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riversedge

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Wed Jul 29, 2020, 04:50 PM Jul 2020

Rep Mucarsel-Powell, D, FL tells Louie Gohmert, R, Tx he is a bad example for his constituents.....





Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell @RepDMP
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, my 80-year-old mother lives with me. Our chairman’s wife has cancer.

By refusing to wear a mask, you‘ve put them, staff & your colleagues at risk. You also set a terrible example for constituents who see your actions as permission to also act carelessly.


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And a different topic from Rep Mucarsel-Powell..............


Mucarsel-Powell sets off Twitter fight after comparing Portland protests to Venezuela


https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article244556132.html

By Alex Daugherty
July 28, 2020 07:22 PM , Updated 7 hours 22 minutes ago


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“Look at these videos for one second,” Mucarsel-Powell said to Barr, referring to a video of protests from both Venezuela and Portland. “We have seen violence in Venezuela at the hands of Maduro. Firing tear gas at protesters and using brutal tactics to crush demonstrations. That’s what we see from dictators on both the left and the right. But it’s hard to distinguish those photos from the events and what we’ve seen by U.S. federal police in Portland tear gassing and breaking the bones of a peacefully protesting U.S. Army veteran. Very similar.”

Miami Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, who was not at the hearing, quickly responded.


“I am shocked that she is unable to distinguish between the actions of the honorable men and women in law enforcement who risk their lives to defend the rule of law, and Maduro’s thugs who oppress, torture, and kill on behalf of a murderous, anti-American dictatorship,” Diaz-Balart tweeted. “Mucarsel-Powell should apologize immediately for her disgraceful insults to those who risk their lives to secure the rights and freedoms that we cherish, and who serve to protect the lives and property of Americans.”

Mucarsel-Powell, the first member of Congress born in South America, tweeted back with a video of Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee’s top Republican, asking House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler during the hearing whether the video was shot in the U.S. or Venezuela.

“I just want a clarification,” Jordan said.
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Read more here: https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article244556132.html#storylink=cpy

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Rep Mucarsel-Powell, D, FL tells Louie Gohmert, R, Tx he is a bad example for his constituents..... (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2020 OP
All Republicans can just go pound salt. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2020 #1
yes, and I hope the sand gets into their eyes, nose mouth. riversedge Jul 2020 #4
Goober Gohmert is a pilonidal cyst. Wonder if covid will drain him. ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2020 #2
He has definitely earned his disease. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #5
F-ing gym jordon, grow up you pathetic excuse for a man Miigwech Jul 2020 #3
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