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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDemocrats Sing We Shall Overcome Hold As House Republicans Try To Hold A Vote
By Jason Easley on Wed, Jun 22nd, 2016 at 10:41 pm
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tried to take back the House from Democratic protesters, and it did not go well. Republicans pretended like nothing was happening as Democratic chants and verses of We Shall Overcome drowned the GOP in a sea of protest
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Democrats Sing We Shall Overcome Hold As House Republicans Try To Hold A Vote (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Jun 2016
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Why do republicans and specifically speaker ryan, continually want to be on the wrong side...
dubyadiprecession
Jun 2016
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dubyadiprecession
(5,706 posts)1. Why do republicans and specifically speaker ryan, continually want to be on the wrong side...
of history? Don't they know they're destined to lose this fight. The public at large can't stomach another national tragedy and republicans are essentially saying, they don't care if this madness continues. Shame on all of them and they deserve to lose in november.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. The Whig party didn't see their doom approaching either
The republican party is well on its way to the dustbin of history!
The republicans can't hear the cries for justice from Americans because their ears are stuffed with NRA cash!
Tactical Peek
(1,208 posts)3. Cool.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)4. Amen and Amen!!!