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I've seen the meme about this guy and the current speaker of the house and the length of years they have in the Legislative Branch compared to the current President, who they are blaming the country's problems on.....

Get this out of your head today.....Your welcome!

ROFLOL......

SF's Meme dump for the day.

Yeah-but........on the inside.......That was the point....... Maybe you would have understood it better had I stated, we may look different on the outside, but on the inside we are all the same....... OR - maybe shared the time I ran into one of the black players on the football field in High School, and our blood was the same color.......That....... Jeez - it just isn't fun when you have to 'splain it every time.....Meme - Just look at the picture, read the text and get the point.........

So you DO get it......(Unless you are truly physically colorblind.....then - Sorry W)

Still a long shot in one of the most Democrat districts in the country...... https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-gets-new-2020-challenger?fbclid=IwAR2_jmMbSK8kcrvFnMGNXIh6ys58gFVzKFgcR7u1KfCgEcE_U2P8ZV9Wvho EXCLUSIVE -- Scherie Murray, a New York businesswoman who immigrated from Jamaica as a child and is active in state Republican politics, is launching a campaign Wednesday for the congressional seat held by Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Fox News has learned. In a phone interview, Murray, 38, confirmed her intention to run for the New York congressional seat as a Republican. “There is a crisis in Queens, and it’s called AOC,” Murray told Fox News. “And instead of focusing on us, she’s focusing on being famous. Mainly rolling back progress and authoring the job-killing Green New Deal and killing the Amazon New York deal.” Murray, who was born in Jamaica and moved to the United States when she was 9, is officially launching her campaign Wednesday with an introductory video that takes sharp jabs at the 29-year-old Ocasio-Cortez. “Your representative in Washington chooses self-promotion over service, conflict over constituents, resistance over assistance," Murray said in the video. "Queens and the Bronx needs someone who will create jobs instead of turning them away." Asked about Ocasio-Cortez’s brand of Democratic socialism, Murray said, “I think it’s far, far to the left and it is not connecting with everyday Americans.” As for "Medicare-for-all," which Ocasio-Cortez has embraced, the Republican said: “Medicare-for-all, I think a lot of people are happy with their current health insurance.” And on the Green New Deal, the left-wing proposal to address climate change pushed by Ocasio-Ortez, she said: “We know that it certainly will kill jobs.” Murray joins four other Republicans who have filed to run for the seat: former police officer John Cummings, medical journalist Ruth Papazian, construction contractor Miguel Hernandez and entrepreneur Antoine Tucker. No Democrats have yet announced a primary challenge to Ocasio-Cortez, though there's been speculation that establishment Democrats could rally behind a primary challenger. Ocasio-Cortez shocked the political world in 2018 by defeating longtime Rep. Joe Crowley in a Democratic primary. Whichever Republican candidate emerges from the primary field will face a steep uphill climb in the overwhelmingly Democratic district. But Murray and others are looking to paint Ocasio-Cortez as more of a celebrity than a lawmaker, while stressing their ability to work across party lines. Murray's new campaign video, which doesn’t mention President Trump or the Republican Party, portrays Murray as a bridge-builder. She is a former state committeewoman of the New York State Republican Party. Former police officer plans to challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2020 Former high school government teacher and police officer John Cummings says the Democrat's surprise primary win inspired him to make his own run for the New York House seat as a Republican. Asked during the interview if she considers herself a Trump supporter, she said “yes.” She said she is in the process of talking with national Republicans about her campaign, including South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a prominent black Republican in Congress. She expressed disgust over the recent spat between Trump and Ocasio-Cortez and her allies. Trump has taken heat for telling Ocasio-Cortez and other minority progressives to "go back" to where they came from – provoking accusations from Democrats that Trump's comments are racist. “I think it’s disgusting, to be quite honest,” Murray said of the controversy, without specifying which part of it disgusts her. “I think we are missing the point of why we’re elected to public office: to legislate on policy, to deliver results to those kitchen table issues that are affecting everyday Americans.” Murray later clarified her thoughts on the back-and-forth, saying of Trump's tweet, "Is that how I would have worded it? No. Do I think the president is a racist? No." She added, "But I want to get back to the core of why we’re even talking about this – there is a crisis at our border." Murray, who grew up in Southeast Queens and worked for the city’s Jamaica Bus Depot as a teenager, founded a television production and advertising company called The Esemel Group in 2004. She said her business generated employment for minorities in New York City. She said she no longer works for the company and is now a full-time mother. The GOP primary will take place in June 2020. Video Winning a general election in New York’s 14th congressional district would be a long shot for any Republican: In 2018, Ocasio-Cortez’s GOP opponent, Anthony Pappas, won just 14 percent of the vote. But Murray still insists a Republican could win – even in a Democratic-controlled district – because of dissatisfaction with Ocasio-Cortez. “A Republican can win the district,” she said. “There is an absolute path to victory when you look at a general election campaign.”

