John:
This is a hot mess!
When Democrats won a narrow 4 vote majority in the 2020 general election, we immediately unified under the brilliant leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and without missing a beat we certified the election despite being interrupted by the Trump inspired Jan. 6 insurrection. Over the next 2 years we went on to pass the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and other important and consequential legislation. History will show the last session of Congress to have been the most productive session in modern history.
Republicans won a narrow majority in the House in the midterm elections, and what do they do with it? They bring the people’s House to a standstill, unable to elect a Speaker over 11 roll call votes.
Republican Kevin McCarthy was so sure he would be Speaker that he’s taking the phrase “prematurely measuring the drapes” to a whole new level—he’s not only worried about the drapes; he seems to be moving all his stuff in, too!
While Kevin dreams of that beautiful Mall view, we’re locked in a floor fight over who the next Speaker will be, and there’s no end in sight. The last time this happened was a century ago, and it happened with regularity during the 1850s—when the South was rallying around slavery and the Supreme Court issued the Dred Scott decision, in which Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote that Black Americans were not entitled to the protections of the Constitution.
Just last month, the Democratic Congress voted to remove a bust of Taney from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the Capitol. Now, Republicans are intent on taking us back to Taney’s time. If they get a stranglehold on the legislative agenda, it looks like we will be treated to endless dysfunction and bad ideas.
We will stand against them. Please chip in a $5 donation to start building now to take back the majority and stop the Republican MAGA extremists from determining the course of our history. We are NOT GOING BACK!
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Thank you, John.
– Hank HQ
Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the middle class.
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