{"id":55532,"date":"2022-11-26T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T20:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55532"},"modified":"2022-11-26T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T22:41:23","slug":"ted-lieu-offers-to-read-the-insurrection-clause-during-mccarthys-craven-constitution-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55532","title":{"rendered":"Ted Lieu Offers to Read the Insurrection Clause During McCarthy’s Craven Constitution Stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump Republican Party is giddy about the commencement of the next session of Congress. They managed to get the slimmest of a majority, which entitles them to elect the next House Speaker. Currently GOP minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, is presumed to be in line for that post. However, his ascension isn’t guaranteed because the Republican dumpster fire caucus is being smothered by their uber-rightist flank.<\/p>\n

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Consequently, McCarthy is taking extraordinary and desperate measures to secure his promotion. Among them is his humiliating condescension to extremists like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jim Jordan, and Paul Gosar. He is promising an authoritarian style reign wherein he will try to unilaterally – and without cause – remove Democrats from their committee assignments<\/a><\/strong>. It’s a stance that only makes him look weaker and more incompetent than ever.<\/p>\n

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This week McCarthy floated another proposition that he believes will earn him the support of his party’s loonies. He announced what he plans to do on the first day of his tenure as Speaker, should he get there. And it has nothing to do with inflation, crime, immigration, abortion, or any of the other unpopular initiatives that Republicans campaigned on. But McCarthy’s proposal was met with immediate blowback by Democratic representative Ted Lieu of California. McCarthy stated his intention to stage a transparently exploitative piece of political theater…<\/p>\n

McCarthy:<\/strong> On the very first day of the new Republican-led Congress, we will read every single word of the Constitution aloud from the floor of the House\u2014something that hasn’t been done in years.
\nLieu:<\/strong> Dear @GOPLeader: I volunteer to read the Insurrection Clause. Also, shouldn\u2019t you and your party be working on passing bills to help the American people?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Dear @GOPLeader: I volunteer to read the Insurrection Clause.<\/p>\n

Also, shouldn\u2019t you and your party be working on passing bills to help the American people? https:\/\/t.co\/FKlheGKOLL<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) November 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n