A brief thread on what happened on the floor today. Because you all need to understand the Q-Knucklehead caucus and the utter failure of leadership that is @GOPLeader:
1/ I'm not naming them because they don't deserve the attention. But you know who they are.
2/ The House physician has advised that members who are vaccinated no longer need wear masks. But because so many members of the House (exclusively, in the Q-Knucklehead caucus) are not vaccinated, we are still asked to wear masks on the floor. wral.com/list-house-mem…
3/ In light of all the suffering the country has been through during this past year, wearing a mask is literally the least you can do.
4/ The knuckleheads chose not to. They took selfies of themselves on the floor (also a rule violation). They will be fined. And they will likely send this out to raise money for their false courage owning the libs. They are cowards who disgrace our chamber. Nothing more.
5/ Meanwhile, members tried to convince them to show some respect. They did not. Non-partisan staff who should not have to ask them act like Members of Congress did, and were rebuffed.
6/ This has all the maturity of a teenager trashing a hotel room and making fun of the housekeeping service on the way out. They embarrass our country. I ask you to ignore them, and treat them only with the respect they have earned.
7/ But here's the thing: we were all on the floor. Their "own the libs" shtick isn't going to be responsive to Dems telling them to show some class. Not a single member of the @GOP leadership pulled them aside.
8/ The opportunity was there. To remind them that the dignity of this office is something to be treasured. To remind them what a rare and fleeting gift it is to serve your country as just one of 537 people elected to federal office.
9/ They were absent. They let the charade continue. Our House, our history, our democracy is such a beautiful and rare thing. Americans deserve so much better than @GOPLeader's toxic brew of cowardice and complicity. /fin
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