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I cannot apologize for my passion or for loving my God, my family, and my country,No one is asking you to apologize for loving God, Congressman Yoho.
As a person who claims the mantle of Christianity, you might want to apologize to Jesus.
Matthew 5:22
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Those are words from the founding document of Mr. Yoho's religion. Speaking as a cynic of religion, I reserve my judgement for the virtue signalling associated with Mr. Yoho's supposed courage in declaring his faith.
Unlike Stephen the Martyr, you won't suffer a barrage of rocky missiles for declaring your association with the Christian faith, Mr. Yoho. You don't deserve brownie points for loving your family or a Medal of Honor for loving your country.
The majority of the human race feels love for their individual families and every single person you despise in Congress is there because they love their country. They wouldn't be putting in the effort to work along side of you if they didn't.
And--not to take anything away from Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez--but George Floyd undoubtedly loved his family. He left behind a daughter and he called out for his mother with his last breath. Lt. Col Alexander Vindman loves his country. That's why he chose to serve in our military. And that's why he chose to risk his military career to speak Truth to Powder and honor our democracy.
You may have tried to position yourself as a brave stalwart of decency and righteousness when you chose to evoke God, Family and Country in your statement regarding your recent behavior, Mr. Yoho. But the truth is, when you were asked to do something difficult--namely, own up to your words and actions--you betrayed yourself for the hypocritical coward that you are.
Beakybird
(3,333 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)... God did not put those words in his mouth... he should realize they were channeled from a much lower source.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)How nice of him.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,192 posts)The Wizard
(12,547 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,364 posts)Thou shalt name thine opposing party's females with insults and disrespect most foul.
Polly Hennessey
(6,804 posts)God, family, and country is a dead giveaway for defining a miserable, psycho lump of humanity.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Unfortunately, that dangerous lunatic is my congressman. Hopefully, we get better in November, but being in a red district, I am not optimistic.
onetexan
(13,058 posts)So in this sick logic demeaning a woman with slurs is OK. There's an expression: "What you're filled with inside will overflow to the outside." This type of misogynist, abusive behavior towards women doesn't just happen. It's nurtured. Men usually mirror their fathers' bad behavior. We've yet to see Yahoo's wife & daughters come out in his defense and i don't doubt during his growing up years he probably witnessed his dad call his mom such pejoratives. It's likely that's the kind of language he subjects his wife & daughters to at home.
Salviati
(6,008 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Freethinker65
(10,048 posts)My god supports calling Yoho a pandering ignorant misogynistic piece of shit.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,166 posts)admit you're wrong, and apologize. What an outstanding character trait to pass along to the members of your own family and your voters, who now seen you in the harsh light of reality when you caught red handed.
I seriously think that you need to be thrown out of office, since you seem to have hostility towards quite a few people. Hostility doesn't make bills or get things negotiated to a fair and equable agreement among all players in a conference room and that's one of the main purposes you're there in Washington, DC, to negotiate bills on behalf of all of your voters.
Do the job you were sent to Washington DC for.
Or resign. Show everybody that you can be a man and do the right thing, but unfortunately, I don't think this is going to happen, being that your entire republican party seems to be stuck in "I know I'm wrong but being the d**khead I'm am, I'll never admit I'm wrong!".
Sneederbunk
(14,300 posts)mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)If a woman is smarter than the man, shes a fucking bitch?
The Word, according to trump.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Such an asshole.
blakstoneranger
(333 posts)I'll bet dollars to donuts he's having an affair on his wife and it's probably with a man.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)and proved it with his choice of words. He should resign in shame. That won't happen, I get it, but it should happen. Repiggies have no shame. They do what they want, say what they want without anticipation of regret or consequence - they face neither.
Grins
(7,228 posts)For some, see the movie, Animal House.
paleotn
(17,956 posts)Mariana
(14,860 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)Talk about trying to change the subject Mr. Yoho. From his calling A.O.C. a fucking bitch to
his belief in a deity as the real subject.
Why did I know he would look like this?
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)"Love Of God" never impresses me, even when it may seem sincere.
bringthePaine
(1,732 posts)Dios Mio
(429 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,456 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)I am agnostic and it's twisted 'Christians' like him that make me never ever want to become one.
Apologies to those Christians who practice what their founder preached.
Dios Mio
(429 posts)is the only female he has ever fooled I bet.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Not a fan of religion, and I love it people with more knowledge of the scriptures use them to turn on the so-called true believers. Who almost certainly haven't read the bible from cover to cover.
packman
(16,296 posts)ancianita
(36,133 posts)Mustellus
(328 posts)from burning to death.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)Especially those pesky words in red.
Especially ones like these
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)You have to understand Yoko's bible is covered in dust - kinda like his heart.
ck4829
(35,091 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,661 posts)DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Collimator
(1,639 posts)display towards money is fascinating given that the Bible they claim to follow specifically states that the love of money is the root of all evil.
Please note: that's the "love of" ,not the substance itself. Other Bible trivia for the uninformed (often those who purport to follow it closely) is that there is no mention of an apple in the story of The Fall and the last book of the Christian Bible is named "Revelation", singular, not "Revelations".
Sorry for pontificating, but those are little peeves of mine.
hunter
(38,326 posts)Women who reject him make him small.
Like cold water.
czarjak
(11,289 posts)paleotn
(17,956 posts)They don't give shit about god, their families or their country. This group of trash would sell their mothers for power and cash. Don't believe one goddamn thing they say.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)jmowreader
(50,562 posts)TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)Collimator
(1,639 posts)Of course, when she does it, she is a "fucking bitch". When Donald Trump does it, he is the God-ordained President.