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Category Archives: Republican hypocrisy
Baby Formula Vote Exposes Iowa Republican Lies
Perhaps like many of you, I get an email newsletter usually on Sunday night from our local congress member Mariannette Miller-Meeks. This week it came on Monday. My guess as to why is that the congress member had to spend … Continue reading
What They Say; What They Do
Ah, Republicans. Newspapers, TV and radio seem to always have a quote or two from Republicans to highlight some story. Unfortunately newspapers, TV and radio seldom do a followup to see how what they say matches up with what they … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Charles Grassley, Republican hypocrisy, SCOTUS
Tagged Ashley Hinson, Christina Bohannan, contempt of congress, insulin, Liz Mathis, Marianette Miller-Meeks
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Iowa’s Republican House Delegation Votes To Default
Once again Iowa’s Republican members of the US House shamed the state by voting not to raise the debt ceiling and thus cause the US to default on its debts. This was not a vote to spend more money, but … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged Ashley Hinson, debt ceiling, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Randy Feenstra
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Covid Kim Taking Undeserved Credit
This seems to be a recurring theme in the Republican Party. Democrats do the hard work of drafting and passing legislation over the near unanimous opposition from Republicans. Then when programs are put in place, Republicans jump in front of … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Covid-19, Kim Reynolds, Republican hypocrisy
Tagged religious exemptions for covid vaccines
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Weaponizing Covid
Why has the right chosen Covid-19 to use as an issue divide the country in what has become known as “the culture wars?” Also, why have they chosen to use the Covid-19 virus as their weapon of choice in this … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Covid-19, Kim Reynolds, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged children under 12 can't be vaccinated, forcing children into virus classrooms, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, vaccinations
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Why The Change In Republican Vaccine Stance?
Many of us were surprised early this week when one of the spokesmen against getting vaccinated against the corona virus came out swinging saying that people should get vaccinated: “Just like we’ve been saying, please take COVID seriously. Enough people … Continue reading
Posted in Covid-19, Republican hypocrisy
Tagged cost of misinformation, France, Hannity, Macron, Republican Policy change, Steve Doocey, Steve Scalise
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Noise, Noise, Noise
One of the things most of us hoped for following four years of lies, four years of mismanagement and outright illegal activities by the Trump administration was some competent leadership and a bit of quiet time away from the constant … Continue reading
Posted in Biden-Harris, Covid-19, media, Racism in America, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged critical race theory, flood the zone with shit
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Here We Go Again – Right Says America “Can’t Afford” Infrastructure
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: In response to questions of why she opposed President Biden’s infrastructure plan even though she submitted requests for several projects for her district, Congress member Mariannette Miller-Meeks ponied up the old tried … Continue reading
Posted in Biden-Harris, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged GI bill, infrastructure, infrastructure investment, interstate highway system, Marianette Miller-Meeks, Republican talking points, War on Terror
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Voice Vote Hides Cowardice
We Need To Know How Our Representative Stands – For or Against The Big Lie? Wednesday morning The Republican Party made a show of one of the biggest acts of cowardice this democracy has seen in a long while. In … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged Kevin McCarthy, Liz Cheney, Marianette Miller-Meeks
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A Rant From Thom Hartmann
Radio broadcaster and best selling author Thom Hartmann treated the country to this rant Thursday morning. Hartmann takes on the insanity and incongruity of what passes for Republican “thinking” these days. Like many who read here, I can not understand … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, 2022 Election campaign, Republican hypocrisy
Tagged republican lies
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