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GOP lawmaker invokes Gabby Giffords in concerns about town hall safety
Gabby Giffords to Louie Gohmert: 'Have some courage. Face your constituents.'
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Moostache
(9,897 posts)I have absolutely no use for that waste of natural resources. Every molecule of oxygen or water that is cycled through him would be better used on literally ANYTHING else.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)niyad
(113,582 posts)NewRedDawn
(790 posts)Then maybe we need gun control fuckwad Gomer Pyle that your fellow fascist politiboro members keep striking down if you are so scared.
Cha
(297,723 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)not locked and loaded at his own town hall? His staff too?
What is Texas coming to?
royable
(1,266 posts)Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)Is this guy scared that someone might try to "2nd amendment" him?
As a guy who has been shot at numerous times, in going to call this guy a scared wimp.
leanforward
(1,077 posts)May I get you a cup of coffee? Whatever you want to call him, I'm with you. What gets me is Gabby said he needs to have a little "courage". You and I had no choice. I seem to recall, "no mission to difficult, no sacrifice to great, duty first". He can't get out and meet with his constituents.
I am a loyal American, in opposition to pRezident dRumpf and the GOP.
Gabby needs the Purple Heart.
3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...idiot Sharron Angle, who ran against Harry Reid, and also usually ran away from anyone who wanted to ask her questions. She was a total chicken shit, as well as brainless.
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,292 posts)My newly elected, So-Called Representative John Rutherford (Repuke - Of Course) was another "no-show." After campaigning on a law-and-order platform -- he lost his spine, along with any trust of the LEOs he used to lead as sheriff. Instead, he attended a change-of-command event at a Navy base, safe and secure behind chain-link fences and armed base security personnel.
But that didn't stop some of his constituents from meeting, with an empty chair in his place.
If I had the authority, Id fire him and in two years, I will a rough paraphrase of the sentiments of one speaker.
A former employee of the Jacksonville Sheriffs Office, Letitia Smith Hodo, worked in corrections for 21 years (until 2012) and spoke to those assembled.
Her take: Rutherford was an adherent to the good ol boy system and wasnt accessible to employees, especially corrections workers, as sheriff.
[link:http://floridapolitics.com/archives/232712-john-rutherford-draws-criticism-absentia-constituent-town-hall|
The big difference here is that he's our employee now, and we will continue to demand accessibility, or we should make him a one-term wonder.
2018!
#RESIST
rurallib
(62,451 posts)WTF? stand up for what you believe.
IronLionZion
(45,540 posts)is worried he might get triggered.
More likely he might get steamrolled by an avalanche of snowflakes
Skittles
(153,199 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)demigoddess
(6,645 posts)the disrespect of his constituents!! Coward!!
malthaussen
(17,217 posts)These slime are so craven, it makes me ashamed to be the same species.
-- Mal
mwooldri
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MADem
(135,425 posts)She was regarded as a blue dog Dem in politics; a good fit for her home state but often trashed in the "leans impossibly left" world of the internet.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,443 posts)love these so and sos who come home on their spring break and then hold "town hall meetings " and nver show. fire him either by recall or vote in 2 years .
MADem
(135,425 posts)metal detectors, and "one way in" to venues?
He doesn't have to hold his town halls in a parking lot--he can hold them at a private venue and issue invitations ahead of time.
This one needs to be TARGETED. Television and radio ads, I think--NOW. Early. Simple OPPO pieces, thirty seconds or less, highlighting to his constituents how this assclown is AFRAID to meet with his own people.
If he can't meet with his constituents, his constituents just might not be able to muster up the enthusiasm to vote for him in 2018.....
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)......but, I think it applies here!!
pecosbob
(7,544 posts)You don't need to be at a town hall for someone to shoot you...go spout your neo-nazi bullshit down in the fourth or fifth wards in Houston and you'll see what I mean.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)when it comes to making stupid statements.
riversedge
(70,310 posts)leanforward
(1,077 posts)Is it Gohmerde or Gohmert? Isn't his last name french?
C Moon
(12,221 posts)Lady_Chat
(561 posts)"Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' blood is on Sarah Palin's hands after putting cross hair over district"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/rep-gabrielle-giffords-blood-sarah-palin-hands-putting-cross-hair-district-article-1.149099
Didn't see any protests from republicans then, or even after Gabby was shot. No sir, they loved people walking around with guns, no matter where, "Open Carry" was fine with them. Even after Sandy Hook. No matter if it was a school, or a theater or a church, no matter how many innocent people killed...it was "their right to bear arms." They love their guns so much they passed laws that made it fine for the mentally ill, those on no fly lists, those on terrorist lists, even spousal abusers to carry.
Because sure, too bad for the rest of us, but when there is even a minuscule chance of a republican who stands by these laws, putting their ass on the line...it all changes.
So now, these gutless wonders "have" to hide.
Think Trump will stop having his still campaign rallies? (even though the election is over... he can't deal with the fact he lost the Popular vote) I doubt it, but these republicans, having to have to listen to their constituents? "It's too dangerous" for them. What bull.
Today in my city, the people were cheering just to get a look at our President Obama coming out of a Starbucks. Waving and smiling, not running, not hiding, never did:
"Obama spotted at NYC Starbucks, greeted by cheering crowd" http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/obama-spotted-at-nyc-starbucks-greeted-by-cheering-crowd/ar-AAnkJS8?li=AAn4eAA
Gohmert, you are a coward, a crybaby, and a hypocrite, Gabby has more guts, more courage and more honesty than you will ever possess. She still won't hide. You hide, from questions, and the truth, pathetic...that's what you are.
trusty elf
(7,402 posts)Me? I huger tool !
Synecdoche Trope
(55 posts)Typical Republican Cowardice