At least one House Democrat, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), is planning to vote against the resolution, telling Axios she is “not sure what is honorable” about many of Kirk’s past statements.
Asked about concerns of GOP backlash, Crockett said she lives “under their heinous threats every single day” and suggested Democrats should not be like Republicans who have “abdicated their duties out of fear.”
So far, only one courageous Democrat that will stand against the farce and celebration of white supremacy and bigotry of a person shot by a fellow Republican.
🙄 Just don’t show up for the vote.
“Moskowitz added, ‘We talk about bringing the temperature down, this is one way to do that.’”
This is what frustrates me the most, because all this does is further embolden the right and add fuel to the fire, IMO. Then again, blowing it off will do the same thing. Such is the consequence of tolerating intolerance and entertaining the illogical.
Its Democratic leaderships fault for reacting the way they did in sanitizing his legacy.
