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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 09:24 AM Mar 2020

This. This. This.

This. This. This.@GerryConnolly brilliantly calls out Republicans, who've tried to claim that DEMOCRATS are politicizing the outbreak, while Trump is literally showing up to press conferences in campaign merch.

Listen to every second of this.


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This. This. This. (Original Post) kpete Mar 2020 OP
Off to the greatest page malaise Mar 2020 #1
Oh, I can Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #4
A thing of beauty Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #2
God Bless him for spelling this out clearly. magicarpet Mar 2020 #3
Connolly calling out the lying snakes - great video! lark Mar 2020 #5
Amazing!!!! nt USALiberal Mar 2020 #6
jeeeez. RazBerryBeret Mar 2020 #7
Thank you, Rep. Connolly. The GOP can go blow it out their ass. DinahMoeHum Mar 2020 #8
We all need to hammer every goper all the time BSdetect Mar 2020 #9
Well said Mr Connolly. Thank you for letting the truth be heard. wendyb-NC Mar 2020 #10
Great speech, full of Scarsdale Mar 2020 #20
Think Inslee got called a snake Tweedy Mar 2020 #58
I am so glad UpInArms Mar 2020 #11
WOW - Thank you for posting! Laf.La.Dem. Mar 2020 #12
We all need to be relentess in calling them out. ...nt 2naSalit Mar 2020 #13
Rightous rant. n/t Liberal In Texas Mar 2020 #14
What to wear to trump events. safeinOhio Mar 2020 #15
Well said, Rep Connolly Merlot Mar 2020 #16
This is incredible. 2 min and 5 seconds..Everyone in this country will have time to listen to this. Stuart G Mar 2020 #17
Magnificent! crickets Mar 2020 #18
K&R for truth. bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #19
Kaboom! ProfessorGAC Mar 2020 #21
K&r Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #22
Kudos to Gerry Connolly (D) VA Kitchari Mar 2020 #23
ANd he did that without a teleprompter. EXcellent. Amaryllis Mar 2020 #24
I wish someone would hack into FOX and run this in a loop. Talitha Mar 2020 #25
👀 underpants Mar 2020 #26
Damn straight. Harker Mar 2020 #27
Eat. That. REPUKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2020 #28
Well done, Rep Connolly! smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #29
This speech will go down in history as the pivotal moment when fascism was taken to task. nt yaesu Mar 2020 #30
+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Mar 2020 #45
My Congressman. onenote Mar 2020 #31
Bloomberg needs to gets some pandemic ads out there, attacking Trump & GOP. -nt CrispyQ Mar 2020 #32
That would be excellent. Claim the narrative! JudyM Mar 2020 #56
Outstanding. SalmonChantedEvening Mar 2020 #33
Yes! That's the Moxie we need and need to maintain! KPN Mar 2020 #34
Superb cp Mar 2020 #35
very well said. n/t orleans Mar 2020 #36
Rep. Connolly's righteous rant laid out the stark reality of GOP tRump failure. steventh Mar 2020 #37
The look on Redfield's face as he's taken to the woodshed... ChiTownDenny Mar 2020 #38
YES, we need more of this. Pepsidog Mar 2020 #39
K&R uponit7771 Mar 2020 #40
Boom! goes the dynamite. LudwigPastorius Mar 2020 #41
Any chance of billing the campaign? dickthegrouch Mar 2020 #42
weaponized ... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #43
Great graphic! calimary Mar 2020 #59
Love Rep. Connolly, too. calimary Mar 2020 #60
Whoa! Trump and GOP called out bigly Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #44
"Because LIVES are at stake." Not elections. Not polls. LIVES. Thank you, Sir. n/t TygrBright Mar 2020 #46
Wow! That was a righteous rant if I ever heard one. llmart Mar 2020 #47
A-f'n-men!!! Sugarcoated Mar 2020 #48
Kick this back to the top malaise Mar 2020 #49
Why you kickin' this? Somebody might see it! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #63
Thank you, BHDem53 Mar 2020 #50
All Trump is talking about True Blue American Mar 2020 #51
Immaterial to the rubes! czarjak Mar 2020 #52
That! That! That! hangaleft Mar 2020 #53
That was my dad lecturing me about finding a Stroh's bottle in the car. Conner was dead on. marble falls Mar 2020 #54
Wow, thank you. Man, did I ever need to hear that today. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #55
wow!!! subana Mar 2020 #57
K&R... spanone Mar 2020 #61
This is great. Thanks for posting it! StarfishSaver Mar 2020 #62
That was beautiful. n/t Tarheel_Dem Mar 2020 #64

