Why Senate Republicans Threw an Epic Hissy Fit Yesterday
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TL:DR Republicans got subpoenaed as part of an investigation, to determine who is funding conservative SCOTUS members. The suspicion is that lawmakers have been lining SCOTUS members’ pockets to protect their bills. Republicans are screaming and crying, because they don’t want to be forced to actually give up that info.
Why are they mad? I'm convinced Republicans could consume a child on national television and their constituents would find a way to blame it on the Democrats.
https://youtu.be/zbYTJXCJ8bo?si=lKYR0ztbmp_El3tS
Where is that from? The actor is very good. Thanks in advance
Pretty sure that's from True Blood on HBO.
https://trueblood.fandom.com/wiki/Russell_Edgington
Okay, so say they discover who’s giving who money.
Than what?
Is it illegal? Will these rich donors be arrested over it?
Will anything actually happen or is this just performative.
It would be bribery, and yes, quite a few people could theoretically go to prison, including conservatives on the supreme court.
Also, senators and representatives as well.
If this is big enough, it could mean a massive blow to republicans, and the dismantling of their conservative movement funding.
Now, all of that happening is an almost impossible ask, so don't get your hopes up.
Still, just the possibility of it has the repubs scared shitless.
I get the feeling they're in two camps. Some rich and powerful people are true believers; others are performers. Why can't there ever be a person who actually wants to be "tough on crime" when it comes to white collar crimes and politics? It's almost as if the entire thing is designed to keep people where they are forever, rich and poor.
You can't take away our bribes! Our corpo owners won't pay our salary now.
Republicans are so angry because they expected Democrats to bind themselves to rules that Republicans get to ignore without consequence.
Since Democrats simply let Republican fuckery slide, it's nice that they're at least taking advantage of fuckery being acceptable instead of being straitjacketed by their own self-imposed devotion to decorum over progress.
For once.
One of the doucheknobs from Texas, Cornyn, whas whining yesterday about terrible it would be for Congress to subpoena "private individuals."
Like, yes, you performative asshat, everyone who doesn't work in government is, by definition, a private individual.
Didn't congress just subpoena Hunter Biden? He's a private individual.
Yes but they don't like Hunter Biden so it's different. Come on!
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Congress literally already does that all the time.
Republican tears are best tears