great idea.. No doubt they're being fed!

You saw California people got money together and sent them Pizza last night!

[NastyRiffraff]

56. Elizabeth Warren brought them donuts

and someone ordered pizza for all of them. Dem Senators are stepping up!

I'm so proud of our Democrats!

[C_U_L8R]

30. Bought and paid for by the NRA

No doubt

[Cha]

32. Luckovich.. In case of mass shooting break glass

((R.Saddler))) ?@Politics_PR
This just doesn't cut it anymore @HouseGOP #NoBillNoBreak pic.twitter.com/3XZeIWV5Fl
5:03 PM - 22 Jun 2016

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/22/nobillnobreak-chat-away/

[cali]

42. Wow. He's always good, but that is so powerful. One of his very best. thanks.

[GoCubsGo]

73. Luckovich nails it, as usual.

Thanks for posting that.

[Cha]

89. Yes, it's an excellent depiction of the nra's gop's reaction to mass killings.

You're welcome, GCG.

[mcar]

37. K&R

[Cha]

113. Good News, mcar! Gay And Lesbian Activists Take On The Gun Lobby

The National Memo ?@NationalMemo
Gay And Lesbian Activists Take On The Gun Lobby http://www.nationalmemo.com/gay-lesbian-activists-take-gun-lobby/ …
6:08 AM - 25 Jun 2016
36 36 Retweets 60 60 likes

:hatip:https://theobamadiary.com/2016/06/25/defeating-the-nra-and-saving-lives-means-showing-up-everyday/

[underpants]

61. Should be spelled Dooouuuche

[Cha]

62. Why? Rep Ted Deutch is a good guy.

[underpants]

63. Oops misread it

[Cha]

65. I figured you had.. no worries!

[Stellar]

64. WOW...to see Tammy Duckworth sitting on the floor...

for such a worthy cause.

[Cha]

91. I know.. so Powerful, Stellar!

Mahalo~

[Cha]

67. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. #DemocraticSitIn

Donna NoShock ?@NoShock
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. #DemocraticSitIn
1:51 AM - 23 Jun 2016
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[allan01]

71. nra should loose its tax exempt status.

[Cha]

110. Yes, they should, allan~

#NoBillNoBreak: The Death Of Thousands Is Not A Stunt

igorvolsky
✔ ?@igorvolsky
"Since the beginning of this year, there have been 136 mass shootings" - Rep. @GKButterfield @SpeakerRyan thinks this is a political stunt
2:47 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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[spanone]

72. arrogant plies of dog feces

[auntpurl]

75. I try not to swear, but seriously FUCK THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS. (Repukes)

God, if there was ever a day we should all be watching this and feeling proud to be Democrats and HORRIFIED at the other side, it's this one.

[billh58]

76. K & R

in solidarity with fellow Democrats.

[ffr]

77. Always effective posts Cha! K&R

Love our peaceful revolution and what John Lewis is leading!

[The Wizard]

78. Call it public safety

Remove the word gun from the discussion.

[flamingdem]

81. K&R

'twas a thing of beauty

[Rex]

87. The GOP has always been worshipers of Death Culture, glad people are finally noticing.

Cons love them some death and misery, a sick group of pathetic losers with no morals.

[eppur_se_muova]

105. Brandy and cigars -- the breakfast of Fat Cats. nt

[Night Watchman]

111. Cha Ching!

K&R

[Cha]

112. Mahalo, Night Watchman~

#NoBillNoBreak: The Death Of Thousands Is Not A Stunt

igorvolsky
✔ ?@igorvolsky
"Since the beginning of this year, there have been 136 mass shootings" - Rep. @GKButterfield @SpeakerRyan thinks this is a political stunt
2:47 PM - 22 Jun 2016
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