Portman (T - OH) wants the Senate to get back to its work

[ok_cpu]

of ignoring the 400+ pieces of legislation on McTurtle's desk I guess.

https://www.portman.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/portman-statement-witnesses-senate-impeachment-trial

The sham theatrics are worn out, and this great country is smarter than they give us credit.

Let's go to work and make sure they regret their craven fecklessness until the very last one is gone in 2024.

[LonePirate]

1. The only things the Senate has done since Obama left office are approve his judges and tax cuts.

They have done nothing else. There refuse to do anything else.

[bitterross]

3. Well, that is the ONLY work important to the GOP

The only things that are important to them are getting done. Big tax deductions for donors and life-time appointments of judges who will overrule any laws favorable to workers and the environment. Again, big windfalls to their donors - and portfolios.

[dalton99a]

2. The worst do-nothing Senate in American history

[Ohiogal]

4. Portman

just another clown ass kisser ... he disgraces Ohio

He spoke at my one son’s college graduation a few years back and he was all full of himself like he thought he was such a celebrity. I should have brought a box of rotten tomatoes. From where I sat, I think I could have nailed him. It would have been worth getting escorted out by security.

[ok_cpu]

9. To think that he came out in favor of marriage equality in '13 or so

but he's pissed on that by approving every right wing judge presented to him.

[irisblue]

12. His son came out as a gay man. I imagine wife & family pressure forced that

[maxsolomon]

16. Repukes only change when it affects them personally.

Then you're the asshole for reminding them of their hypocrisy.

[irisblue]

17. His op-ed from the Columbus Dispatch

Source--https://www.dispatch.com/article/20130315/OPINION/303159724

More at article

snip--"Two years ago, my son Will, then a college freshman, told my wife, Jane, and me that he is gay. He said he'd known for some time, and that his sexual orientation wasn't something he chose; it was simply a part of who he is. Jane and I were proud of him for his honesty and courage. We were surprised to learn he is gay but knew he was still the same person he'd always been. The only difference was that now we had a more complete picture of the son we love.

At the time, my position on marriage for same-sex couples was rooted in my faith tradition that marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman. Knowing that my son is gay prompted me to consider the issue from another perspective: that of a dad who wants all three of his kids to lead happy, meaningful lives with the people they love, a blessing Jane and I have shared for 26 years."

[maxsolomon]

18. QED

remember Dick Cheney getting huffy when people pointed out his daughter was gay during the DOMA BS?

HOW DARE YOU AWFUL LIBZ BRING CHILDREN INTO IT!

[Ohiogal]

14. Yup.

Excellent point made

[bdamomma]

5. I wonder if tRump will

dismiss the Congress just what Putin did sent them off and he paid them off too.

[asiliveandbreathe]

6. Just a small observation..perhaps a freudian slip, but apt - Portman T-OH..T for traitor

like a T for all of the traitors..or C would work for cowards..

[ok_cpu]

7. Meant the T for party of Trump

but like traitor better. Thanks for the upgrade.

[asiliveandbreathe]

11. Sure..I have one Mcsally (T-AZ) - but not for long..Mark Kelly (D-AZ) - a great man, in the right

place at the right time...

[Poiuyt]

8. I assumed it was T for the Trump Party

They might as well rename it.

[RockaFowler]

10. What work?

The 400 bills laying on McConnell's desk?? Merrick Garland?? Other President Obama judges??

They can all go to hell

[irisblue]

13. Portman is up for reelection in 2022. He is owned by Koch dark money

It is very unlikely he will get a republican challanger.

Ohio Dems are going to need a superstar and lots and lots of money.

[ok_cpu]

15. After we flip the WH this year

my energy is going straight to 2022 and retiring him.