QOTD: Huckleberry (as usual)
by digby
You have to wonder how this fellow became a leading voice in the US Senate:
And here’s the first thing I would do if I were president of the United States. I wouldn’t let Congress leave town until we fix this. I would literally use the military to keep them in if I had to. We’re not leaving town until we restore these defense cuts. We are not leaving town until we restore the intel cuts.
This is the guy who is whining daily about the president being a tyrant.
And you’ll note he didn’t say, hold a vote. He said he’d keep the congress under military guard until they did what he wants, which is restore the military cuts. Military cuts he voted for, by the way.
*In case you have any questions about whether a president could actually do this thing, this explainer will fill you in. The answer is, no. Huckleberry is confusing the United States with a fictional banana republic.
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