Thread by @ggreenwald

Less than a year after Democrats and liberals led a nationwide anti-police protest movement, they unite to vote to spend $2 billion more to boost security at the Capitol (6 Squad members, to their credit, voted no or abstained).

This is what Insurrection hysteria is spawning:

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1395422350179508225

No matter what is done to the police, those who control power and money will always have ample armed security to protect themselves, as House Democrats just demonstrated.

See this thread on why the Democrats' bill which just passed by one vote -- that, among other things, spends $2 billion more on Capitol police and otherwise increases security state measures at the Capitol -- is so dangerous:

https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1395421126239604736

As this above thread correctly notes, there's more to the Squad's "no" votes and abstentions than it appeared.

The bill passed by one vote. That happened because 3 Squad members -- AOC, Bowman & Tlaib -- voted "present" instead of "no." Had they voted no, it would have failed.

In other word, the Squad gave the appearance of making it look like they were taking a principled stand against an additional $2 billion on Capitol police.

But it was a fraud. They had the power to stop the bill, but the exact number needed voted "present" instead of "no."

It's true that 3 Squad members -- Omar, Pressley and Bush -- joined with all GOP members to vote *against* the added security at the Capitol.

But the other 3 -- AOC, Bowman & Tlaib -- made sure that it passed. Read @ShantMM on the Squad:

americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/12/the-le…

Omar still deserves credit for being so vocal in opposing a new War on Terror and for voting no.

I have no idea if the Squad all planned to create this fraudulent appearance or if the only cynical votes were the "present" votes that ensured the bill's passage. But it's gross.

The cynicism and contempt for their following that at least half the Squad demonstrated with the fraud they just perpetrated today -- pretending to oppose the $2 billion spending increase for Capitol police while purposely enabling it to pass by 1 vote -- is staggering.