southpaw

@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social

“Merely mentioning that Mr. Trump is a felon prompts an admonishment from whomever is presiding when the offending fact is uttered.” www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/u... 🎁

Jun 21, 2024 at 21:53 UTC

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Xander O’Connor @xanderoconnor.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:33 UTC

I presume they can reference “President Biden, who famously is not a convicted felon”.

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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་ @riwoche.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:10 UTC

An amazing merry pranksters campaign would be to send fainting pillows to every Republican member of Congress along with a warm fuzzy mash note wishing them good health every time their beloved felonious monster is mentioned as a convicted felon on the House floor.

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@bknox.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:31 UTC

I would talk about nothing else.

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David Bailey @drgdave.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:15 UTC

Yet another reason for every Democrat to use the phrase "convicted felon Donald Trump" every time they mention his name.

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moai 🗿 @the-real-moai.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 01:34 UTC

If anyone ever thought the Republican party cared about objective truth...like the fact that Donald John Trump has been convicted of business fraud in the pursuit of election tampering...they are fooling themselves.

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@citizenstephen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:41 UTC

Don't do the crime if you don't want people to call you a convicted felon on the House floor.

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Puffin @johnhpage.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 21:49 UTC

Can we just say Führer Trump instead?

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brockmeyer.bsky.social @brockmeyer.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 03:41 UTC

Do you earn a "strenuous admonishment" if you clap back with "admonish this, you censorious fascist"?

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Chris F. @fnytv.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:54 UTC

... something, something, "safe space" ...

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@ridder.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:17 UTC

So, maybe a cult?

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Jennifer Winch @jlwinch1.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:27 UTC

Republicans can't handle the truth.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Minority Report from my Right Boob 🏳️‍⚧️ @rowenagold.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 05:26 UTC

Mr Speaker, while awaiting sentencing it is customary to use the term convicted felon when referring to those who have violated the Law of the Land. What alternatives would you recommend instead? Is the term convicted fraudster a reasonable alternative to someone found guilty by a 12 person jury?

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:07 UTC

Do people know about Congress’s slavery gag rules in the 1830s and 1840s? About Laurens Pinckney and John Quincy Adams?

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Scott Greacen @rsgreacen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 21:57 UTC

Can we say he’s … facing extremely long odds now?

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Kim @kimoco.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:56 UTC

Oh hell no, I want every single Democrat to bring this up they cannot pull this BS.

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Mo @moinqueens.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:25 UTC

every democrat should find a way to mention that he's a convicted felon into every conversation

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Pete Rhomberg @prhomberg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 21:57 UTC

Party of “Law and Order” nominates a convicted felon, party of “Free Speech” imposes a gag on the House floor… yeah, that all tracks.

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valOrie p'O @valentinorie.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:38 UTC

#tRUMPconvictedFelon

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mjfrombuffalo @mjfrombuffalo.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

It's a statement of fact. They can say his age and his address and his height, but not that he's been convicted? GTFOOH

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Huh… @capitalistfool.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:25 UTC

Read this gift article to find out how creatively Jamie Raskin is getting around Republican censorship of mentioning Trump's felony convictions.

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Camstone Faux🔜AC’24 @camstonefaux.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 01:49 UTC

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Lighting Rod [Bluesky Older] @yendorcire.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 22:52 UTC

Instead of denying reality, they could try not backing a criminal.

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Joe Sweeney @jsweeney73.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 00:06 UTC

I would have so much fun with that. Gonna throw me out? Dooooo iiiiit. I WANT you to do it.

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The Process Party @processparty.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 01:11 UTC

Sorry but this article conflates a bunch of things (committee vs floor procedure, petitions practice in the 19th century vs modern decorum rules) in order to sell a highly exaggerated narrative. Nothing particularly unprecedented is going on.

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The chicken lady @chickenlady.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 03:59 UTC

Sure. Just like they wanted to ban masks because death doesn't exist.

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Ron Campbell @roncampbell.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 22, 2024 at 05:52 UTC

Democrats should simply mention Joe Biden with the words, "President Biden, who is NOT a convicted felon and is NOT an adjudicated sex offender" and I mean EVERY time.

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