Traffic between congress and aipac hq is heavy.. full of congresspeople at all hours day and night. We get it. But the vote was important and the timing of the vote was known several days in advance.
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i thought you were just being facetious... but they were literally attending an aipac front group meeting https://newrepublic.com/post/217861/full-list-11-democrats-missed-hegseth-impeachment-vote-where-they-were-instead
When you have one job and you fail to do it on the most important times, you get removed from that job.
Remove them all, no excuses. They have a super cushy job, amazing pay and benefits and they can't even show up on the most important days.
This is why you show up easy dumbass. This isn’t a regular office job. This is people’s lives.
Yeah…this right here, this is why I am not getting my hopes up. The Democrats don't view themselves as a force of history.
They don’t aspire to be the political leaders who will fight corruption, wrestle back control from oligarchs, or provide equality and prosperity to the people. They view themselves as managers.
A committee here, a senate hearing there… ‘What’s that? Trump accepted a bribe from the Russians? I’ll be sure to write a strongly worded letter!’
I fully agree. We need politicians with passion
The framing of this article's headline is stupidly misleading. The vote was closed PRECISELY because they were still in traffic. If they showed up on time, they would have simply waited for the other Republicans to show up to. It's almost like the Republican who called for this vote tried to pull a staunt BEFORE THE BLUE WAVE IS IN OFFICE IN JANUARY to divide us with this vote. And since people only read headlines or listen to political pundits these days, it unfortunately worked.
My first thought when I saw a Republican brought up the vote was similar. I am wondering if they are bringing up the vote now before the blue-nami comes in because it probably will fail now. If it fails now, can it be brought up again after January, or would that be prevented due to double jeopardy?
There is literally a metro line from Reagan and Dulles to capitol hill, unless the train was on fire (again) or doing barrel rolls on the tracks (again), there is no excuse. Name and shame.
You know they're fucking overpaid and underworked when all they do is show up for 15 minutes to vote and then leave. Every single member of Congress should be in that building from 8-5 every fucking weekday, 52 weeks a year.
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I am once again reminding you of the power of being armed and organized. That we can make them do their jobs again if they are sufficiently afraid of the populace.
Do you think the George Floyd protests would have gone better if everyone there had guns
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Lmao that's not acceptable at any job site :D
That's not an excuse. How many of you would get fired for missing a major work event because of traffic?
That's more likely to be a verbal or written warning for people in a sane workplace. If it became a pattern of behaviour, on the other hand...
Lol I remember when Hasan Minhaj pointed out how lame the congress hearing hot seat actually was because the hall itself was mostly empty, with lawmakers showing up for like 15 minutes to ask some questions before they left.
They specifically never do a wide shot that would otherwise show that Congress doesn't care enough to actually host a serious session with a significant portion of members present.
The Onion has also made several satirical articles about this already as well. Congress magically failing to pass a measure or law because of some externally convenient reason is nothing new.
I would even bet cash money that Dem leadership asked Johnson to speedrun the vote so they have a fake reason to walk to the media with instead of a noshow or a vote for hegseth.
meet the new boss..same as the old boss....
Bull. Shit.
They are still pushing this? We already know it's not true. At least one person that skipped the vote was actually there according to witnesses (and I think video). The rest were at a fucking AIPAC event. We still have more work to do in 2028 to get rid of the rest of these Israeli shills.
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Sure it was, vote their useless asses out of office!
Do they not have phones?
Not even the first time they've used this excuse
You know what I do when I'm expected at an important anything? Such as a meeting, or going to the airport. A funeral, maybe.
I LEAVE FUCKING EARLY.
Now if I was just going to the pub etc then it doesn't really matter if I'm a little bit late. So, FUCK YOU, traitors.
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If I am absent for a meeting at work I get at least asked why, and would suffer consequences if the reasons are not valid.
I am by no means an essential worker or a lawmaker....
How the fuck do politicians dont get fired by these kind of things?
because it takes 2 years to fire a Representative.
Whoopsie doodles! We did another neoliberal fascism! Sorry bout that!
Relevant supplement to this
Lawmakers Report That Some Democrats Missed Hegseth Impeachment Vote to Attend Event for ‘AIPAC Front Group’
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