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This is still America, where everyone has a right to express his opinion about legislation and the state of our fractured Union. I did not listen to Representative Jeffries but I applaud his efforts on behalf of the uninsured and hungry children.
Because you obviously believe the lies of the left. Who are the innocents you refer to ? Is it the people who broke the law to be here or is it the people who have scammed the system and do not deserve the benefits?
No but I watched enough to see that Jeffries was just showboating and delaying. What I called worship was the waving if what looked like handkerchiefs and Democrats surrounding Jeffries with adulation and rock star like attention. Quite funny actually. It was really bad when he started preaching on faith and quoting scripture to demean Republicans.
If your media sources say that the federal government will be able to save $900 million only from people who broke the law or scammed the system being taken off Medicare, they are either saying 1) that $900 million won't be saved---just added to our massive national debt or 2) that $900 million will be saved but most of the people removed will be innocent.
Perhaps he was trying to educate Congress about the 2,000 quotes in scripture regarding how we should treat the poor. When all he hears from the opposing party is anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-abortion rhetoric--with nary a word about the poor--he must have believed that some education was in order.
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Most of the people that are going to be hurt by the passing of this bill are not those who entered the country illegally or those scamming the system. If that's what you believe, then it you that has been lied to.
No thanks for any religious education from Jeffries. He was just killing time with the script handed him in the several notebooks he used during his delay tactics.Perhaps he was trying to educate Congress about the 2,000 quotes in scripture regarding how we should treat the poor. When all he hears from the opposing party is anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-abortion rhetoric--with nary a word about the poor--he must have believed that some education was in order.
A List of Bible Verses on Poverty, Justice, and Compassion
The Bible contains more than 2,000 verses that admonish the faithful to uphold justice and help alleviate poverty. This list includes some of the many bible verses about serving the poor with compassion.
He could have read anything but he chose to read passages from the Bible. I think perhaps he did so because there seems to be so much violence in our country now, especially towards immigrants. The alligator Alcatraz will become a death trap if a hurricane greater than level 2 hits the Everglades. As you know, most of the Hurricanes hitting Florida are over level 2. No one is even occupying this hastily put together facility and there is already widespread flooding. If people treated dogs or cats that way they would be arrested for abuse. And describing Medicaid recipients as lazy is really trying to get the listener to look at them as somewhat less than human.
Listening to the whole thing should become the latest TikTok challenge.
That would be because they're in all the other threads about it. Including the ones they started.
Apparently the drop in pride is greatest among young people and independents. I understand, admire their judgment, and hope that someday soon we will once again have leaders we can trust, believe, and be proud of.
Perhaps, one day, the leaders of the Democratic Party might possibly be ones we can trust, believe, and be proud of. IMO, it is possible but very doubtful.
Absolutely false! Votes are recorded for each House member. It is public record. Nobody voted in secret it was a recorded vote not a voice vote. Jeffries was just grandstanding and delaying. Many times repeating phrases 3 or 4 times just to kill time. Oh yeah then there is that longest speech record. Give the man a trophy.
The point is there are plenty of Trump supporters on CF extolling the bill and celebrating that it passed. In fact this thread was started by a Trump supporter.
