GOP Rep. Meijer writes one of his fellow freshmen voted to overturn the election results out of fear

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Michael Del Moro
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Freshman GOP Rep. Meijer writes at least one of his fellow freshmen voted to overturn the election results out of fear for his family members despite knowing it was wrong. https://detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2021/01/09/opinion-after-heinous-assault-time-reckon-reality/6599593002/…
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Rep. Meijer: I experienced the heinous assault on Capitol; now, time to face reality

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2021/01/09/opinion-after-heinous-assault-time-reckon-reality/6599593002/

[kwolf68]

1. Pretty sound definition of

Dictatorship.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Would I be wrong to call him a coward?

That is what the FBI is for, right?

[handmade34]

3. they should step down! n/t

[in2herbs]

4. If he doesn't have the spine to do his job he should quit. nt

[SheltieLover]

6. This!👆

[catrose]

5. Why do they think "I'm afraid!" is a good defense?

Many people are afraid every day. They don't all give into their fears. And this guy has all the resources of government to protect his family, unlike his constituents.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

7. Can't help but wonder...did his colleague call the FBI?

Did he consider removing his family to a safe place and then choose to stand on the House Floor and announce to the world that GOP members were being coerced into overturning the election via threats to their families?

Does he realize that the threat to the lives of his family wouldn't go away simply because he complied this time? Did he stop to think that now that he was a mark, any time his vote was required, no matter how wrong or amoral, he would vote yes because his family would be forever vulnerable. That's how the mob works. That's what this administration is.

The playground bully will never demand your lunch money only this one time.

[BusyBeingBest]

8. If you don't have the guts to do the right thing, then resign.

[LisaL]

9. Such a cowardly person has no business being an elected official.

Why was he in particular so afraid when the vast majority was not?

[Cracklin Charlie]

10. Has his family been threatened?

If so, he needs to inform the FBI. His family, and that of his constituents, would be safer.

Do your duty, Congress!

[LisaL]

11. Exactly. If there were any particular threats to his family specifically, he needs to inform FBI.

If there weren't, this person is a coward and needs to resign ASAP.

[Mariana]

12. So, he appeased terrorists. nt.

[BrightKnight]

13. Tell that to the family of some that was KIA. Also, they made and benefited

from the mess. I'm sure he ran on that BS.

He should not have taken the oath if he could not do his duty.

[obamanut2012]

14. Peter Meijer is GOP, too

I am betting he might vote for impeachment -- he doesn't sound happy. I think he's part of the Meijer retail family.

I wonder who the other Freshman Rep was.

[MineralMan]

15. Well, that's cowardly of that person, isn't it?

GOP. Goofy Old Putzers

[Bongo Prophet]

16. SO many Profiles of Courage

[radicalleft]

17. I'm fairly certain that he's not the only one in the GOP

Who are terrified of the monsters they have created. I would be willing to bet that a lot of reps and senators live in fear.

[marble falls]

21. Sow the wind, reap the nut bags. You set 'em loose, now catch them.

[Mr. Ected]

18. I have no mercy, no mercy whatsoever for the man

He ran for office as a Republican. The Republican Party is the Party of Trump. They are one and the same.

This is one of the reasons that Trump's funk was allowed to fester for so long. Fear. Fear of reprisal. Fear of blackmail. Fear of party backlash. Fear of falling out of a window.

Let the GOP self-immolate. I want to be a State's witness. My lawn chair will be set up with adequate social distance and I will wear a proper mask. Burn it down. They pivoted to overt fascism and that will be listed as their Cause of Death.

[FakeNoose]

19. His "colleague" should have resigned

... if he/she weren't willing to vote their conscience.

What we need in Congress are people with the courage to do the RIGHT thing. If you do the WRONG thing and tweet that you wished you could have done better, then you don't belong in the U.S. Congress.

[Maru Kitteh]

20. He should have feigned illness and walked away then.

Coward. Nobody FORCED him to vote at all.

[Kaleva]

22. I imagine there's a number of them. Just doing enough to appease the crazies in their district.

[Greybnk48]

23. HE put his own family at risk by being a cultist.

Fuck his lame excuse. They sound like all the post war Nazi's "just following orders." Bullshit.