Rep. Rob Menendez says he’s “had it” with the partisanship of Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee.
A Democratic lawmaker slammed his Republican colleagues over their fealty to Donald Trump on Tuesday night during a marathon 15-hour session on impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border security issues.
Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) said the House Homeland Security Committee has held 17 hearings on the border, but zero full committee hearings on other issues within its jurisdiction such as emergency preparedness, cyber threats, infrastructure protection and more.
“We have not lived up to our oversight obligation here on this committee because you all are obsessed with the border,” he said. “Because you bend the knee to the ‘Orange Jesus’ as you refer to him across the aisle.”
Rips! At least he didn’t “slam” them -
Goddammit
He sparked outrage by torching the GOP. You’ll never believe what happened next
Was ripped a new slam hole! Excoriated!
Slam hole…
Don’t mind if I do
A torch is never mentioned past the title. I’m disappointed every time.
I made a post complaining about political articles using “slam” on Fark back in 2004. I wouldn’t hold your breath that journalists will stop using it anytime soon.
Now I’m sad. Thanks a lot for slamming my dreams of better journalism.
Journalists generally don’t write their headlines. It’s usually copy editors from what I’ve heard.
The only politician I know of who actually slammed anyone was Greg Gianforte. I always feel compelled to throw that reminder out when this comes up.
Jesse The Body Ventura begs to differ.
Loud sigh. You definitely got me there.
That’s not Ventura.
That’s all of mankind.
I mean, Trump himself was slammed by Stone Cold Steve Austin in WWE.
In like 5-10 years lawmakers will be “roasting”. I’d enjoy it if they all did actual roasts outside of the corespondents dinner.
I may have to learn how to make Lemmy bots so I can build a Slamometer. Increments a counter every time a headline says someone slammed something.
I think that’s worth a try. If only to really get an idea of how much it’s used by everyone.
Get some sabre rattling in there too
GOP Representative SLAMMED his dick in a drawer and blamed Democrats for his pain.
You know what’s more boring than journalists recycling metaphors? The inevitable complaints people pay about it every. single. time.
It’s not about being boring. It’s about calling out lazy journalism and this news trend of pretending like anything is changing while no progress actually happens.
This entire article is just saying they got mad and everyone still voted along party lines. That’s a whole lot of nothing for such a sensationalist title.
I’m all for calling that out every single time.
Yeah, fuck people that point out professionals being lazy! Don’t criticize anyone!
Want anything to be better? Well fuck you for wanting that. Amiright?