Missouri Democrat Senator Hopes for Trump Assassination

[Kutnupe14]

Which part?

The double standard under the law, seems the most obvious.

 

[jamil]

could you imagine if a sitting white congressman said this about barrack when he was in????

Yes. I can. Mic's in the face of every Republican congressman, "do you disavow...?"

 

[jamil]

Why imagine, when Joe Wash already did it?

I don't know a Joe Wash who was/is a congressman. You mean Joe Walsh, former Illinois congressman?

I strongly suspect he's a racist, but when did he call for Obama's assassination?

 

[Kutnupe14]

I don't know a Joe Wash who was/is a congressman. You mean Joe Walsh, former Illinois congressman?

I strongly suspect he's a racist, but when did he call for Obama's assassination?

Dallas Shootings: Former Congressman Threatens Obama and Black Lives Matter Movement With 'War'
https://thinkprogress.org/senator-d...-pray-for-obamas-days-to-be-few-47b331aa8330/
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-huckabee-idUSN1644849320080517

 

[Ddillard]

Correct. I should have stated ignorance instead of stupidity. All meaning the freedom from the "thought police" and the speaking of such.

 

[jamil]

Dallas Shootings: Former Congressman Threatens Obama and Black Lives Matter Movement With 'War'
https://thinkprogress.org/senator-d...-pray-for-obamas-days-to-be-few-47b331aa8330/
Huckabee jokes to NRA of gun aimed at Obama | Reuters

If you're going to make it an equivalence, it kinda needs to be a sitting congressman, and the statement has to be a lot more like "I hope [Obama] is Assassinated!" than "Watch out Obama, Watch out BLM!"

What he said is bad enough, but he was a talk show host when he said it. Not a sitting congressman.

 

[Super Bee]

Dallas Shootings: Former Congressman Threatens Obama and Black Lives Matter Movement With 'War'
https://thinkprogress.org/senator-d...-pray-for-obamas-days-to-be-few-47b331aa8330/
Huckabee jokes to NRA of gun aimed at Obama | Reuters

Not really an apples to apples comparison is it.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...178cf3524eb_story.html?utm_term=.78c4f6647987

“I made a mistake, and I’m owning up to it. And I’m not ever going to make a mistake like that again. I have learned my lesson. My judge and my jury is my Lord, Jesus Christ,” Chappelle-Nadal, who later deleted from post from her personal Facebook page, told reporters at a church in Ferguson.

Why do people try to church it up when they know they've screwed the pooch? It's never "I built a homeless shelter and fed the poor, only God can judge me!" It's a neat thought, but society gets to judge you as well and your fellow lawmakers will get to judge if you should keep your seat.

She did get around to an apology. I'm not sure if I'm cynical or just realistic, but I think this has more to do with clinging to her seat than any real remorse.

 

[bwframe]

When was the last time a dem resigned when pressured by their peers?

This past June?

That low level party official was fired.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Republicans can't compete, they don't know the meaning of "team" like the demoncrats do.

I'm thinking you didn't pay much attention to Hillary supporters vs Bernie supporters, even after Bernie rejoined the machine.

 

[jamil]

I'm thinking you didn't pay much attention to Hillary supporters vs Bernie supporters, even after Bernie rejoined the machine.

A lot of Bernie bots didn't show up in Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Some of them voted for Trump. So the Democrat side, as far as voters are concerned, are becoming fractured like republicans are. But in congress, the dems do tend to stick together. For one reason or other.

 

[KLB]

People make it sounds like only Democrats vote on party lines. The Republicans are just as guilty. Maybe the Dems have a little more success getting that last fringe vote when they need it most.

 

[jamil]

People make it sounds like only Democrats vote on party lines. The Republicans are just as guilty. Maybe the Dems have a little more success getting that last fringe vote when they need it most.

Oh sure. Republicans do vote along party lines. There are just parties within the parties, along which lines they vote.

 

[rhino]

The apology the woman gave was a good start (assuming it was sincere)*.

The next step if for her to resign and if she continues to refuse, have her removed by whatever process exists in their rule book.

*I do believe her apology was sincere . . . because I think she was apologizing for the mistake of making her statement publicly. I don't think she has any regret whatsoever about saying what she said, just that it resulted in a backlash she did not expect.

 

[Birds Away]

The apology the woman gave was a good start (assuming it was sincere)*.

The next step if for her to resign and if she continues to refuse, have her removed by whatever process exists in their rule book.

*I do believe her apology was sincere . . . because I think she was apologizing for the mistake of making her statement publicly. I don't think she has any regret whatsoever about saying what she said, just that it resulted in a backlash she did not expect.

She'll probably be a speaker at the next Dem convention.

 

[rhino]

She'll probably be a speaker at the next Dem convention.

Or US Attorney General after the next democrat gets put in the POTUS seat.