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bearsfootball516

(6,378 posts)
1. I would love to yell that at Trump, but as a congressional intern she got off lucky.
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 05:05 PM
Jun 2018

She yelled an obscenity in the middle of the Capitol at the president. She's lucky she wasn't fired.

Caliman73

(11,760 posts)
3. Trump is an asshole, but this is not free speech even though it involves the government.
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 05:28 PM
Jun 2018

She was not jailed and she was not even fired. She would likely have been dealt with similarly if she would have yelled "Fuck you" at any other person on the Hill.

Citizens have a right to redress grievances with the government, but that does not include getting to keep an internship without disciplinary action for the breech of professional conduct. I know that Cheney said, "go fuck yourself" to Pat Leahy but he was not a Senator and there aren't any rules regulating the behavior like there are for Congressional Staff.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. She's my hero. Not enough people say that to his face and
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 05:31 PM
Jun 2018

he needs to hear it. He needs to see how much people despise him and want him out of office. I can't believe how many people out there kiss this moron's ass. People have no pride and no backbone.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
5. Anyone who does that in a workplace is going to face some sort of discipline.
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 05:36 PM
Jun 2018

I applaud her, but there are consequences for violating work rules.

bdamomma

(63,977 posts)
7. During
Tue Jun 26, 2018, 09:38 PM
Jun 2018

that one SOTU when Joe Wilson yelled out "you lie" to President Obama was he held accountable for saying that?

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