Comments on: Speaker Vote Is A Three-Ring-Circus https://www.okwassup.com/speaker-vote-is-a-three-ring-circus/ News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more! Mon, 09 Jan 2023 08:44:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Wil https://www.okwassup.com/speaker-vote-is-a-three-ring-circus/#comment-16379 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:35:23 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=29196#comment-16379 Raw Story:

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) took the floor to nominate Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) for the eighth time on the House floor to be the Speaker. This time, however, the Democrat nominating him took the opportunity to rebuke the Republican Party.

“The historic dysfunction that we are seeing, in the intra-party fight, that the American people have been drawn into, is imperiling our national security, it will imperil the ability of this government to deliver basic services,” Clark warned. “It is imperiling our jobs and our responsibility to serve our constituents.”

“The House is at a stand-still, so there are members that can’t provide constituent services to those in their states back home. So, if for example, a veteran needs help navigating his or her benefits and the complexities of the VA, they’re left in the dark. For anyone trying to get someone to help them with a misfiled tax return and for a widow lost in how to navigate Social Security, there is no one in to help.

“But it is also entirely predictable. They’re failing to convene congress today, but for years, they have failed to deliver the votes for the American people,” she said to applause

“When small businesses needed to reopen, and the American people wanted vaccines, they said no,” Clark began with a list of things Republicans opposed. “When we capped insulin costs for seniors, at $35 a month, they said no. When we lowered health care costs and premiums for working families, they said no. When we defended the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, they said no. When we protected lives from senseless gun violence, especially in the wake of the horrors of Buffalo and Uvalde, they said no. When we stood up for women and reproductive freedom, they said no. When we brought manufacturing back to America, they said no. When we answered the urgent call to protect our planet and invest in clean energy, and create tens of millions of good-paying jobs, they said no.

“When we defended our democracy, two years ago tomorrow, from a tyrannical president, following the Jan. 6th insurrection, they said no,” Clark said. “House Democrats will stand together. We will stand for the American people. It is our job and our responsibility to elect a speaker who stands with them and with great pride, I nominate Hakeem Jeffries.”

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By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/speaker-vote-is-a-three-ring-circus/#comment-16378 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:23:47 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=29196#comment-16378 He lost the 8th round so it’s now on to the 9th round.

But no reason to believe he won’t lose that round too…smh!

You can’t make this stuff up!

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By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/speaker-vote-is-a-three-ring-circus/#comment-16377 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:42:12 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=29196#comment-16377 In reply to Mr.BD.

Uh-huh. And that’s the truth!

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By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/speaker-vote-is-a-three-ring-circus/#comment-16376 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:39:11 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=29196#comment-16376 In reply to Mr.BD.

BD, any Repubs who throws his/her vote to the Dems to elect the next Speaker will, politically speaking, be a dead man/woman walking and Repubs know this!

NOT gonna happen my friend.

But we shall see.

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By: Mr.BD https://www.okwassup.com/speaker-vote-is-a-three-ring-circus/#comment-16375 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:35:34 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=29196#comment-16375 In reply to Truthiz1.

Plus he is proving he stands for nothing. He will bend into anything people tell him to just to get this job. That is sad.

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