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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts) Tue Dec 10, 2013, 01:33 PM Dec 2013

Dems are losing their patience with rethugs. This is a must see. (video)

A Congressman Loses His Temper When Told To Not Talk About The People Suffering In The Room

Congress has voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act 46 times, wasting tons of time on pointless votes while actively ignoring other issues like immigration reform.

Rep. Joe Garcia decided to speak up about the real people affected by the lack of action, and he spoke eloquently about a family sitting in the gallery. After his speech ended, at 2:37, Rep. Jackie Walorski, who was standing in as speaker pro tempore, let Rep. Garcia know that mentioning people in the gallery isn't acceptable. At which point another congressman, Rep. Jared Polis, kind of lost his temper. In a really great way.

http://www.upworthy.com/a-congressman-goes-off-on-congress-after-being-told-to-not-talk-about-the-people-congress-wont-help?c=fea

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Dems are losing their patience with rethugs. This is a must see. (video) (Original Post) mfcorey1 Dec 2013 OP

And they should lose their temper, I would against these rethugs. aptal Dec 2013 #1

right on Rep. Polis madokie Dec 2013 #2

Northern Coloradoans, we've got a WINNER in this 2nd term Congressman hlthe2b Dec 2013 #3

Oh yeah.... daleanime Dec 2013 #5

Well, sorta. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #16

Well.. we'll hope he has become a more liberal "believer" hlthe2b Dec 2013 #20

Amen. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #21

k&r... spanone Dec 2013 #4

sometimes i go to youtube barbtries Dec 2013 #6

That was kick ass! Le Taz Hot Dec 2013 #7

How do we send money to this representative!? thx in advance uponit7771 Dec 2013 #8

Here ya go. . . DinahMoeHum Dec 2013 #10

That was a beautiful sight to see. K & R Go Dems!! ~nt 99th_Monkey Dec 2013 #9

A-freaking-mazing! VA_Jill Dec 2013 #11

Welcome to DU, VA_Jill! calimary Dec 2013 #13

Thanks, but VA_Jill Dec 2013 #14

Really extraordinary site! All kinds of GREAT videos on here! calimary Dec 2013 #12

Sure is - I watched a bunch of others while I was there! polichick Dec 2013 #18

The madam speaker is the one who is out of order. Pharasaic order prioritized over justice is evil. ancianita Dec 2013 #15

BIG k&r! . . . . n/t annabanana Dec 2013 #17

Great vid - thanks for posting, and also for the link to that cool site! polichick Dec 2013 #19

aptal

(304 posts)

1. And they should lose their temper, I would against these rethugs.

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 01:35 PM

Dec 2013

K&R

madokie

(51,076 posts)

2. right on Rep. Polis

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 01:42 PM

Dec 2013

We need to hear more like this

hlthe2b

(102,379 posts)

3. Northern Coloradoans, we've got a WINNER in this 2nd term Congressman

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 01:45 PM

Dec 2013

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

5. Oh yeah....

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:07 PM

Dec 2013

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

16. Well, sorta.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 04:34 PM

Dec 2013

Honorary co-chair of Third Way...

Good on him for this, though.

hlthe2b

(102,379 posts)

20. Well.. we'll hope he has become a more liberal "believer"

Reply to truebluegreen (Reply #16)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 05:17 PM

Dec 2013

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)

21. Amen.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 06:41 PM

Dec 2013

FYI, Mark Udall is on that list as well. Surely the People's Republic can do better....

spanone

(135,886 posts)

4. k&r...

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 01:53 PM

Dec 2013

barbtries

(28,811 posts)

6. sometimes i go to youtube

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:09 PM

Dec 2013

just to enjoy, one more time, anthony weiner losing it when the republicans were keeping 911 first responders from health care. the difference between a representative who actually gives a shit and pretty much any republican in office is huge.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

7. That was kick ass!

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:13 PM

Dec 2013

We need more Congresscritters to start speaking up like that and throwing the shit right back at these Conservative idiots.

uponit7771

(90,364 posts)

8. How do we send money to this representative!? thx in advance

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 02:17 PM

Dec 2013

DinahMoeHum

(21,812 posts)

10. Here ya go. . .

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 03:35 PM

Dec 2013

http://www.polisforcongress.com/

https://secure.actblue.com/directory?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=jared+polis

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

9. That was a beautiful sight to see. K & R Go Dems!! ~nt

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 03:34 PM

Dec 2013

VA_Jill

(9,999 posts)

11. A-freaking-mazing!

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 03:44 PM

Dec 2013

Bravo, Rep. Polis!

calimary

(81,514 posts)

13. Welcome to DU, VA_Jill!

Reply to VA_Jill (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 10, 2013, 04:04 PM

Dec 2013

Glad you're here! It's ABOUT TIME!!!!!!

Btw - I now have another new favorite website - this Upworthy.com - FABULOUS! Saw a whole slew of videos that were hugely share-worthy and just WUNNNNNNderful!!! VERY worth everyone's time!