Bob Ney: When they first came out with electric cars, they had to work out bugs, but I've driven some of my friends' electric cars, and they're pretty cool.
Rick: The new Ford Lightening will be made in the U.S. Looks like a great truck.
@bobney
Rick: The Secretary of State said the U.S. was no longer interested in buying Greenland.
Bob Ney: Oh, I'd forgotten about that! Trump wanted another state so he was going to buy Greenland.
@bobney
Bob Ney: To try to make the commission bill the litmus test is the most ridiculous, ludicrous thing.
@bobney
Bob Ney: Bowman from NY, AOC from NY were among the people who voted "present" instead of yes or no. One thing about voting "present"--we called it the duck pond--it's hard for them to defend their position to their constituents. I don't view it as mutiny.
@bobney
Bob Ney: I think there's some money in that bill--increase police surveillance for what?
Rick: Evidently the Postal Service is doing surveillance, too, with AI & facial recognition technology.
@bobney
Rick: What were the failures at the Capitol?
Bob Ney: The majority of the police force did a tremendous job in the face of a non-win situation. I think the failure started at the top. That whole failure started way before people reached the Capitol.
@bobney
Bob Ney: The commission has to work its way through the Senate. If it doesn't happen, they have ways to make this work. They need to figure out how to make the Capitol accessible yet safe.
@bobney
Bob Ney: The AZ Sec'y of State Katie Hobbs advised not using the election machines after audit since they lost custody of the machines. If they keep them, they'll have to go through them carefully.
Rick: Nope, they gotta go!
@bobney

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