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Keith is just helping Republicans with posts like this. These Democrats "showing up" to vote would not have made a difference. Republicans outnumber Dems and they would have kept the vote open for as long as necessary to send this impeachment to the Judiciary Committee. Last year Mike Johnson kept a vote open for 10+ hours. These Dems could have voted in the first minute of the vote and we still would have lost this motion. And even if the Dems won by some miracle, the vote the next day on the actual articles of impeachment would have failed. And if by some crazier miracle it passed in the House, Thune would have dismissed the articles of impeachment without a trial in the Senate.
We now have the opportunity to write proper articles of impeachment for Hegseth, hold hearings and hear from witnesses, win over more than one House Republican, and have a real trial in the Senate where there's a much greater chance that 11 Republican Senators will join us in ousting this unqualified Secretary of Defense.
Keith is also undermining Hakeem Jeffries as leader of the Dems (something he probably thinks is the right move). But Hakeem will be the next Speaker. Everyone from AOC to Tom Suozzi supports him, and there is no one challenging him. The American people overwhelmingly voted for Dems to govern. We should respect our elected officials' choices for leaders and support them.
As a big influencer on the left, Keith should be finding ways to defend our Dems - not undermine them by getting his audience mad at them.
@keithedwards, I'm happy to talk about this on stream sometime if you want to discuss it.
aBrain retweeted
Y’all do know that yesterday’s vote was NOT a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth, right?
It was a procedural vote on whether to REFER the articles of impeachment to the Judiciary Committee.
A YES vote meant sending the articles to committee rather than proceeding immediately with impeachment.
A NO vote meant rejecting that procedural maneuver so the impeachment effort could potentially move forward.
Nobody voted on whether to actually impeach Pete Hegseth yesterday.
And yes, I understand why some of y’all are upset that several Democrats got stuck in traffic and missed the vote. The vote was reportedly open for approximately 23 minutes, and some members arrived after it closed.
But even if those Democrats had made it and defeated the referral motion, that STILL would not have meant Pete Hegseth was impeached. The House would have needed to vote on the actual articles.
We can discuss accountability without misrepresenting what happened.
The misinformation on this app is dangerous, especially when people are repeating things they clearly do not understand.
Learn the difference between a procedural vote and a substantive vote before telling everybody what Congress did.
aBrain retweeted
7 republicans missed the vote as well. If Johnson had caught wind of perfect dem attendance, he would have run the clock for as long as he needed to.
The next Congress will be sworn in come January and Hegseth will be impeached immediately. WHY DOES ANY OF THIS MATTER??
aBrain retweeted
House Democrats have won 258 seats and counting.
This is the largest majority that any party has had this century.
News of our demise was greatly exaggerated.
aBrain retweeted
Leftist men currently doing the same thing to me that conservative men did for a decade: making graphics that imply I’m sinister, lying about me online, and doxing me. There has to be a better way forward for women who reject extremes on both sides…
aBrain retweeted
Hold on, folks. Can we talk about Hakeem Jeffries for a second?
He spent four years in the minority with no gavel, no subpoenas, and no committee chairs. And he still got results. He forced the vote on the Epstein files, and it passed 427 to 1.
He forced a House vote on extending the ACA tax credits, with three Republicans signing his petition. He forced a vote to restore union rights for a million federal workers.
He helped get Ukraine aid through. And he ran months of war games to prepare for every dirty trick this regime might pull on the midterms.
Three days before the election he told a rally: “One of the first things we’re going to do is run Pete Hegseth out of town.” That doesn’t sound like a guy without a spine to me.
He’s said “accountability” in dozens of speeches. The subpoena power arrives January 3rd, and you’d better believe he plans to use it.
I get it. We’re all hungry for hearings. So am I. But responsible leaders don’t promise revenge on camera, they build cases that hold up.
Speaker Emerita Pelosi made the job look easy, because she was insanely good at it, and she is precisely who has showed him the ropes.
That job seems hard as hell to me, and that's probably why whenever "popular" Democrats are asked if they want it, they're like "Nope. And I will be voting for Leader Jeffries."
An overwhelming majority of Democratic members of Congress plan to back him as Speaker, but he hasn’t even been sworn in as Speaker yet. Let him do the job before we cut him off at the knees.
Republicans would LOVE it if Democrats did their dirty work for them, knocking out our FIRST Black Speaker of the House in history.
JFC, even the horrible, lying jackass Mike Johnson got TWO FULL YEARS, and he accomplished NOTHING for the American people.
Affordability. Accountability. That’s what the MAJORITY of voters asked for, and he’s laser-focused on both.
Give the man a chance.🙏💪
aBrain retweeted
I want to share a brief update.
My presidential memoir, PROMISE ME, AMERICA, is coming out on November 17th. I hope you'll read it. It covers my years as President. The challenges we faced, the decisions I made, and why I made them. It's about who we are as a nation. What we stand for. And America's role in the world. More than anything, it's about my faith in the American people and the great American experiment in self-governance and democracy.
While writing the book, I was diagnosed with cancer, a disease known all too well to millions of Americans and their families. My doctors continue to be encouraged by how I've responded to treatment. And the prayers and kind words and well wishes from so many of you have meant more to me and Jill and our family than you can ever know.
Some days are better than others. It hasn't stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down. What that means is, unfortunately, I won’t be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped. However, I’m hopeful the words on the page speak for themselves.
Looking forward, I'm going to keep following what my father told me a long time ago: "Champ, when you get knocked down, get up." It's a good lesson for me. And for America.
We are blessed. America is the most unique nation on earth. Unlike other countries, we're built on an idea. An idea bigger than any ocean. More powerful than any army. Stronger than any tyrant or dictator. That idea? All of us are created equal.
Promise Me, America, we'll never forget it.
aBrain retweeted
He has denounced Trump a zillion times. Hard to pass legislation when Dems aren't in the majority. Getting on the national stage and finger wagging doesn't get anything done either. Yall want activists and not people who get anything done.
aBrain retweeted
I hope ya'll recognize a lot of these accounts are just rage bait for cash. They count on people not understanding how government works & keeping you angry. Democrats got historic wins yet the immediate pivot was attack the architects of the extinction level event of Republicans.
aBrain retweeted
Raising some eyebrows among Dems - a petition about demanding a non Jeffries speaker being amplified by Mark Ruffalo and some on the left …. Is being led by someone being compensated in connection with the petition
teapawt.org/markruffalo/status/211…
Sign this petition if you want a new speaker of the house.
change.org/p/house-democrats…
aBrain retweeted
this is who started the petition. At no point in her video does she mention she’s getting a cut. there is a hashtag but idk it doesn’t seem like enough. Oh well, she walked away with 80k in commish and the org walked away with your info. Great work ppl.
Raising some eyebrows among Dems - a petition about demanding a non Jeffries speaker being amplified by Mark Ruffalo and some on the left …. Is being led by someone being compensated in connection with the petition
teapawt.org/markruffalo/status/211…
aBrain retweeted
ALT Two stacked video stills on a black background. The top, captioned with a quote about Schumer fighting half the Senate candidates, shows a gray-bearded man in headphones; the bottom, captioned "The senate candidates in question", shows Jon Stewart and Graham Platner on a split-screen call.