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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcCarthy: We May Take 'Appropriate Measures' To Punish Dems For Sit-In
McCarthy: We May Take 'Appropriate Measures' To Punish Dems For Sit-InByCAITLIN MACNEAL SEPTEMBER 6, 2016, 2:57 PM EDT
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) indicated to the New York Times on Tuesday that House Republicans may punish House Democrats in some way for their June sit-in over gun control.
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McCarthy: We May Take 'Appropriate Measures' To Punish Dems For Sit-In (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Sep 2016
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Time for voters to punish the Republicans for not acting on common sense gun control.
tonyt53
Sep 2016
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tonyt53
(5,737 posts)1. Time for voters to punish the Republicans for not acting on common sense gun control.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)3. Yes!
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)2. Why the fk is this news
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)4. Yep, the R's will figure a way to waste yet more time and money in congress with their stupidity! nt
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)5. Anything to keep them from doing their jobs
I strongly believe if the damn republicans would have been a willing partner with the President, our economy would have come roaring back to life as it did in times past.
The republicans are no longer an american political party but a Jim Jones type radical end-of-the-world cult with a mission to enforce its own sharia law on the USA or destroy it.
One or the other, nothing more.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)6. I'm surprised they didn't push/support Alex Jones for a R nominee. n/t
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)7. Would have been a perfect VP for Trump
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)8. Grow up and start doing your jobs, assholes!
God, what a complete joke the republican party has become. They're like a bunch of 2 year olds with diaper rash.