House to vote to condemn Trump's 'racist comments.' Pelosi calls The Squad 'our sisters'

[LiberalFighter]

Chris Hayes

In a closed-door meeting with House Democrats ahead of the vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “these are our sisters” in reference to the four newly elected Democratic lawmakers: Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

Pelosi, D-Calif., insisted the resolution is about more than just "The Squad" — the nickname for the four congresswoman.

“The fact is, as offended as we are — and we are offended by what he said about our sisters — he says that about people every day, and they feel as hurt as we do about somebody in our family having this offense against them,” Pelosi said.

[kentuck]

1. It is a statement that America is bigger than the Trump base...

...and we cannot tolerate division with such racist language. It is a symbolic vote. America is bigger than the Trump Party.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. The media had a nice perceived House squabble going until Trump effed it up, lol.

[LiberalFighter]

3. The media wanted it to be a squabble.

And some people fall for it without understanding the procedures and history. And some people, especially in the media think they are experts in politics.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. how many more people know about "The Squad" than before?

TrumPutin was just mad because tv was talking about Nancy and The Squad instead of him.

Headlines that are not about TrumPutin are good.

[question everything]

5. And here lies the irony

It was not been that long that AOC was accused by House Democrats of "playing the race card"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212267589

It was not that long that the "Squad" clearly said that it intends to disrupt the party, to remove the leadership. It was not that long that, at least AOC's Chief of Staff admitted that pushing the "green deal" is a guise for a complete change of the economy

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212271555

or that Pressley declared that "Democrats don't need 'any more black faces that don't want to be a black voice'"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142341318

And, of course, we will always have Omar with her "misunderstood" statements about Jews and her lame apologies.

Trump is aware of all of this and he really knows what he is doing. The Republicans will not dare opposing him, his "base" loves him for this and, for him, the biggest prize will be to turn Minnesota Red

http://www.startribune.com/trump-forces-staffing-up-to-end-gop-losing-streak-in-minnesota/512686852/

Minnesotans have picked the Democratic nominee for the White House in every election since 1972. Trump, who lost the state by just 1.5 percentage points in 2016, believes he can end that streak. With 15 months to go until the general election, the GOP is doubling down on efforts to turn Minnesota red, putting national campaign staff on the ground and hosting a series of training sessions to mobilize Republican voters.

[OnDoutside]

6. The Squad is a bit of a dodgy name ?