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@SpeakerPelosi @SenShumer We allowed the GOP to steal one election. Now they know they can steal another. They will steal this one if we don't change our game plan. GOP do not see themselves as villains. Villains never do. They believe they have a "right" to power in America.1/ https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi/status/1294338244847575045
They will do anything to preserve that power. They will cheat to win and they will believe the end justifies the means. We don't have to play dirty, but we do have to play harder. We served subpoenas to the GOP. They ignored them. We did nothing. It's a pattern. 2/
INHERENT CONTEMPT. Under this process, the procedure for holding a person in contempt involves only the chamber concerned. Following a contempt citation, the person cited is arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms for the House or Senate, brought to the floor of the chamber... 3/
Held to answer charges by the presiding officer, and then subjected to punishment as the chamber may dictate (Imprisonment, fines).
GOP continues to dismiss subpoenas because they know the Democrats will not play hardball and call their bluff. 4/
GOP continues to dismiss subpoenas because they know the Democrats will not play hardball and call their bluff. 4/
GOP are playing the Trump Game: First, rip off students, employees or vendors. They complain. He tells them to sue - knowing most do not have the money to sue. The few who do get a settlement. Most lose their business or homes. Trump acts immorally and plays the odds. He wins. 5/
The GOP have been playing the odds the Dems will be outraged but won't sue. They've been right. Retaliation is ugly. It's time the Democrats got ugly. Inherent Contempt. Fine each GOP member who has ignored a subpoena $100k per day and throw them in jail if they don't comply. 6/
We are in crisis. We are a country dying of COVID19, a virus with no political agenda, and yet "wearing a mask" has become a loyalty test, not a smart medical decision to save lives. We are a country who has lost our jobs and yet GOP tells us no more money, stop being lazy. 7/
We are a country that has watched our children get shot in schools with military weapons and been told we'll pray for you but we ain't changing a thing. Ours kids are being taught how to hide in closets, hold their breath and don't cry or they'll get their classmates killed. 8/
We are a country that watches viral videos of white cops killing Black men who are crying out they can't breathe. Our kids are growing up watching grown adults scream racist rants, brag about grabbing pussy without asking, march with Nazi flags and put crying kids in cages. 9/
Our kids are afraid of being shot at school and afraid of going outside in a pandemic. They hear leaders calling dying people a hoax. They hear leaders calling women and girls who are raped or molested liars. How will this damage them? What kind of adults will they become? 10/
How do we measure the success of any society if it is not by the health and happiness of its citizens?
We are exhausted. We are overwhelmed. We are dying. We aren't sleeping. We aren't dreaming. We are barely surviving. But most importantly, we do not trust. 11/
We are exhausted. We are overwhelmed. We are dying. We aren't sleeping. We aren't dreaming. We are barely surviving. But most importantly, we do not trust. 11/
We don't trust what is being told to us by our own government. We don't trust our elections.
We don't trust our neighbors.
We don't trust each other.
No relationship can last without trust.
That includes a country.
@SpeakerPelosi. We got you so hard.
So please. Fight harder.
We don't trust our neighbors.
We don't trust each other.
No relationship can last without trust.
That includes a country.
@SpeakerPelosi. We got you so hard.
So please. Fight harder.
