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By CNN — Ten Democrats joined with House Republicans on Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green for his protest during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress this week — a formal condemnation of the Texas Democrat’s actions.
The vote highlights divisions within the Democratic Party over how some members protested the president’s remarks. Locked out of power in Washington, Democrats are searching to find a compelling, unified message to counter Trump and the new administration – a struggle playing out not only on Capitol Hill but across the country.
Divergent tactics were on full display during the Tuesday night address, with some Democrats holding signs, walking out or boycotting it altogether. Others took a more muted approach, following the guidance of House Democratic leadership, who had urged members not to mount high-profile protests and to show restraint during the address, cautioning that the GOP could seize on such actions…The 10 Democrats who voted with Republicans to censure Green were:
Ami Bera of California, Ed Case of Hawaii, Jim Costa of California, Laura Gillen of New York, Jim Himes of Connecticut, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, Jared Moskowitz of Florida, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Tom Suozzi of New York. READ MORE
Editor’s Note: This is a sad example of the fecklessness of Democrats–and why they lost to a twice-impeached serial-lying convict. Instead of standing with Rep. Green the majority of these wimpy Democrats sat silently while Green stood up for his constituents.
What an embarrassment.
Even worse, we hear the Democratic leadership decided there would be no loud protest of Trump. Say what? Haven’t these Democrats been telling us about the Constitutional crisis we are living in under Trump? Yet we hear nonsense about decorum?
The reason We The People in America are in serious trouble now is because: while a dictatorial bully is throwing his weight around we have feeble Democrats who just don’t know how to fight–and, apparently, don’t care enough to attempt to fight for the American people.
