Cowardly GOP

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zappasguitar

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Now nobody better say anything MEAN to this guy or he's going to take his ball and go home!


Cowardly House Republican Refuses To Hold His Town Hall If Anyone Shows Up To Protest


A House Republican who has a town hall scheduled for Wednesday night in Minnesota is warning that he will cancel the event if anyone shows up to protest. Rep. Tom Emmer is warning that if anyone shouts or chants at his town hall, he will cancel the event.

The Pioneer Press reported on a statement from Rep. Emmer’s (R-MN) chief of staff, “Should this event turn into a disruptive display, or if there are any violent actions or threats, we will end the meeting and be forced to reassess our policy on town halls going forward,” David FitzSimmons wrote in a statement. Among the behavior Fitzsimmons said qualified as ‘disruptive’ were ‘shouting’ and ‘chanting.'”

Rep. Emmer is missing a few key concepts about how democracy works. People have the right to show up to his event and protest. It’s called free speech. The First Amendment directly applies to a person’s interactions with their government. Rep. Emmer is a representative of the government who was elected by the people.

Since his constituents pay his salary, Rep. Emmer works for them. He does not have the right to threaten his constituents with scrapping his town halls if people say things that he does not want to hear. As a member of Congress, Emmer should want to hear what the people that he is representing have to say.

If Rep. Emmer believes that he doesn’t have to listen to the people who he has sworn to serve, then the 6th district in Minnesota needs a new congressperson

Republicans don’t know how to handle these protests, but Rep. Emmer’s threat to constituents is the absolutely wrong way to deal with angry folks back home.

If Emmer cancels any town halls, voters need to cancel his employment in the House in November 2018.

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02...can-refuses-hold-town-hall-shows-protest.html
 
Another dishonest thread by the king of liars.

Do you ever tell the truth?

He did not say protest you lying derpstain. Shouting and disruptive are not protected speech, nor is anyone required to put up with it.

Even Obama didn't put up with it. You are the most dishonest person on this board.
 
Nomad said:
Repansycans are such spineless chickenshits.
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No different than Obama when heckled and disrupted ....his heckler, was protesting deportations under the Obama administration.

Obama responded, "Listen you're in my house ... it's not respectful."
The interruption persisted, however, and Obama asked for the heckler to be removed ...

Thrown the assholes out, exactly what should be done....

The only difference is the double standard...., one guy is a democrat and the other a republican....
 
Yaya said:
Another dishonest thread by the king of liars.

Do you ever tell the truth?

He did not say protest you lying derpstain. Shouting and disruptive are not protected speech, nor is anyone required to put up with it.

Even Obama didn't put up with it. You are the most dishonest person on this board.
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BIG surprise!

What was once acceptable when it was TEA Party whiners shouting down their representative, is now VERBOTEN under the new GOP "do as we say, not as we do" rule.
 
NOVA said:
No different than Obama when heckled and disrupted ....his heckler, was protesting deportations under the Obama administration.

Obama responded, "Listen you're in my house ... it's not respectful."
The interruption persisted, however, and Obama asked for the heckler to be removed ...

Thrown the assholes out, exactly what should be done....

The only difference is the double standard...., one guy is a democrat and the other a republican....
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Obama never said he was going to shut down a town hall meeting if someone shouted something mean.

But you go right on making excuses for cowardly GOP representatives.
 
Yaya said:
Another dishonest thread by the king of liars.

Do you ever tell the truth?

He did not say protest you lying derpstain. Shouting and disruptive are not protected speech, nor is anyone required to put up with it.

Even Obama didn't put up with it. You are the most dishonest person on this board.
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MORE name calling and personal attacks from another angry little GOP hypocrite.
 
Not a fan of either party personally. I have not heard though of Democrats having town hall meetings since the election. Am I missing something?
 
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Donald Trump questioned the legitimacy of the protests taking place all over the country this week by pointing out they were 'planned out by liberal activists'
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sure they are Trump, he should take his lard ass to one of these republican town hall meetings?!![/FONT]
 
grapnel said:
Not a fan of either party personally. I have not heard though of Democrats having town hall meetings since the election. Am I missing something?
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I was referring to when Democrats held town hall meetings regarding ObamaCare.

How Obamacare Town Halls Went From Chaotic To Downright Frightening

In August 2009, the debate over the proposed Affordable Care Act made its way into town hall meetings across the country. Democrats hoped to use the forums to explain the complexities of health care reform and dispel any myths. They came with long-winded answers and PowerPoint slides.

Tea party conservatives had another plan: They saw these earnest settings as opportunities for rage. The gatherings quickly devolved into shouting matches and even physical altercations. Democrats were accused of torching the Constitution and handing people with disabilities a death sentence.

“It was a lot of vitriolic racism,” recalled former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), who was then a freshman Democrat from a conservative-leaning district.

“I was getting spit on. My staff was getting kicked,” he said. “We were getting calls using the N word every day. People were very comfortable in very professional settings saying, ‘You know there is nothing for white people in this bill. Why are you supporting it?’”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...date-confessional_us_57448c55e4b045cc9a7215bd
 
ZappasGuitar said:
I was referring to when Democrats held town hall meetings regarding ObamaCare.

How Obamacare Town Halls Went From Chaotic To Downright Frightening

In August 2009, the debate over the proposed Affordable Care Act made its way into town hall meetings across the country. Democrats hoped to use the forums to explain the complexities of health care reform and dispel any myths. They came with long-winded answers and PowerPoint slides.

Tea party conservatives had another plan: They saw these earnest settings as opportunities for rage. The gatherings quickly devolved into shouting matches and even physical altercations. Democrats were accused of torching the Constitution and handing people with disabilities a death sentence.

“It was a lot of vitriolic racism,” recalled former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.), who was then a freshman Democrat from a conservative-leaning district.

“I was getting spit on. My staff was getting kicked,” he said. “We were getting calls using the N word every day. People were very comfortable in very professional settings saying, ‘You know there is nothing for white people in this bill. Why are you supporting it?’”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...date-confessional_us_57448c55e4b045cc9a7215bd
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Thank you for the clarification.
 
ZappasGuitar said:
Obama never said he was going to shut down a town hall meeting if someone shouted something mean.

But you go right on making excuses for cowardly GOP representatives.
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Repansycan shills always try to rewrite history in order to cover their sleazy asses.
 
Yaya said:
Obama had disruptive people removed and Zappas never said he was a coward.

Two faced lying asshole.
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You of course are free to start a thread on that particular subject if it bothers you so.

In this thread however, we are discussing a DIFFERENT subject.

You demonstrate over and over your inability to stay on topic.

If you won't grow up and stick to the thread topic, then you won't be allowed the chance to derail the thread.
 
ZappasGuitar said:
You of course are free to start a thread on that particular subject if it bothers you so.

In this thread however, we are discussing a DIFFERENT subject.

You demonstrate over and over your inability to stay on topic.

If you won't grow up and stick to the thread topic, then you won't be allowed the chance to derail the thread.
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I see, so you're okay when Obama does it, but when a Republican does the same thing, they are cowards.

This goes to the heart of your thread. If the Republican is a coward, then so is Obama, if Obama is not a coward, which you believe, then the Republican is not a coward.

But I know you desperately want to avoid discussing the truth, so you lied and claim it is off topic.
 
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