Several House Republicans Vote Against Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Nine House Republicans voted against naming a North Carolina post office after poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou Tuesday afternoon, the latest example of the polarization surrounding even the most mundane proceedings on Capitol Hill, particularly around issues of race.

The vote was 371-9-1, with one member voting present. The vote to designate a Winston-Salem post office the “Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office” came after a 381-0 vote to rename a Camp Pendleton, California, post office the “Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office.”

Republican Reps. Mo Brooks of Alabama, Ken Buck of Colorado, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Glen Grothman of Wisconsin, Andy Harris of Maryland, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Michael Burgess of Kentucky, Steven Palazzo of Mississippi and Alex Mooney of West Virginia voted against the bill.

Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, voted present.

In a statement, Rep. Steve Israel, D-New York, criticized the lawmakers for opposing the post office renaming, which he called “one of the most benign and bipartisan duties we perform in the House."

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By BENJAMIN SIEGEL
Mar 1, 2016, 9:11 PM ET

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Bet they'd have voted for Walt Whiteman

(wink)

[Mira]

3. DUzy

well deserved

[Archae]

2. Great, my congressasshole is on the list.

Glenn Grothman.

He was an asshole state congresscritter, now he's an even bigger asshole.

[Glorfindel]

4. So is mine, Steven Palazzo (Palasshole, if you will)

He's a poem to assholery.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Did they consult with David Duke?

[Feeling the Bern]

6. No, they are trying to get in good with The Donald.

Gotta pander to that illiterate Neo Nazi vote! It's such a big bloc these days.

[Snotcicles]

7. Were they wearing their hoods while voting? nt

[okaawhatever]

11. No, it's more formal attire on the congress floor. They wore a 3 piece white sheet. nt

[houston16revival]

8. I always remember her poem at Clinton's Inauguration

"A rock, a river, a tree"

If it's not asphalt paved by white people, the con men won't go for it.

And while it's because she's black, it's also a resistance to anything
with a hint of appreciation for nature

[TheDebbieDee]

9. So, the 9 votes against re-naming the PO wasn't enough to

actually block the Maya Angelou Post Office, was it?

[awoke_in_2003]

13. No

But it just shows what dickweeds some people can be.

[Feeling the Bern]

10. As Ted Danson would say from Becker: "Our great leaders from our great trailer park states."

[ShrimpPoboy]

12. I just cant.

Smh

[Darb]

14. Am I mistaken or does that list read

white, male asshole, white, male asshole, white, male asshole, white, male asshole, white, male asshole, white, male asshole, white, male asshole, white, male asshole, white, male asshole?

[3catwoman3]

15. But, but, but...

...didn't McTurtle just assure us that the Republican't party is not racist?