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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 11:06 PM Sep 2019

Ted Lieu: "We need to change the Rules to allow..."

Ted Lieu
@tedlieu

The @realDonaldTrump Administration brought a machete to a knife fight. We brought the House rules. And we are getting shredded. We need to change the Rules to allow

-Contempt on the spot
-Witnesses to be fined daily

It is now time to exercise our full inherent contempt powers.


4:21 PM · Sep 22, 2019·Twitter for Android


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Ted Lieu: "We need to change the Rules to allow..." (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 2019 OP
Agree. Karadeniz Sep 2019 #1
Agreed sakabatou Sep 2019 #2
Need to make sure Lieu gets re-elected... Hekate Sep 2019 #3
Been out of loop. Nadler didn't hold Lew in contempt Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #4
Bring back the stocks!!!! Moostache Sep 2019 #5
Yes!!! Catch2.2 Sep 2019 #6
Scorched Earth. We're behind you 100% ffr Sep 2019 #7
and we need to quit working with the fascists on anything and we need to start defunding all yaesu Sep 2019 #8
+1 Optical.Catalyst Sep 2019 #9
YES!!!! calimary Sep 2019 #10
I love my congressman!! Time to full force! Celerity Sep 2019 #11
Wish I could vote for him Moral Compass Sep 2019 #12
k&r n/t lordsummerisle Sep 2019 #13
Congressman Lieu Is My Favorite Member Of The House corbettkroehler Sep 2019 #14
The leadership in the house need to grow a goddam SPINE !! Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2019 #15
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
4. Been out of loop. Nadler didn't hold Lew in contempt
Sun Sep 22, 2019, 11:59 PM
Sep 2019

Then read Pelosi said he should have then ! Now against the rules to hold in contempt on the spot? Whaaaaa??


Moostache

(9,895 posts)
5. Bring back the stocks!!!!
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 12:07 AM
Sep 2019

I want to see the Ice Princess and Jared in chains being pelted with rotted produce!!!
Line them ALL up and put them in....or bring back tar and feathering!!!

https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/stocks-torture-device/

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
8. and we need to quit working with the fascists on anything and we need to start defunding all
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 01:53 AM
Sep 2019

of the parts of government that they depend on, like tRumps security.

calimary

(81,114 posts)
10. YES!!!!
Mon Sep 23, 2019, 01:54 PM
Sep 2019

I still regard him as my Congressman, instead of the Blue Dog GOP-lover I’m stuck with since we moved. Ted Lieu still represents me better.

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