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Re: “McConnell accepts that Biden won Most Texas Republicans in Congress including Cruz keep holding out,” Wednesday news story.
It is alarming that a headline is needed saying that Mitch McConnell accepts that Joe Biden has won the election over a month after the election was called. It sounds like Biden hadn’t really won until the majority leader agreed. Predictably, the Texas governor, attorney general and Sen. Ted Cruz have not even gone this far. This is a direct affront to our democracy. I refuse to believe that any intelligent citizen is no
was doing. it s harder to get a compromise. whether it s cable tv, social media, the bases of both parties are really directing. i don t think ronald reagan and tip o neal would be able to make the deals today they made them. peter king, for 28 years a familiar voice, announcing he is retiring from congress after this term. he s the 16th house republican to announce they are not seeking reelection next year, one of the most high profile of the group. joining me now former congressman david jolly. give me your perspective. you ve been there. you ve done virtually the same thing by leaving. every member makes a decision based on their own terms, if you will. what it says is even republicans believe that democrats are going to keep the house in 2020. the rash of retirements you re seeing from republicans is
left wing governments accountable for their actions. people watching at home were thinking that newt and his cohorts were speaking to a full house, and they were arguing in the face of democrats and and no response. and nobody had to guts to respond to them. that was the tactic. there was just one catch. gingrich and his republican colleagues were speaking to a totally empty chamber. but the audience at home couldn t see it. so tip o neal was the speaker of the house at that time, and he was watching night after night. so speaker o neal at one point just had enough of it, picked up the phone as we understand it, and told the technician, start panning the chamber. show this is this is a farce. it s so an empty chamber. the battle between tip o neal and newt gingrich later erupted on the house floor. you deliberately stood on