Dem Lawmaker Rips GOP Reps To Their Faces: 'You Bend The Knee To The Orange Jesus'
Source: HuffPost
Jan 31, 2024, 04:33 AM EST
A Democratic lawmaker slammed his Republican colleagues over their fealty to Donald Trump on Tuesday night during a marathon 15-hour session on impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border security issues.
Rep. Rob Menendez (D-NJ) said the House Homeland Security Committee has held 17 hearings on the border, but zero full committee hearings on other issues within its jurisdiction such as emergency preparedness, cyber threats, infrastructure protection and more.
We have not lived up to our oversight obligation here on this committee because you all are obsessed with the border, he said. Because you bend the knee to the Orange Jesus as you refer to him across the aisle.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) wrote in her 2023 book that Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) used the phrase to describe Trump. Green is now chair of the committee Menendez was railing against. Menendez called the impeachment hearings a sham and said the committee has failed its jurisdiction. Ive tried to listen here. I try to be a team player, I really do. I try not to engage in the partisanship, he said. But Ive had it.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rob-menendez-orange-jesus_n_65b9c8e3e4b05c8779f6b99c
Yes - that is the son of the Senator. Didn't know he was in Congress (although obviously people who live in Jersey know).
niyad
(113,329 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,245 posts)deserves a ding.
AllaN01Bear
(18,245 posts)i love it. as popeye said " enough is too much""!!
AllaN01Bear
(18,245 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,245 posts)prez then the rs really drag their feet.
IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)niyad
(113,329 posts)JudyM
(29,251 posts)
this republican leadership which has failed.to.get.things.done.
Fla Dem
(23,688 posts)niyad
(113,329 posts)Stuckinthebush
(10,845 posts)Shes one of my favorites on msnbc these days
Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)She's another host, like Ali Velshi, who can substitute for anyone - and do a terrific job.