Bad precedent to penalize Greene.
Sent to my congressman:
I fear penalizing congresswoman Greene for anything done or said prior to being accepted as a member of the House would set a bad precedent. I urge you and your fellow members of congress to consider her activity only after having joined the congress. Respectfully, Supposn
I tend to agree. Not because I support what she said or did...it's all bat-shit crazy stuff as are her supporters. But, what happens is that whenever a majority uses it's authority in some new way, the moment the other major party gets that authority, they ratchet it upward. Pelosi will be kicked off every committee in 2022 if the GOP gets the house? The reason? Spite.
Just let her sit there and ask her questions for 5 minutes during the meetings. If she tries to co-sponsor a bill that you introduce...you tell the secretary that you don't want her name on your bill. Just marginalize her. She will probably serve 80 years in the House or whatever... big deal.
The problem is her constituents voted her in so she has authority. Ilhan Omar is an overt antisemite and awful human being but she has every right to sit in Congress since she was VOTED in!
Its not a problem... Both MTG and Omar and Gromert or whatever that jerk's name is have every right to be there. The Dems are making a mistake by taking this action. Pass a resolution condemning her...sure. But just ignore her otherwise.
The argument isn't that they shouldn't be there.
That is precisely what it is as the plan from cancel culture Democrats is to keep her away from any and all committees.
Which doesn't stop her from being there. Stripping people from their committee assignments isn't all that uncommon. It' doesn't happen a lot but it does happen.
Stripping them until they even get to a committee? She was voted in for a reason. You do this and if the GOP captures the House in two years, people like Swallowswell will be on the street too. VERY BAD idea but cancel culture party Democrats or the DCCP...is well on its way to silencing those they disagree with.
I notice how staunchly you defend this anti-Semite. Given the hatred and bile she expresses towards Jews, it's shocking that you're defending her.
I am defending her right to support her constituents as I do with the evil Ilhan Omar and the bird brain AOC. I dislike them but fully support their right as the representatives of those that voted for them. Why do you care? You are a Canuck.
The problem with MTG is that she wasn't "elected by her constituents". She was appointed by the Republican leadership in her District. She ran unopposed.
The Party has a responsibility to run sane, qualified people for office - by qualified, I'm talking about someone you would hire to work in your business. They had a similar responsibility in running a corrupt, criminal like Donald Trump, but this is becoming a real problem for the Republican Party. As it increasingly becomes the party of racists, conspiracy theorists, and crazies, real conservatives have nowhere to go.
Where I live, there are laws against hiring someone who makes death threats against co-workers. There are "safe workplace laws" which would make me liable for hiring such a person, who threatens my employees.
Corporate money and rational voters who just want good governance, are fleeing the Republican Party, because they cannot be trusted to deal with any sort of crisis, be it catstrophic storms, the economy, or a pandemic. What has made the USA the richest country in the world is that its government was very stable, and provided the stability, infrastructure, and resources to enable them to prosper.
As the Republican Party drifts towards white nationalist authoritarianism, you will find that capital will flee the country, and no international investment will be happening to create jobs will happen until you stabilize.