@thefishgod Dr Joanne Freeman[@jbf1755],Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War,warned thatMcCarthy’s response toGosar’s behaviorMay encourage similar incidents in the future.[bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve]
After all, there are other historical examples of lawmakers being rewarded for violent behavior, Freeman[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755, a Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood] noted.[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755,Yale history professor, said] After Congressman Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane over his anti-slavery views in 1856,...[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755,Noted]After Congressman Preston Brooks attackedSenator Charles Sumner with a cane overHis anti-slavery views in1856, he resigned from the House butWas then Quickly re-elected [bit.ly/3E1Y8ie]
“He’s[HouseMinority leader,Kevin McCarthy]going to beRewarded forIt in some ways,andBbecause of that, there will be others that follow in that model[McCarthy’s response to Gosar’s behavior],” Freeman[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755,]said.[bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve]
[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755,Yale history professor, said] “It’s a moment that shows how far party is above government and above institutions of government and above institutional stability.”[bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve]
@WaggyRichard Jordan Libowitz, communications director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew)[@CREWcrew], said: “It’s not unusual for megadonors to occasionally cross party lines with their donations.[Read more at bit.ly/3HYY3hr by David Smith @SmithInAmerica
For some, this is hedging their bets, for others, rewarding a politician who came through on an issue they care about.[said Jordan Libowitz, communications director of Citizens for Responsibility&Ethics(Crew)[@CREWcrew][Read more at bit.ly/3HYY3hr by @SmithInAmerica]
@PeteLRodriguez Following the acquittal[of Kyle Rittenhouse], right-wing social media platform Gab sent out an email encouraging its users to “buy firearms and form Christian militias.[Read more at bit.ly/3riT1GU by Mark C. Eades @MC_Eades via @dailykos]
”As NPR reports, celebratory online comments by members of the Proud Boys included a call for dead leftists to be “stacked up like cord wood,”.[Read more at bit.ly/3riT1GU by Mark C. Eades @MC_Eades via @dailykos]
further indicating that the Rittenhouse acquittal will be seen as license to carry out similar acts of violence disguised as “self-defense”.[Read more at bit.ly/3riT1GU by Mark C. Eades @MC_Eades via @dailykos]
@LindaM32109623 Nate Cohn[@Nate_Cohn] noted in the New York Times that the policies President Joe Biden and the Democrats are putting in place are hugely popular, and yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped into the low 40s.[Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT@HC_Richardson]
It’s a weird disconnect[Biden and the Democrats are putting in place are hugely popular, and yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped] that Cohn[@Nate_Cohn]explains bySuggesting that,above all,voters want“normalcy.”[Read more at bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
In her own piece, journalist Magdi Semrau [@magi_jay]suggests that the media bears at least some of theResponsibility forThis disconnect,[Biden&Democrats Rputting inPlace Rhugely popular&yet Biden’s own popularity numbers have dropped][bit.ly/3D0GycT by @HC_Richardson]
“Nearly one-third of the benefit of the $80,000 cap would go to the top 1 percent of households (those making nearly $870,000 or more).[Read More at bit.ly/3HYFVnQ by @davidsirota via @DailyPoster]
But the top 1 percent would get only 0.1% of the benefit if the $10,000 SALT cap is gradually restored starting at $400,000.” [Read More at bit.ly/3HYFVnQ by @davidsirota via @DailyPoster]
I[Jackie Speier] heard one of the Republicans on a show this morning say she thought it was reprehensible, but she voted against the censure because it also stripped him of his committee assignments.[Read at bit.ly/3nWxMIC by Joan E Greve @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
So they[Republicans] always will come up with a rationale to allow them to continue to follow the lead of former President Trump or Kevin McCarthy.[Read more at bit.ly/3nWxMIC by Joan E Greve @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
@sahein1 Dr Joanne Freeman[@jbf1755],Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War,warned thatMcCarthy’s response toGosar’s behaviorMay encourage similar incidents in the future.[bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve]
After all, there are other historical examples of lawmakers being rewarded for violent behavior, Freeman[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755, a Yale history professor and author of The Field of Blood] noted.[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]
[Dr Joanne Freeman @jbf1755,Yale history professor, said] After Congressman Preston Brooks attacked Senator Charles Sumner with a cane over his anti-slavery views in 1856,...[Read more at bit.ly/3E1Y8ie by @joanegreve via @guardianUS]