I guess I never knew my parents were racist..... They always told me if I didn't like it here I could leave.......Hmmmm.....

Atta Boi Muda!!

Sounds like since you are so enamored with one, you relish wearing your "I voted" sticker on election day Muda.......

Ilhan Omar - House District 60B (Northeast Minneapolis) Population 44,000 https://statisticalatlas.com/state-lower-legislative-district/Minnesota/State-House-District-60B/National-Origin (Opposed - The 5th district is the most Democratic district in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, (it has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+26) and the DFL has held it without interruption since 1963.) Alexanria Ocasio-Cortez - House District NY-14 (East Bronx, NW Queens NYC) Population 722,000 https://statisticalatlas.com/congressional-district/New-York/Congressional-District-14/Overview (Opposed - Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by almost six to one.[69][70][71] The district and its predecessors have been in Democratic hands for all but two years since 1923 and without interruption since 1949.) Rashida Tlaib - House District MI-14 (Detroit - Pontiac) Population 692,000 https://statisticalatlas.com/congressional-district/Michigan/Congressional-District-14/Overview (Unopposed) Ayanna Pressley - House District MA-7 (Boston area) Population 768,000 https://statisticalatlas.com/congressional-district/Massachusetts/Congressional-District-7/Overview (Unopposed) This is who elected these women to Congress, and why we have the Electoral College......BTW - THEY are trying to send him home......

Hilarious synopsis of "The Squad"......"They are the reason there are directions on a shampoo bottle........" 🤣

Seen this today - Adorable - and then I thought "unless she chooses to become some other gender"........😰 The new normal...... Take a picture with your flowergirl wearing your wedding shoes and give to her on her wedding day!

Using that logic, there is not a person in existence that "hints" would not apply to. Even Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. Do I think the President is a racist homophone, etc? No.

