Congressional Cowards is a weekly sequence highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—regardless of how disgraceful or lawless his actions.
This week’s Congressional Cowards is somewhat totally different, as congressional Republicans are taking cowardly actions to not defend President Donald Trump, however to attempt to shirk blame for their very own abhorrent habits.
As public polls present that Individuals blame Republicans for the federal government shutdown, Republican lawmakers at the moment are spreading a harmful lie that Democrats are ready till an Oct. 18 No Kings rally in Washington, D.C., to present them the votes they should fund the federal government.
Not solely is it an apparent lie, however the rhetoric Republicans are utilizing as they unfold stated lie is inflammatory and harmful.
These horrendous lies with incendiary rhetoric come as Republicans have blamed the “left” for political violence within the nation, falsely saying that Democrats who name out the authoritarian actions of Trump and his GOP defenders have been liable for right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s homicide.
But in the identical breath they’re accusing Democrats of holding a “hate America” rally and calling the protesters who will attend “antifa,” “Marxists,” and “terrorists”—ratcheted-up lies that would get individuals killed.
“The very people who were loudest in lecturing us on political rhetoric now label millions of Americans peacefully exercising their constitutional right to free speech ‘terrorist’ because they don’t hold conservative views,” Democratic Rep. Don Beyer of Virginia wrote in a submit on X. “Disgraceful and unacceptable.”
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Finally, the rationale the federal government stays closed is as a result of Republicans are refusing to barter with Democrats—who wish to be certain that subsidies that assist tens of millions afford their medical health insurance will likely be prolonged to stop individuals from seeing double-digit will increase of their premiums.
What’s extra, whilst GOP leaders say that Democrats ought to vote for his or her spending invoice as a result of it funds the federal government on the similar price because the earlier 12 months, they’re then privately telling their very own members that it does not matter anyway, as they are going to use a easy majority vote to chop funds from no matter spending invoice finally will get handed.
How Republicans count on Democrats to barter with them when they’re already planning to interrupt their agreements is past comprehension.
However extra to the purpose, the Oct. 18 No Kings rally is a peaceable protest of involved Individuals who’re bored with Trump and Republicans’ lawless habits. That’s not a “hate America” rally in any respect. Actually it’s the alternative, with protesters wanting to guard the democratic society we stay in somewhat than see it descend into an authoritarian hellscape.
The organizers of the No Kings rally had this to say:
“Speaker Johnson is running out of excuses for keeping the government shut down. Instead of reopening the government, preserving affordable healthcare, or lowering costs for working families, he’s attacking millions of Americans who are peacefully coming together to say that America belongs to its people, not to kings,” the rally organizers wrote in a statement. “We’ll see everyone on October 18.”
