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https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2019/01/08/ayanna-pressley-trump-government-shutdownI rise today in opposition to the occupant of the White House, Pressley said Tuesday afternoon in a scathing, one-minute denunciation of President Donald Trumps government shutdown over funding for a border wall which resulted in a reminder from a fellow Democrat to refrain from personal attacks on the president.
Mr. Trump, you took an oath just as I did five days ago, to protect and defend the Constitution and the American people, the newly sworn-in Massachusetts congresswoman said. Sir, you dishonor that oath. You devalue the life of the immigrant, the worker, and the survivor. I see right through you and so do the American people.
BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)(it may have happened when my area had a power outage, lost cable signal, and could only get on the 'net via my cell hotspot). I watched the earlier 1 minute speeches when they first gavelled into session and they were fantastic... and caught some of the later ones in the evening.
A bunch of the newly-elected Democrats were out there giving them!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)It's important for a reason. Compels men and women to keep promises for the good of us all. Especially when you're scared, or unsure of what to do. See the video in entertainment on the same topic. (on oaths and duty)
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and just learned that ranting in this manner against the POTUS on the house floor violates rules and standards for professional behavior among representatives who are supposed to work together. Kind of like DU rules for no personal attacks on each other here.
Just deliver it to the cameras outside is all, Congresswoman Pressley.
This breach in etiquette has happened more frequently in the the last decade. A Bloomberg analysis showed that House members of the 115th Congress were chastised for violating the rule 48 times, compared with just five times during the 111th Congress from 2009 to 2010.