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The U.S. House Erupts Into Chaos After LGBT Protection Amendment Narrowly Fails
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LUFTRAUSER
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And when you don't vote during the midterm elections, this is what happens. Stop getting mad at the Republican party for doing what they were elected to do and focus on electing your own party instead.
DontBeThatGuy
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29 did the exact opposite of what they were elected to do, which is discriminate apparently, but that doesn't change anything about the cowards that changed their votes or how much we're allowed to despise them and their ilk. It's worthy of anger, deal with it.
But not the hundred of GOPers who voted against it?
LUFTRAUSER
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Well if all you do is bitch on the Internet but don't actually send your congressmen some letters or don't vote then it is a waste.
DontBeThatGuy
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Yeah, I'm sure sending that shitty congressman from my state who switched up his vote a mean letter would do a ton of good, or a mean tweet would flip some switches. I do vote though, so nice try.
This is some villain shit.
Lol, the West coast is just as bad if not worse because of their privilege.
Hm? I made a topic earlier about the shitty Russell Amendment that got through last night.
North OC resident can confirm that the majority of folks around here are bigoted, racist, and trans-phobic.
Mo money mo problems yo.
Laevateinn
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Not a Republican but it probably boils down to being a significant voting and funding block for the other party.
davepoobond
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religion
How About No
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I blame myself for not forcibly overtaking DC and asserting myself as Emperor of America. I would assure you under my reign all individuals would thrive and prosper
...this is bullshit =/
...this is bullshit =/
We are their scapegoat, their scare into forcing fundamentalist evangelicals to vote for them to get their own schemes accomplished. It's so disgusting. I really can't, it makes me so mad lol.
Team Alucard
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Not a Republican, but most of the people around me here in the midwest are.
To put it as simply as possible, conservatives don't consider sexual orientation and gender identity to be immutable traits. To them, there is only one sexual orientation (straight) and one gender identity (cis), and thus the people who are gay or trans are just deviants making immoral choices. Hence why they refer to it as "the gay lifestyle".
This is generally reflected in opinion polling data as well. If you look at the data for questions such "Is homosexuality a choice?" and "should homosexuality be tolerated by society?" the break downs are almost identical (roughly 60/40).
LUFTRAUSER
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You're different. You don't fit into their simple worldview. That's why.
hydrophilic attack
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Can Obama veto the initial bill?
outunderthestars
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Should be the first reply in every thread about the Republican Party.
ValkyrUser
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I'm Not a republican, however it is well documented the republican party of today represents predominately straight white christian people and the extremely wealthy who have business interests and no one else.
no hyperbole it is the party for straight white christian people.
In 2012 almost 95 % of all elected republican officials at a state level were white.
this divide is finally being pulled out in the open and its pretty damn ugly.
almost everyone else falls pretty much under the democrat umbrella(which also sucks since there is no way they can account for everyones intrests)
thats why it seems high time for either the republican party to change their stances, or america gets a third party(which i think would consist mainly of evangelicals than anything else.
Yes, of course he can. Furthermore I doubt this rider is even going to survive the reconciliation in committee with the Senate version of the bill.
It's crazy, you can drive down the street and it can change from left leaning to right leaning and back again, depending on the neighborhood. Lots of farm/small town conservative values where I live. Lots of diversity, and not necessarily the good kind, lol.
Trigonometrize.
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213 people. Fuck this shit. Thank god I can do my best to vote these bigots out now.
metalslimer
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To be fair I do know a lot of (young) Republicans who are pro LGBT or at the very least ambivalent, but they're willing to throw us under the bus for other issues.
gutter_trash
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Dems need a Season 1 Frank Underwood to whip these stragglers into line
No. That would be a reason to not be discriminatory assholes, since maybe if they stopped fucking gay people every chance they get (no homo) they could get some of their votes.
This right here. People always talking about not voting because they can't find a true representation of their interests.... All ignorant bullshit. There is a bigger picture that isn't seen
Unless, of course, you don't care about be able to influence policy like this. Fact of the matter is, voting a few more democrats into the house would have probably passed this bill. In this case, you'd only need 1 more democrat.
They're all from Orange County, north San Diego county, and inland/central california. All of those regions are our Republican strongholds. I live in Orange County and it still surprises me just how conservative most people around here are.
ShadowkillXNA
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This is what a large percentage of their constituents want. These congressmen vote the way they do so they will get elected again next time around.
Pandering to the base.
For shame, Walden. He likes to talk a big game here in Oregon about not bowing to national party pressures, and just representing his district. Which he might be given how rural it is, but he clearly buckled to pressure here.
Audioboxer
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Kind of disgusting something like this isn't 90% for 10% against.
Leaving that 10% for some asshole margin. But not 50.5% asshole.
Leaving that 10% for some asshole margin. But not 50.5% asshole.
What you described are not good excuses outside of the member with cancer.
StopMakingSense
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Yeah, that feel when the most famous person from your home town is Darrell Issa....
Vista... sigh.
Outdoor Miner
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Having that attitude doesn't help. You can bet your ass when that congressman crosses old Republican ppl (that admittedly have nothing better to do) he hears it from them.
CraigerGamer
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This happens pretty regularly. Members of Congress have a certain amount of time to cast their vote. The majority party has the discretion to do whatever they wish once the timer is up. This can work both ways. Since a majority (or super majority depending on the issue) is needed of those voting and NOT how many members of Congress their are, the gavel can be a fickle thing. I have experienced a very quick gavel without many, many congressman voting and some where the vote will be held open for an hour or so. The majority party can do whatever they want until they get the votes they need.
People say elections don't matter, that both parties of the same. What they don't realize is the most important vote a Congressperson makes every session is their vote for Speaker. The Speaker sets the rules, closes the vote, and sets the agenda. The procedure is just as, if not more important than the issues themselves.
Claims of being "independent" are bullshit. A person's party reflects and predicts the vast majority of their votes.
ValkyrUser
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Is that so? Maybe all this is just a big miss understanding.
DontBeThatGuy
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I've played that game before, and wooosh, nothing happens. I'll make sure to call Bruce Poliquin a coward on twitter though, it's the least I can do.
Neuromancer
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It sounds like this needs to go to the Supreme Court. Is that possible?
Congressmen only listen to campaign contributors. Unless he regularly donates $5000 and threatens to withhold it he's not going to notice.
Not all of California is Liberal. Most of Central California and Inland Empire is pretty conservative overall.
I mean, what more can you honestly say except this?
Super Fuck the GOP and everything they stand for.
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