No Red Wave! Yes, too many election-deniers won their races; that’s troublesome! And GOP now has a slim majority over Dems in the House, however, with Raphael Warnock’s momentous win in Georgia on 12/6, the Dems have a clear Senate majority. House Democrats chose the brilliant Hakeem Jeffries, as Minority leader of the House, to succeed Nancy Pelosi, “Speaker for the Ages”, dubbed by Jeffries. Pelosi was designated ‘Speaker Emerita’ in a unanimous vote 11/29/22. Katherine Clark was voted in as House whip; Calif. rep, Peter Aguilar, to lead House caucus. This younger leadership will succeed ‘the old guard’: Pelosi, Steny Hoyer & James Clyburn, who will hold a new leadership position. Jeffries, Clark & Aguilar will lead a Democratic minority, for the coming two years.
Some folks like to talk about Dems being in dissension, but a ‘diverse’ Democratic House is far different than a ‘divided’ Dem House. The Democrats are usually coming together to pass bills to help everyday Americans, with the not infrequent exception of two renegades, Manchin & Sinema. The other side however, the GOP House, is in near total disarray. Kevin McCarthy is facing a skirmish in the House from his members; can he get 218 votes? McCarthy even warned his members, that IF things get too chaotic, “that blunders could result in Dems choosing the Speaker of the House”, which could actually happen. And if McCarthy does gain the Speakership, can he hold it? Remember Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Paul Ryan? Centrist Republicans might start talking about working with Dems. That would mess up the haters’ agenda. Does McCarthy deserve this? I think no one deserves this more than Kevin McCarthy!
GOP is the extremist-party! McCarthy came out making excuses for Donald Trump “being duped” into meeting with Nick Fuentes, “not knowing who he was”. Mitch McConnell took a more principled stand; he vigorously stated on the floor of the Senate, “there is NO room in the Republican party for anti-Semitism or white supremacy, and anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States”. MAGA flamethrower, Marjorie Taylor Greene, always jostling for more power, recently spoke at a White Supremacist event, and declared, “no one should be cancelled!”
Homeland Security now warns of heightened lethal threat level to Jewish, LGBTQ & migrant communities by homegrown domestic terrorists. Sadly, Haters abound in America! Right-wingers are suspected in the malicious attack on a North Carolina electric substation, leaving tens of thousands of utility customers without power & heat, for days.
Trish Forsyth Voss
Dec 7 2022
No Red Wave!
No Red Wave! Yes, too many election-deniers won their races; that’s troublesome! And GOP now has a slim majority over Dems in the House, however, with Raphael Warnock’s momentous win in Georgia on 12/6, the Dems have a clear Senate majority. House Democrats chose the brilliant Hakeem Jeffries, as Minority leader of the House, to succeed Nancy Pelosi, “Speaker for the Ages”, dubbed by Jeffries. Pelosi was designated ‘Speaker Emerita’ in a unanimous vote 11/29/22. Katherine Clark was voted in as House whip; Calif. rep, Peter Aguilar, to lead House caucus. This younger leadership will succeed ‘the old guard’: Pelosi, Steny Hoyer & James Clyburn, who will hold a new leadership position. Jeffries, Clark & Aguilar will lead a Democratic minority, for the coming two years.
Some folks like to talk about Dems being in dissension, but a ‘diverse’ Democratic House is far different than a ‘divided’ Dem House. The Democrats are usually coming together to pass bills to help everyday Americans, with the not infrequent exception of two renegades, Manchin & Sinema. The other side however, the GOP House, is in near total disarray. Kevin McCarthy is facing a skirmish in the House from his members; can he get 218 votes? McCarthy even warned his members, that IF things get too chaotic, “that blunders could result in Dems choosing the Speaker of the House”, which could actually happen. And if McCarthy does gain the Speakership, can he hold it? Remember Eric Cantor, John Boehner, Paul Ryan? Centrist Republicans might start talking about working with Dems. That would mess up the haters’ agenda. Does McCarthy deserve this? I think no one deserves this more than Kevin McCarthy!
GOP is the extremist-party! McCarthy came out making excuses for Donald Trump “being duped” into meeting with Nick Fuentes, “not knowing who he was”. Mitch McConnell took a more principled stand; he vigorously stated on the floor of the Senate, “there is NO room in the Republican party for anti-Semitism or white supremacy, and anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States”. MAGA flamethrower, Marjorie Taylor Greene, always jostling for more power, recently spoke at a White Supremacist event, and declared, “no one should be cancelled!”
Homeland Security now warns of heightened lethal threat level to Jewish, LGBTQ & migrant communities by homegrown domestic terrorists. Sadly, Haters abound in America! Right-wingers are suspected in the malicious attack on a North Carolina electric substation, leaving tens of thousands of utility customers without power & heat, for days.
Trish Forsyth Voss
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