Pennsylvania

PADemD

(4,482 posts) Mon Oct 12, 2015, 06:05 AM Oct 2015

Republican Congressman: 'We Have to Get Our Act Together'

Reps. Dave Brat, R-Va., and Charlie Dent, R-Pa., may sit on the same side of the aisle in the U.S. House of Representatives, but when it comes to the challenges facing today's Republican party, they couldn't be further apart.

The congressmen appeared together on NBC's "Meet The Press," where they had a candid discussion about the differences between the dueling wings of the party.

Brat belongs to the GOP's Freedom Caucus and came to prominence after defeating then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a primary election, while Dent is a moderate Republican who hails from a Pennsylvania swing district.

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/republican-congressman-we-have-get-our-act-together-n442466

Video at link.

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Republican Congressman: 'We Have to Get Our Act Together' (Original Post) PADemD Oct 2015 OP

their act is wearing mighty thin Skittles Oct 2015 #1

You guys need to just quit acting, and actually start governing. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2015 #2

Dent isn't a moderate Number9Dream Oct 2015 #3

the LV media is solidly Republican PADemD Oct 2015 #4

Glad I'm not the only one who sees this Number9Dream Oct 2015 #5

I'm north of you in the Slate Belt. PADemD Oct 2015 #6

I'm not far from you in the Slate Belt meow2u3 Oct 2015 #7

Hi, neighbor! PADemD Oct 2015 #8

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

1. their act is wearing mighty thin

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 06:17 AM

Oct 2015

yes indeed

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

2. You guys need to just quit acting, and actually start governing.

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Mon Oct 12, 2015, 06:47 AM

Oct 2015

You know, thinking about what actually helps all your constituents for a change, and just not the noisy nutters and the few who can give you big bucks.

Number9Dream

(1,562 posts)

3. Dent isn't a moderate

Reply to PADemD (Original post)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:09 AM

Oct 2015

Charlie Dent is not a moderate. Though he may not be a tea-bagger level reactionary, his record and ratings demonstrate this:
Dent voted in favor of Paul Ryan's extremist budget plan.
- Voted against the Affordable Health Care Act
- Voted against the Employee Free Choice Act
- Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq.
- Voted YES - no exit date.
- Voted against the America Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act.
Dent's scorecard ratings by organizations:
- themiddleclass.org gives Dent zero rating (website details votes).
- League of Conservation Voters - 23% /100.
- Sierra Club - 0%
- NRA - 92%
- John Birch Society - 78%
- Humane Society - 38%
- AFL-CIO - 10%
Rep. Dent has run unopposed the last two elections. The Lehigh Valley isn't the "swing" district it's reported to be. It was recently gerrymandered. Though the Lehigh Valley went for Obama (barely), the LV media is solidly Republican and many of the state reps are Republican.

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

4. the LV media is solidly Republican

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:33 AM

Oct 2015

Yes, I know. I live there.

Number9Dream

(1,562 posts)

5. Glad I'm not the only one who sees this

Reply to PADemD (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 09:21 AM

Oct 2015

I can barely stomach the Morning Call (except Bill White), Express Times, or WFMZ anymore. Such one-sided "journalism".
(I'm not far from Nazareth and Martin Guitar).

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

6. I'm north of you in the Slate Belt.

Reply to Number9Dream (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 09:27 AM

Oct 2015

meow2u3

(24,765 posts)

7. I'm not far from you in the Slate Belt

Reply to PADemD (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 12:38 PM

Oct 2015

What town are you in? I'm in Pen Argyl.

PADemD

(4,482 posts)

8. Hi, neighbor!

Reply to meow2u3 (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 13, 2015, 12:48 PM

Oct 2015

Our group of Dems has been meeting on the corner at Pies. Let me know if you're interested in joining our group, and I'll PM you all planned activities.

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