The Grand Old (White People) Party

Rep. Dean Phillips on Ilhan Omar: "She has never posted a video depicting herself decapitating and killing fellow members of Congress. She doesn't question whether a plane really crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11. She does not wonder if school shootings are staged." pic.twitter.com/8pd3b1tEvV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 2, 2023

"This about targeting women of color!" -- AOC's impassioned defense of Ilhan Omar pic.twitter.com/8vqr5tNy6z

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 2, 2023

Jayapal: "Republicans want to distract the American people from the fact that they have absolutely no legislation to bring the floor that is actually about helping the American people" pic.twitter.com/CUM5UqRgz0

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 2, 2023

Ilhan Omar closes the debate and says, "this debate today is about who gets to me an American ... I am Muslim. I am an immigrant ... is anyone surprised that I am being targeted? ... I am an American. pic.twitter.com/vKNzXXJSse

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 2, 2023

Relevant to what I was saying earlier. Rep. Jayapal made the same remarks on “Morning Joe” earlier today. Message discipline. Also, just a really good message.

As to the other comments on the floor: remember those school kids in Louisiana? They’re paying attention.