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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy did not attend the Capitol ceremony to honor #RBG
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reports that Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy did not attend the Capitol ceremony to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg.iffin1/status/1309507964626141189?s=20
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Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy did not attend the Capitol ceremony to honor #RBG (Original Post)
riversedge
Sep 2020
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)1. Good. I seriously doubt that they were missed. n/t
-Laelth
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)2. Moscow Mitch continuing to demonstrate zero class. N/T
Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)3. I think...
... that's fine. Moscow Mitch and Kevin McCarthy-Trump showed more respect than Crooked Donald and Melania!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,164 posts)4. Did anyone really want them there?
Honestly, that's what I always think when someone distinguished has passed and some political asshole--usually Trump--doesn't pay respects either in person or in writing.
Good.
We don't need that distraction.
onetexan
(13,035 posts)5. They're cowards, seeing what happened to the Con yesterday LOL
Raven123
(4,813 posts)6. Makes sense practically and politically
First, with COVID, spacing limited, so frankly it was appropriate to limit numbers. Politically, everyone knows where the GOP stands, so I was gratified to see the people who appreciated RBG the most.
groundloop
(11,518 posts)9. "everyone knows where the GOP stands" - They were dancing on her grave.....
celebrating her passing so that they can put a right wing nut job on the Court.
marble falls
(57,063 posts)7. So they didn't stink it up. Good.
Blue Owl
(50,340 posts)8. Keep those rancid pieces of trash away from the Honorable RBG
They are not worthy to be in her presence.
dalton99a
(81,431 posts)10. Republicans don't recognize justices not appointed by them