AOC Says House GOP Driven by White Supremacists and Extremists: Party Imposes 'No Consequences' for

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By Reed Richardson Jan 27th, 2021, 9:28 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said that the new House GOP caucus is populated by “legitimate white supremacists” and that the party’s leadership is too cowed to impose any consequences for open racism, insurrection, and calls for violence.

At the end of his long opening segment on Wednesday, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes asked the congresswoman about her personal level of safety going to work at the Capitol, just weeks after it was ransacked by a violent pro-Trump mob, one of whom has since been arrested for explicitly threatening to “assassinate AOC.”

“Congressman Hakeem Jeffries was on the program last night talking about his family member receiving texts saying, we’re coming for you, we’re outside your house,” Hayes noted of his Tuesday night guest. “How do you understand the nature of the caucus of the Republican Party that you serve with right now in the aftermath of this and the vote they took to overturn the election and this desire to, quote, turn the page?”

“Yeah, you know, I actually sense a profound difference between the Republican caucus of last term, the 115th Congress, and the Republican caucus that — of this term,” Ocasio-Cortez explained. “It really felt that, last term, the Republican caucus was one of extreme fealty to Donald Trump. There were some that were true believers. Others that simply remained quiet out of cowardice and out of fear of the president’s retribution. But this term there are legitimate white supremacist sympathizers that sit at the heart and at the core of the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives.

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[SWBTATTReg]

1. Well, they (the enforcers of constitutional law and/or the rules of the House and Senate, etc.), it

seems almost impossible to rebuke and/or remove members for undesired behavior or despicable service, such as that Calif. rep that seemingly was a Russian agent (last name starts w/ a R), or Green for her remarks as ignorant as they are. It seems to take years, and leaders don't reprehend members until they're absolutely forced to. Where's the self initiative, the self respect that human beings should have for one another, to let a fellow house or senate member of their Party insult others, mouth off, lie, etc.

They all excuse such talk as being 'political' but their actions and comments lead a lot of people to think otherwise. It's like the yelling 'fire!' in a crowded venue. This is why I hope, the reason why all of these platforms finally moved to ban trump and those like him and the inciting to violence.

This could be a good thing, since if the republicans could have found an easy way to remove democratically leading House or Senate members via some arcane process, they would have removed half of our D. house and/or senate members.

Scary.

But, these same people should have boundaries. They should be reprimanded for lying or distorting the truth since it literally could kill people, such as trump's insistence that bleach and/or those pills would work in beating the coronavirus infection, or trump's thugs are literally killing people now (or at least 1/6/21).

[Blue Owl]

2. K&R

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Oh come on now

They get their feefees hurt when you speak the truth about them.