Congressional Cowards is a weekly collection highlighting the worst Donald Trump defenders on Capitol Hill, who refuse to criticize him—irrespective of how disgraceful or lawless his actions.
As hundreds of patriotic Individuals gear as much as protest President Donald Trump’s authoritarian takeover of the federal authorities, Republican lawmakers have been telling harmful lies concerning the “No Kings” demonstrations.
Republicans have been struggling to message their authorities shutdown, and a memo clearly went out to GOP lawmakers, urging them guilty the shutdown on the “No Kings” demonstrations, which the lawmakers have offensively deemed “hate America” rallies.
Everybody from Home Speaker Mike Johnson to rank-and-file Republicans condemned the rallies and the folks attending them, utilizing incendiary rhetoric to demonize those that plan to point out up.
“I feel it has rather a lot to do with the ‘hate America’ rally that is gonna be on the [National] Mall on Saturday,” Johnson stated Thursday of why Democrats weren’t voting for the GOP’s authorities funding invoice. “You are gonna have all of the antifa and BLM [Black Lives Matter] and pro-Hamas folks … all of the Marxists can be on the Mall.”
In fact, the individuals who will present as much as protest are common Individuals disgusted by Trump’s navy takeover of American cities, his ignoring of court docket orders, and his use of the authorized system to punish his perceived enemies, and his violent immigration arrests of anybody his allies suppose appears to be like like they’re within the nation illegally—to call only a few.
We all know that as a result of there have been “No Kings” rallies in June, which have been attended by hundreds of run-of-the-mill Individuals who peacefully protested. The one notable violence these rallies got here from a right-wing lunatic with a Nazi obsession who confirmed up with a gun to harass attendees.
Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, chair of the Home Republican convention, lied concerning the intentions of the demonstrators—who’re turning out to voice opposition to Trump’s authoritarian actions to be able to protect American democracy.
“They’re gearing up for his or her ‘I hate America’ rally this weekend—a rally the place they’ll cheer for chaos as a substitute of nation,” McClain stated at a information convention on Capitol Hill, the precise reverse of what protesters are doing.
Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso additionally stated that protesting Trump means you hate America, utilizing very comparable wording to McClain.
“They’ve this large ‘I hate America’ rally that’s this Saturday in Washington and throughout the nation the place you’ve got all these far-left activists teams coming to protest the president and the administration,” Barrasso stated on Fox Information.
“This can be a ‘we hate America’ rally,” Republican Sen. Steve Daines of South Dakota instructed Fox Enterprise because the community ran photos of Individuals peacefully holding indicators on the earlier “No Kings” rallies. “And the underside line is the Democrats, the far left, are very upset on the reality they misplaced the election final November, President Trump received in a landslide, we reclaimed america Senate, we’ve the Home. They’re annoyed, they’re offended, however sadly, they’re expressing their anger and frustration by shutting down the federal government and hurting the American folks.”
Democrats slammed Republicans for his or her lies and harmful rhetoric concerning the protests.
“The notion that the ‘No Kings’ rallies is something aside from a patriotic act according to the First Modification proper to precise yourselves and petition the federal government for change in coverage continues to disclose that Republicans are clueless because it pertains to the Structure of america of America, or they proceed to lie for political causes,” Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries stated on Thursday. “There’s nothing extra patriotic in America than expressing your self, notably on the subject of expressing your self in a peaceable method associated to disagreements that you’ve got with the federal government.”
Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer echoed these sentiments.
“This No Kings Day: Do not be afraid to train your proper to free speech. Do not let Donald Trump or Republicans intimidate you into silence. Be proud that you’re standing up for our democracy,” Schumer wrote in a submit on X.
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