Anyhoo - it appears that the Speaker of the House has really lost control of things over there.....With "The Squad" on the loose, and now this wingnut - Reminds SF of the term "herding cats"...... https://www.vox.com/2019/7/17/20696874/trump-impeachment-house-privileged-motion-al-green All year, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tried to avoid a messy House of Representatives debate on impeachment — but this week, her luck ran out. Using a procedural tactic known as a privileged resolution, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) has forced the House to take action on articles of impeachment against President Trump. On Wednesday afternoon, then, the House has to vote on the matter. However, there may not be a direct vote on whether Trump should be impeached. Instead, members are likely to vote on whether Green’s impeachment resolution should be set aside, as Democratic leaders want. An “aye” vote will mean shelving impeachment for now (though not necessarily forever). A “no” vote would mean keeping Green’s resolution on the House floor and proceeding to an actual vote on impeaching Trump. Should Republicans and most Democrats come together and vote “aye,” as expected, that will kill the impeachment measure for the time being. Green’s move is a response to Trump’s racist tweets from Sunday, when the president wrote that “‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen” who came from “corrupt” countries should “go back” where they came from. The tweet appeared to refer to Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA). But even the dozens of Democrats who have spent months calling for Trump’s impeachment aren’t necessarily on board with Green’s tactics here. Politico’s Kyle Cheney and Andrew Desiderio report that some of these Democrats “fear” Green’s “rogue move” could end up flopping and hurting their overall effort to build support. Meanwhile, as Vox’s Ella Nilsen has been tracking, a lot of Democrats are more comfortable calling for an “impeachment inquiry” than straight-up impeachment. A question of privilege Ordinarily, House leadership has tight control over what actually gets to the floor to be voted on by the whole chamber. But there are a few rarely used exceptions to this (such as a discharge petition, where a majority of the House’s members can force a floor vote on something stuck in committee). Another exception is what’s known as raising a “question of privilege.” As Megan Lynch wrote in a Congressional Research Service report, this is “a formal declaration by a Member of the House asserting that a situation has arisen affecting ‘the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity and the integrity of its proceedings.’” (It’s often referred to in shorthand as a “privileged motion” or “privileged resolution.”) Basically, this is a special measure that takes priority over everything else the House can do (except a motion to adjourn). Once it is raised by a member (and ruled valid by the speaker), floor action must occur on it within two legislative days. Impeachment resolutions can be pushed to the floor through a question of privilege, according to ample past precedent. During George W. Bush’s presidency, then-Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) used this tactic for impeachment articles against Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. During Obama’s presidency, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) used it for pushing impeachment of then-IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. There is, however, a catch: This tactic cannot force an up-or-down vote on the impeachment articles themselves. That’s because what generally happens in response is that House leadership brings up a motion to table — that is, to kill — the privileged motion. That vote is the first one to happen, and it usually succeeds. (This can also be done with a measure to refer a motion to a committee.) Green has already done this twice — under Republican control This is actually the third time Green has forced a procedural vote on impeaching Trump, though it’s the first since Democrats took over the House. In 2017, Green argued after the violence at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that Trump should be impeached for his “record of inciting white supremacy, sexism, bigotry, hatred, xenophobia, race-baiting, and racism.” The impeachment articles he introduced mentioned several specific matters: Trump saying there were “very fine people” among white supremacist protesters in Charlottesville Trump retweeting three anti-Muslim videos Trump’s travel ban, which Green said incited “hate and hostility” Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military Trump’s criticism of NFL players who knelt during the national anthem Trump casting “contempt on Puerto Rican citizens” after Hurricane Maria Trump’s insults of Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) Then in December 2017, Green used the privileged motion tactic to force his impeachment articles to the floor of the Republican-controlled House. The GOP responded with a motion to table, which easily carried. All 238 Republicans voted to table Green’s measure, and so did 126 Democrats. Only 58 Democrats voted to keep it on the floor. Green waited just a month before trying again. Outraged over reports that Trump said he wanted fewer immigrants from “shithole countries,” Green added that example to his impeachment articles and forced another vote, on January 19, 2018. Again, every Republican voted to table the measure, as did 121 Democrats. This time, 66 Democrats voted to keep it on the floor. Democrats have been trying to avoid an impeachment debate this year Since then, Democrats have taken over the House, and several newly elected members of Congress quickly called for the president’s impeachment in no uncertain terms. But the consensus belief among most in the party — especially Pelosi and her allies — has been that it would be a political mistake to move too hastily toward impeachment. They believe it would divide the party, endanger vulnerable swing seat members, and end in certain failure (due to defeat in the Republican-controlled Senate). Still, gradually over the past several months, support for opening an impeachment inquiry into Trump has grown among Democrats — 82 House Democrats now back such a move, per the New York Times’s count. That’s a little more than one-third of the caucus: a significant faction, but still a minority. They’d be joined by Rep. Justin Amash (I-MI), who recently left the Republican Party. Green could have forced a new vote at any time, but up until now, he’s held off. Trump’s new racist tweets have spurred him to action — even though, he fully admits, it might not be the best strategic move. “Dr. King reminds us that there are times that you have to do that which is neither safe nor politic nor popular,” Green told Politico. “You do them because they are right.” At a press conference Wednesday, Pelosi said she had “all the respect in the world” for Green. But, she made clear, she opposes his move: “We have six committees that are following the facts with any abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and the rest. That is the serious path that we are on.” As for Green’s resolution, Pelosi added, “We will deal with it on the floor.”

Yeah, well........Your mother wears combat boots.....😝

So you don't believe there is any merit at all in any of those labels regarding Mr. Trump? Simply answered the above question in red with my opinion. (I don't) No need to explain Muda, I simply don't think the President is any of those words from that post.......If you happen to think so, then so be it......we can agree to disagree.....

This is where "The Squad" and their policies will take us if they could.

So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements! Yes, it is clear to anyone with a brain who he targeted - But SF fails to see how this is "indefensible"..... or that it even needs defended.......or how my posting of a meme was "defending"..... I don't. My opinion won't stop it though......

And a reminder to those complaining about the heat - "At least you don't have to shovel heat...."