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House Republicans censure Jamaal Bowman over fire alarm

www.theguardian.com House Republicans censure Jamaal Bowman over fire alarm

Democrat was caught on surveillance video pulling fire alarm as vote loomed during efforts to avoid a government shutdown

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OK, now that we've settled the burning question of whether pulling a fire alarm is unprofessional behavior for a member of Congress, can we please get back to legislating substantive policy for the country? Jeez.

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- "Sorry, best we can do is impeaching Joe Biden over the incredible outrage of [offense to be determined later]" ~ House Republicans
  
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  "for using his government position to influence his son's placement on an energy board" allegedly. Is there evidence of this... No. Did Trump do this exact thing and to a more egregious degree than what Biden is accused of...
  
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  Of giving his son a loan as a private citizen. Something that is not illegal and is something that all of them have certainly done.
  
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- GOP: "No."
  
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- I'm glad they censured him. Anybody who acts beneath the dignity of their elected position deserves similar. Censures will always take time away from the other work, but they can be important, too, as long as they're valid. Even if they're politicized and only given out by the majority.
  
  Besides, the GOP wasn't going to do anything good for our country, anyways. All they know how to do is to create sideshows. It might as well be a sideshow that actually has a good purpose behind it.
  
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  Did we already forget why?
  
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  Fuck Putin.
  
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  All they know how to do is to create sideshows. It might as well be a sideshow that actually has a good purpose behind it.
  
  As a sideshow performer, I take offense to that
  
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"no more pulling fire alarms!"

"ok"

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