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mopinko

(70,202 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 04:29 PM Jan 2017

can we please have john lewis as the head of the impeachment committee? please??

ya, i know, rules, majorities, consequences.
here in my alt reality, tho, john lewis is the man w the gavel.
picture it.
breathe.

we are all gonna need a little alternative facts place to go when we cant take it any more.
this is where you will find me.


ps, i just called jan schakowsky's office and left this as a message. w an lol, sorta, kinda.
i am sure she will be amused when she sees it.
so, here is my extra 20 seconds that i am going to take action on today.
i am adding that phone number to my contacts.
there. todays action.

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can we please have john lewis as the head of the impeachment committee? please?? (Original Post) mopinko Jan 2017 OP
John Lewis has always saidsimplesimon Jan 2017 #1
From my twitter feed Gothmog Jan 2017 #2
John Lewis is not a member of the House Judiciary Committee. longship Jan 2017 #3

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
1. John Lewis has always
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 04:39 PM
Jan 2017

carried a heavy load. It is our turn to give him a hand. That includes other members of Congress willing to stand up to the task at hand.

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longship

(40,416 posts)
3. John Lewis is not a member of the House Judiciary Committee.
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 06:05 PM
Jan 2017

And the ranking member of that committee currently is John Conyers, who was on the same committee when they voted for articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon in 1974.

But I would support Lewis also being on that committee.

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