We’ve all heard about how Matt Gaetz led a ham-handed effort to disrupt a hearing that was taking place in a secured and classified room. But who were the ones who joined him in this stunt?
Well, Gaetz was kind enough to supply a list of the 41 toddlers who joined him today. So here they are, annotated with their districts.
- Matt Gaetz (FL-01)
- Steve Scalise (LA-01)
- Jim Jordan (OH-05)
- Mark Walker (NC-06)
- Andy Biggs (AZ-05)
- Lee Zeldin (NY-01)
- Mo Brooks (AL-05)
- Mark Meadows (NC-11)
- Kevin Hern (OK-01)
- Paul Gosar (AZ-04)
- Steve Watkins (KS-02)
- Debbie Lesko (AZ-08)
- Russ Fulcher (ID-01)
- Buddy Carter (GA-01)
- Steve King (IA-04)
- Bill Johnson (OH-06)
- Fred Keller (PA-12)
- Brian Babin (TX-36)
- Ken Buck (CO-04)
- Michael Waltz (FL-06)
- Ralph Norman (SC-05)
- Louie Gohmert (TX-01)
- Mark Green (TN-07)
- Carol Miller (WV-03)
- Vicky Hartzler (MO-04)
- Alex Mooney (WV-02)
- Jeff Duncan (SC-03)
- Drew Ferguson (GA-03)
- Gary Palmer (AL-06)
- Jody Hice (GA-10)
- Duncan Hunter (CA-50)
- Ross Spano (FL-15)
- Bradley Byrne (AL-01)
- David Rouzer (NC-07)
- Markwayne Mullin (OK-02)
- Randy Weber (TX-14)
- Pete Olson (TX-22)
- Ron Wright (TX-06)
- Scott Perry (PA-10)
- Greg Murphy (NC-03)
- Ben Cline (VA-06)
Some of the usual suspects, sadly. Many of these tailenders were among those who voted against the resolution to condemn the Syria withdrawal.
Just by eyeballing it, Zeldin, Spano, Perry, Waltz, King and Hunter are the only ones who are even remotely in danger next year. Olson, who holds Tom DeLay’s old seat, is retiring, and his seat is going to be very competitive. All of the others, for the most part, represent districts that are R+10 or worse.
If you live in any of these maroons’ districts, raise hell with them. This was stupid, dangerous and illegal. It would be outrageous if anyone from our side did this, and it’s outrageous here.
I initially thought we should censure the lot of them. But a friend in one of my Facebook groups suggested we should only push for censuring the ringleaders, Gaetz and Scalise. More I think about it, this makes sense. After all, Scalise is House Minority Whip, and censuring the #2 Republican in the chamber is a BFD.
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019 · 11:58:25 PM +00:00
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Christian Dem in NC
To clarify—I would prefer that every one of these 42 clowns be censured. But at an absolute minimum, censure Gaetz and Scalise for leading it. Indeed, Scalise looks far worse than Gaetz here. As minority whip, he chould have shut this down with one word, and didn't. In other words, Steve, you were supposed to LEAD.
Thursday, Oct 24, 2019 · 12:33:59 AM +00:00
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Christian Dem in NC
Glen the Plumber notes in the comments (per Empty Wheel) that Buck, Gosar, Green, Hice, Jordan, Keller, Miller, Meadows, Norman, Perry, Wright and Zeldin are all on committees carrying out the depositions. In other words, they were already allowed to participate—and could have easily briefed their colleagues with the broad lines of what was going on. In other words—this was a publicity stunt, and they bleepity-bleeping knew it.