Speaking Of Bullies, Or: Dems In Disarray

AOC: I want to reiterate one point. The reason why anyone is asking anyone on this stage about what we would vote for is because Kevin McCarthy needs our votes. Because Kevin McCarthy doesn't have the votes… pic.twitter.com/5wf47gOBhW

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023

The shade in this is epic. https://t.co/xTP0B8ZuE3

— Decoding Fox News (@DecodingFoxNews) May 24, 2023

Omar: If you were to ask many Americans, do you want medicaid cut, do you want social security cut, do you want to cut benefits to veterans? That is not the kind of cuts that most Americans are thinking about when they say we should be cutting pic.twitter.com/9mPnJyVxgt

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023

Jayapal: That is exactly the problem. When the media reports this as not their fault pic.twitter.com/jZfFhvGbp6

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023

Casar: I think it's a question I've been asked about multiple times. And this is a question, like asking a hostage, why didn't you pick the lock faster? Why didn't you get your arms untied quicker? pic.twitter.com/sPbMKzwfC1

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023

Omar: So many Republicans would not be able to go back to their districts if this bill they passed out of the house became law pic.twitter.com/pXVz2jDFJO

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023

McGovern: Democrats are not going to vote for a bill that screws poor people while protecting rich people and paving the way for another tax cut for billionaires pic.twitter.com/IG9jzylIUG

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023

AOC: And now several years later we are in this scenario and instead of them recognizing the error of their ways, they want to protect tax cuts on yachts and private jets and make single moms pay for it. And that's where we say no. pic.twitter.com/JxJgkub1K5

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 24, 2023

Now, the difference is, Target cannot put its employees in physical danger for the sake of selling merchandise. The House Freedom Caucus is threatening the U.S. economy, not individual members of Congress with physical violence. But AOC's point stands: this democratic republic does not work by extortion and threats of legislative authority which, frankly, the House GOP doesn't have.