Where are their resignations?

[kpete]

[druidity33]

1. Republicans have no honor...

this is not unexpected.



K&R

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

11. Certainly, they have no shame n/t

[Bluethroughu]

2. They also contributed to the insurrection.

They all incited.

[ailsagirl]

3. Repukes have been getting away...

with murder for decades now. We need to hold their feet to the fire!!

Dems need to be more assertive and find ways to circumvent repukes’ spurious and preposterous babble.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

36. + about a million.

A bold & brilliant counter-campaign to neutralize RW propaganda is necessary, and that requires funding and expert planning.

[gab13by13]

4. Plus, since they are co-conspirators

Hawley and Cruz should not be seated at the impeachment trial.

[AZ8theist]

12. These two TRAITOROUS PIGS shouldn't be seated in the Senate AT ALL.

[jaxexpat]

5. Alas, poor naive Denise Haynes, I knew her, Horatio.

It's a quid-pro-quo thing. And in GOP land that equates to, "you scratch my back and I kick you in the shins". What we learn from this is that when you do favors for republicans wear those things baseball catchers wear on their legs. You see Republicans cannot learn by example. They only learn by doing.

Kinda like a "monkey see, monkey do" scenario but really warped and pretty much evil. For instance, when they are fed, they cower back until their masters allow them to feed. But if a well-meaning passer-by offers a treat they will bite their hand and steal the remainder of their food. Some don't go back to their friends and secretly brag about how they "shook down the rubes" but most do.

[lark]

6. First we have to have a new Senate but McTurtle is filibustering it right now.

I'm sure Nancy will hold ethics meetings after the investigations and I'd bet Brooks, Boebert, Gosar and maybe others are going down for aiding and abettting an insurrection at minimm and possibly with planning an insurrection as well. Nancy wil boot them and I willl cheer. Senate, that's a different story and Hawley and Cruz could skate because McTurtle and assholery abounds there.

[wnylib]

29. Can she boot them out?

Wouldn't it require a process, like an impeachment, or a vote in the House, at least?

Of course they won't resign. I am wary about the ongoing insistance of House Reps on carrying guns and evading the metal detectors. I fear that they have a mission they still wish to accomplish.

[COL Mustard]

30. Members Of Congress (Either House) Can't Be Impeached

They can be expelled by their house, but it's a high bar...2/3, IIRC. Of course, they can be criminally prosecuted for illegal acts, but there is the whole "speech & debate" protection under the Constitution that has to be kept in mind.

It's not easy to get rid of a sitting member of Congress.

[wnylib]

31. That's what I thought. Thanks.

Best bet to get rid of them, I think, would be to get solid evidence of criminal behavior, if it exists, and prosecute them. In lieu of that, just allow them no responsible positions and work hard in their districts to vote them out. And keep a large enough House majority to make them really ineffectual.

[lark]

35. They could have an ethics meeting, censure then remove.

I don't know the removal process, if it just takes 50%, these asses will be gone if the truth is allowed to come to light that they are co-conspirators and planners of the sedition on 1/6.

[Wednesdays]

7. IOKIYAR!!

[RVN VET71]

8. Sadly, a good point

Republicans rape women in dressing rooms: crickets. Democrats pose in a gag photo: outrage. And the evil thing about this is that the Democrats let stand all and any Republican crimes (in the interest of collegiality?) and hammer the heads of their own over lying allegations made against them.

Hawley, Cruz, Boebert, Brooks, and dozens upon dozens of others gave aid and succor to the bastards who fecally trashed our Capitol Building and murdered a police officer. Got that: they gave sideline rah-rah to traitors, to insurrectionists out to murder Democratic Members -- and a handful of Republicans, as well.

The Dems are understandably outraged as the attack on the Capitol Building. But WTF are they doing about the traitors in their midst?

The GOP is the Party of Insurrection and Treason. The Democratic Party is the Party of Caution and Gentility. We’re about to see what caution and gentility get you in a war for freedom, liberty, and the rule of law.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. Broken system. Needs fixin'

[Cha]

10. TY Here's the Actual Tweet so we can Rt..

Link to tweet

[onenote]

13. The difference is that leading republicans aren't calling for them to resign

While in the Franken and Hill situations, there were calls for them to step down from within the Democratic party. And I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for republicans to go after Hawley, etc.