Cirque du So-What

(25,938 posts)
2. A thing of beauty
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 09:29 AM
Mar 2020

Gratifying to hear the truth, that most of us know already, spoken in Congress. I hope the truth gets spoken more often.

wendyb-NC

(3,327 posts)
10. Well said Mr Connolly. Thank you for letting the truth be heard.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 09:37 AM
Mar 2020

The chamber was so quiet you could hear a feather drop.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
20. Great speech, full of
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 11:24 AM
Mar 2020

truth. I am amazed tRump did not require them all standing with him to wear his Magat hats, too. He called the gov. of Washington "a snake". Well, tRump could walk under a snake's belly, wearing a top hat, he is such a low life. I guess the made in China tRump campaign stuff gets through without tariffs, eh?

Tweedy

(628 posts)
58. Think Inslee got called a snake
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 08:38 PM
Mar 2020

Because Washington used a research study to get around the political hackery of the testing rules to figure out where the hotspots were.

Wish the GOP and all of their keystone coppery would get out of the way and let the expert public servants do their jobs.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
17. This is incredible. 2 min and 5 seconds..Everyone in this country will have time to listen to this.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 10:31 AM
Mar 2020

This is clear, simple, and truthful. The liar is Donald Trump. But more important, this is total truth, and brilliantly presented. Who doesn't have 2 minutes to listen and watch something this important? Everyone has 2 minutes to listen or hear this. This is the perfect response to Trump & the Republicans..2 minutes and 5 seconds. Pass that on.

crickets

(25,980 posts)
18. Magnificent!
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 10:48 AM
Mar 2020

Too many in the GOP have seen this as just another golden opportunity to make hay politically. It's obscene, and I wholeheartedly applaud Connolly for ripping them all a new one they so vastly deserve.

steventh

(2,143 posts)
37. Rep. Connolly's righteous rant laid out the stark reality of GOP tRump failure.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 12:14 PM
Mar 2020

Three cheers for Rep. Connolly.

dickthegrouch

(3,174 posts)
42. Any chance of billing the campaign?
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 02:41 PM
Mar 2020

And fining them for the use of public funds to promulgate their campaign?

I would think at least 90% of the cost should be billed to the re-election campaign.

calimary

(81,266 posts)
60. Love Rep. Connolly, too.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 12:08 AM
Mar 2020

He really hit it out of the ballpark.

But just saying what needs to be said. And said again. And said again and again and again after that!

llmart

(15,539 posts)
47. Wow! That was a righteous rant if I ever heard one.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 04:07 PM
Mar 2020

A sorely needed, taking out back to the woodshed sort of rant.

Thank you for the post. Glad to see the Democrats are not going to sit back and take the GOP gaslighting.

marble falls

(57,083 posts)
54. That was my dad lecturing me about finding a Stroh's bottle in the car. Conner was dead on.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 06:05 PM
Mar 2020

What my dad didn't know was drinking Stroh's was its own punishment. Sometimes I yearn for the simpler times.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
55. Wow, thank you. Man, did I ever need to hear that today.
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 06:09 PM
Mar 2020

Repeat it on every American street corner with a bullhorn.....

subana

(586 posts)
57. wow!!!
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 06:33 PM
Mar 2020

when comrade donnie said democrats & the media are trying to make the virus seem worse than it is, I thought, how could anyone make it seem worse? It's pretty bad already!

During the ebola crisis, people were freaking out about that & we only had about 3 or 4 cases nationwide! In this crisis, we have over 3000 cases & apparently no one in the WH seems too concerned about it!

bravo, Rep Connolly!!!



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