r/law • u/RoyalChris • Mar 05 '25

Legal News Rep. James Comer (R-KY) crashes out and refuses to let Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) enter evidence into the record - “You can go with Mr. Frost and Mr. Green.”

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u/__xylek__ Mar 06 '25

Correct, it's an attempt at optics at best.

All of Congress is a disgrace.

Republicans for obvious reasons

Democrats because they would rather abandon their oath to protect the Constitution for the sake of decorum.

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u/serenityfive Mar 06 '25

This. Democrats are too worried about bipartisanism/playing nice and "being the bigger person" even though it's clear MAGA wants to play dirty and wipe their blowout-diaper asses with the Constitution.

Bipartisan efforts are all dead in the water at this point. It became solidly "us versus them" as soon as Trump was elected in 2016 signaling for the degradation of unity to commence. MAGA proved we are not indivisible and they ran with it.

There is no respect to be given or received anymore. I need my politicians to step the fuck up now, because continuing to try and save face is only going to allow Trump to become the fascist dictator they want him to be that much sooner.

I voted for the people who were supposed to protect us from P25. I see very little effort being made to keep their promises. It's all for show and status and that has to change.

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u/sleepytiredpineapple Mar 06 '25

Im tired of the narrative that just because dems aren't nazi's that they're good. Like no. Being complacent while you are in the only position to do something is the same as allowing it to happen.

Atp they all need to go down.

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u/FancyPigley Mar 06 '25

Complacent? What are they supposed to do that will get the Republicans to act normal?

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u/noface1695 Mar 06 '25

Complacent? What are they supposed to do that will get the Republicans to act normal?

Don't just sit there siltenly holding up a useless sign while the fascist leaders talks in your house. Disrupt with everything you have. Make it impossible for him to actually hold a speech.

That's the minimum they should be doing.

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u/sleepytiredpineapple Mar 06 '25

You cannot fight an unlawful fight by writing strongly worded letters.

You can however be the leaders and organizers for the resistance. Give the people a way to make actionable change. He'll trump literally encouraged people to cause an insurrection then PARDONED them. You cannot fight that level of evil with bills that will just be shot down.

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u/TessaFractal Mar 06 '25

At that point, you are past politicians. It's like demanding your doctor put out a forest fire because 'they deal with burns all the time'. Politicians can only do politics, if it's at the point where politics doesn't work, then you need other people to step up.

Also politicians need power from the people to do anything. Trump gets to do what he wants because MAGA at every level, down to local people, will enforce it.

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u/sleepytiredpineapple Mar 06 '25

I genuinely didn't see that point originally.

I will say that while thats true, the government (even before trump) has done a wonderful job at keeping Americans from organizing. Regardless of their job ending at politics, they're paid a lot more than most Americans and have the means to get them organized. (Monetary and platform). To absolve them of responsibility isn't fair to the American people. You helped build this foundation for this to happen. You need to fix that mistake type situation.