And now a hissy fit from one R- Chucky Grassley....

[turbinetree]

‘Performatively protest’: Grassley chastised for tweeting angry complaint he has to stay in DC to ‘fight’ major Dem bill

By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
Published August 06, 2022

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Friday afternoon posted an angry tweet complaining he will be missing his annual family reunion this weekend after Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer scheduled a vote on the Inflation Reduction Act, major, historic legislation to combat inflation and climate change, lower Medicare prescription drug prices and the federal deficit, and increase the energy supply.

It's not going well for the 88-year old Republican who is running for re-election this year.

Leader Schumer in the past two weeks has pulled out a series of delicately balanced yet absolutely massive wins, convincing both Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) to support the bill which they previously poised to oppose in different forms. It is a huge win for President Joe Biden and his agenda, the Democrats, and the American people.

https://www.rawstory.com/performatively-protest-grassley-chastised-for-tweeting-angry-complaint-he-has-to-stay-in-dc-to-fight-major-dem-bill/

Resign......go away..... retire take the taxpayers dollars and complain that social security should be abolished ....

[niyad]

1. Drop dead, you arrogant traitor.

[tulipsandroses]

2. Well JD Vance was ranting and raving about Americans not having hot dog and burger buns

See, Senator Grassley, you can tell your family that you stayed to make sure enough hot dog buns will be at the next cook out.

[texasfiddler]

3. His family is probably relieved he can't make it to the reunion.

He doesn't have many left. What a snowflake. If he wants to be retired, he should retire.

[leftieNanner]

4. My guess

If he wins in November, he will resign next year and get the governor to appoint his grandson. Keep it in the family.

[Rebl2]

19. Probably

But then the grandson would have to run in 2024 for senate seat I think. Happened in MO with Mel Carnahan. He died in a plane crash along with his son about a month before the election. He went on to win, even though he was dead. His wife was appointed to the seat, but she had to run again within a year or two, and lost to a Republican. May have been Blunt that beat her, but not sure about it.

[lastlib]

22. It was jim Talent-less that defeated her.

He lost to Claire McCaskill in '06. I greatly enjoyed campaigning for Claire; took great pleasure in that win.

I met Mel/Jean's daughter Robin in college (she was a freshman my senior year; she was in the intro PoliSci class I did a stint as a teaching assistant for--a bright young lady, later Secretary of State for Missouri and a US Senate candidate in her own right.)

[Rebl2]

28. Okay

I had totally forgotten about him. He really must have been Talent-less and forgettable.
I do remember the Robin being Secretary of State.

[LakeArenal]

5. 🤮🤮

[flying_wahini]

6. BooFuckinHoo.

Go home if it means so much. Your down vote won’t be missed.

[Walleye]

7. Relax, senator, the bill is gonna pass anyway, go see your family

[tanyev]

8. Huh. He was so looking forward to anticipated extra duty on 1/6/21.

[lindysalsagal]

9. So, chuck would be 95 or die in the seat if his moron followers re-elected the dolt?

Seriously????

[Zambero]

10. A 100-day per year work schedule must be pure hell for a Senator like Grassley

Poor fella! He needs to decompress, call it a day, and let someone else handle those impossible demands!

[Raftergirl]

11. Looking for my violin.

[NJCher]

24. Judge Judy says you don't need one

[rurallib]

12. from what I have been told by a friend, Chuckles is getting ripped on Twitter

This is a link she sent me:
https://www.newsweek.com/chuck-grassley-mocked-over-complaint-about-missing-family-reunion-retire-1731472

over 8000 rips on him.

And here is one from Michael Franken, Grassley's opponent in the Senate race:

"Sen @ChuckGrassley tweets the people's business keeps him from a family reunion," tweeted Admiral Michael Franken, Grassley's Democratic opponent in the November 8 election. "What a travesty! The horror!! Try deploying for a year in inhospitable places doing the Nation's business. Try telling your 4YO you'll see her after kindergarten graduation. Try retiring."

[H2O Man]

14. You forgot one ......

Chuck has been Chuck Grassley his entire life.

[SWBTATTReg]

15. Ah, so the life of a republican senator has enabled this scumbag to learn the fine art of not

serving his voter base in Iowa 100%, but instead, take all of the leave that he wants, and complain if otherwise. He believes more in leaving his district in the lurch, not showing up to work (if he knows what 'work' means), etc.

Not looking good, Senator. Not looking good.

[Marthe48]

16. go home to the reunion and eat spoiled potato salad

traitor

[dlk]

17. Life is tough when one has to actually do their job...

Poor Grassley.

[BidenRocks]

18. Priorities!

Fuck your family reunion!
Iowa is your family and employer!
I would shitcan his ass!

[pwb]

20. Grassley [R-Reverse] reads what he is given.

Time to go Chuck.

[allegorical oracle]

21. Stop blithering Chuck. Odds are, you won't recognize them anymore, anyhow. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. RepubliCons don't know how to govern; they know how to take rights away, help billionaires, & block.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. Boo Hoo

[Sogo]

26. Time for you to be put out to pasture, Grassley....

I can hardly wait to vote against you in November!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. This makes me smile

[alterfurz]

29. Chuck was so looking forward to seeing his long-lost twin at the family reunion