[dixiechiken1]

14. A-FUCKING-MEN

[malaise]

26. THIS

is the truth

[marble falls]

15. The $64,000 question.

[fwvinson]

16. I want Al Franken's strong voice back in the Senate. Get it right Minnesota.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. only for democrats .

[Wounded Bear]

18. Good point, time to end IOKIYAR forever...nt

[Mr. Ected]

19. Dems know the difference between right and wrong and we punish ourselves when we've done wrong

Reptilicons lord over everyone with righteousness but value power over integrity and therefore are the biggest fucking hypocritical pricks in the universe.

[mdbl]

49. +1

[Dem4Life1102]

20. I blame the media

Anytime a democrat does or is accused of doing something even slightly wrong, they go nuts and press every other democrat to denounce them. The first question for every Republican right now should be why they are not calling for these resignations.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. Follow the money -- note who owns M$M.

[paleotn]

21. Rethugs don't resign for evil deeds.....

To them and their minions, those are features, not bugs.

[randr]

22. Resignations are political actions--we need legal actions

A resignation is a cop out of responsibility.
File charges and enjoy the trial.

[Nitram]

34. I agree, We need to restore the Rule of Law, beginning with the president and working our way down.

[Pepsidog]

23. Good question.

[Thekaspervote]

24. Madam speaker said in a press conference their would be investigations and if wrong doing was

Found their would be criminal charges

[former9thward]

45. The Speaker has no authority to bring criminal charges.

[RandiFan1290]

51. No one claimed that she did

trump lost

[former9thward]

52. The poster above me did.

Maybe read the thread next time.

[RandiFan1290]

54. No they didn't

reading comprehension is important

[johnnyfins]

25. Really?

They won't resign until the RightWing fake outrage machine is turned on them. I mean, we are experiencing some cold weather in parts of the U.S., but it's not enough for hell.

[ananda]

28. Best comment:

"Since Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace, has there ever been a single Republican who's done an honorable thing? I can't think of a single one."

[Nitram]

33. Nixon's resignation was not "honorable." He resigned to avoid conviction at an impeachment trial.

He "rehabilitated" his image over time and died with a relatively high public rating. I'm trying to remember a prominent Republican who resigned for honorable reasons, and I'm afraid none come to mind. Can anyone else think of one?

[mdbl]

50. I never felt anything but disdain when i saw nixon talking

so for me he never rehabilitated his image.

[Nitram]

53. The concept disgusted me, too.

[Nitram]

32. Republicans hold each other to a different standard - - that is "no standard."

[marlakay]

37. With Al our side pushed him out

Makes me sad.

[GETPLANING]

40. Why Franken and Hill resigned are not important to Republicans.

What matters is they got rid of some Democratic legislators, by whatever means necessary.
They will circle the wagons around their own, no matter what the crime.
That's what Democrats need to learn, and adapt their political game to.
Rules are for Democrats.
Rules are merely obstacles to Republicans, but they can be ignored.

[LiberalLovinLug]

42. Yup.

No matter how many times we tap our shoes together three times and wish it so, and believe that if we always follow the rules, even going beyond that and resigning at even the hint of controversy, and then even if Republicans cheat and lie and skirt the rules for their own benefit, we will always come out on top in the end. Because nice guys always finish first right? I think that's how it goes...wait.

[orangecrush]

47. Yup.

[BigmanPigman]

41. I was just thinking about Al last night.

Would Biden be able to give him a position in his admin? Would Al even want that?

[Ford_Prefect]

44. They believe and have been told they are immune from "the rules".

They live in a world that has no consequences as we understand them. They are very rich, white privileged assholes who think the world is their oyster.

[orangecrush]

46. WTAF, INDEED!

[badboy67]

48. Republicans still think they can engineer a coup in the U.S., sooner or later.

Nobody's going anywhere.