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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:18 PM Feb 2018

NY GOP Rep: Dems May Not Be Treasonous, But They're 'Un-American,' 'Don't Love Our Country'


by Ken Meyer | 11:27 am, February 6th, 2018

Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) doesn’t think Congressional Democrats committed treason by refusing to applaud President Donald Trump‘s State of the Union speech, but she does agree with him that they don’t like America.

The congresswoman spoke with CNN’s Ana Cabrera on Tuesday — who asked her if she agreed with how Trump went off on “treasonous” lawmakers who wouldn’t applaud his address last Tuesday. Tenney not only agreed with Trump for the most part, she actually reiterated many of his comments — all while bashing Democrats for being all about obstruction and failing to acknowledge the issues Trump was speaking about.

“I would say it was un-American, and they don’t love our country. I don’t know if I would go as far as treasonous, but the president is before a large audience and he likes to talk in colorful language. I sat on the Democratic side, and I was frankly appalled at the behavior of the Democrats…I thought it was terrible that they didn’t [stand] for very American ideas, and why not? They’re just about resist? What does resist mean? Obstruct. They’re not interested in dialogue. Not interested in working with us and trying to come up with solutions.”


Cabrera followed up by noting that Joe Wilson and other Republicans in Congress protested during President Barack Obama‘s State of the Union speeches. Penney accused Cabrera of “mischaracterizing” Republicans, saying the GOP applauded American values during Obama’s speeches whereas Democrats will not stand for Trump at all.

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-rep-dems-may-not-be-treasonous-but-theyre-un-american-dont-love-our-country/
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NY GOP Rep: Dems May Not Be Treasonous, But They're 'Un-American,' 'Don't Love Our Country' (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP
Partisan hackery n/t SFnomad Feb 2018 #1
Beyond anything else, these people are stupid. dawg day Feb 2018 #2
She needs to be confronted in front of cameras exboyfil Feb 2018 #5
So you want to tell Senator Duckworth exboyfil Feb 2018 #3
Her opponent's website crazycatlady Feb 2018 #4
Thank you for posting that awesomerwb1 Feb 2018 #7
Just sent him $5 via Apple Pay Dream Girl Feb 2018 #12
I love America.. just not the russian perverted Cha Feb 2018 #6
Democrats think kurtcagle Feb 2018 #8
Wow. What about the republican congress critter.... ollie10 Feb 2018 #9
Not this again . . . Iliyah Feb 2018 #10
Oh, Claudia...go work for Fox. You'd fit RIGHT in! CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #11

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
2. Beyond anything else, these people are stupid.
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:21 PM
Feb 2018

But they know they can get away with saying stupid things that make no sense and are contradicted immediately by reality. They have a base which frankly doesn't judge anything on the basis of what's real.

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
5. She needs to be confronted in front of cameras
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:24 PM
Feb 2018

When she gets back to Congress by her fellow legislators.

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)
3. So you want to tell Senator Duckworth
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:22 PM
Feb 2018

She does not love this country. Go on and tell her to her face in front of the cameras.

kurtcagle

(1,604 posts)
8. Democrats think
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:29 PM
Feb 2018

Ask a conservative whether they love their country, they will get out their flags (American and Confederate, never mind the irony), guns and bibles, wrap themselves in the flag, then tell you that you're not being patriotic enough. Ask a liberal whether they love their country, and they will enumerate areas where things could improve then provide strategies for achieving those improvements. Different modalities of thinking.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
10. Not this again . . .
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 01:30 PM
Feb 2018

I have learned when GOP's speak and blame others, more than likely it's the GOPs that are guilty of it.

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