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Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 05:13 PM Feb 2021

Florida Democrat who represents Parkland delivers emotional appeal for removing Greene

Source: Washington Post

Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) appealed to his colleagues that they strip Greene of her committee assignments, describing how he’d cried with parents of students killed in Parkland, Fla., and how he carries in his wallet a list of their names so they aren’t forgotten in Congress.

Deutch said Greene’s peddling of conspiracy theories about the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as a “false flag” event is devastating to those grieving families.

“There are not words in the English language to properly describe how the remarks of Ms. Greene makes these communities feel. They are still suffering. They will suffer forever,” he said.

Doing nothing, Deutch said, sends a message that lawmakers “will tolerate this conduct.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/03/joe-biden-live-updates/#link-ZDVSIHD2ZFDCFP2YDU7U4DMJN4



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Florida Democrat who represents Parkland delivers emotional appeal for removing Greene (Original Post) Fritz Walter Feb 2021 OP
Greene has sadistically retraumatized survivors and their families for political gain dlk Feb 2021 #1
Ted Deutch is a true gem! FM123 Feb 2021 #2
Yes, Remove that Sadistic Cha Feb 2021 #3
Ted is our rep bagimin Feb 2021 #4

dlk

(11,561 posts)
1. Greene has sadistically retraumatized survivors and their families for political gain
Wed Feb 3, 2021, 05:22 PM
Feb 2021

She is the worst kind of monster imaginable!

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