• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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    9 months ago

    In a “Dear Colleague” letter to lawmakers over the weekend, [Mike] Johnson attacked senators for excluding him and the House from bipartisan negotiations over a border security deal, which is expected to be paired with aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.

    Whenever I see something like this, I think of an ER staffer who was telling the story of a violent patient who punched a nurse. The man was instantly pounced on by doctors, nurses, and hospital security, who restrained him in ways he interpreted as hostile and unfair.

    She said: “He reacted with shock and outrage, as if we were old friends who had just betrayed him.”

    Don’t be a dick and then get outraged if people react accordingly.

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      9 months ago

      Plus, there is a process for the house to weigh in on senate bills. They two chambers have to come to an agreement on any bill before it passes. He literally would always have a say in it, just later in the process.

      Him whining about not being extended a courtesy is just pathetic.