All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Kevinroc]

Doesn't look like the House or Senate will be called tonight.

[Username taken]

Interestingly, the main reason the democrats are this competitive is because of youth vote.

I read that the youth vote was about 65% or so for the democrats.

There’s still hope for America yet.

[CaptainEurope]

Media spin is currently that it is a disappointing night for Republicans, even if they win both the House and the Senate.

Senate majority might not be clear until after a runoff in Georgia. It's deja vu all over again.

[CaptainEurope]

89 year old Chuck Grassley (R) wins re-election to the U.S. Senate in Iowa, so that the governor can enthrone his son in a few month.

[CaptainEurope]

In 2016, 2017, 2018, and in 2019, that “Crazy/Stupid Republican of the Day” presented profiles of the eleven-term U.S. House Representative for Ohio’s 1st Congressional District, Steve Chabot, who felt it necessary during Congressional testimony regarding Hillary Clinton’s e-mails from former Attorney Genereal Loretta Lynch to give her a history lesson about that time that Bill Clinton was receiving fellatio from Monica Lewinsky, and they went and tried impeaching the president. What does that have to do with Hillary Clinton’s e-mails, or Hillary Clinton, directly at all, you ask? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. But for whatever reason, Chabot thought it relevant to remind everyone that Bill Clinton got a hummer in the Oval Office one upon a time, just in case Loretta Lynch or the public had never heard before.That isn’t entirely an isolated incident regarding Hillary Clinton getting smeared by Rep. Chabot, though, as after several Benghazi hearings through the past three or four years that have turned up no evidence of any wrongdoing, no rumored “stand down” order, and no evidence that an order to send in the military would have saved the lives of any of the four people who died in the attack on the embassy, he still has told the public that a “smoking gun” proving Clinton’s involvement was criminal was found.

But don’t worry, he doesn’t save his baseless accusations for Hillary Clinton alone. When news first broke over the supposed “IRS Scandal” (which ended up not showing any targeting of conservative groups, specifically by the IRS), Steve Chabot seized on the opportunity to wonder “How high up does this go?” and insinuating that it was on an order that went all the way to the Obama White House.

This isn’t to say that Rep. Chabot is a boy scout, himself exactly. Shortly after he was re-elected back into office in the 2010 Tea Party Wave, he hosted his first town hall in his district (while his fellow Republicans were in the process of gerrymandering to make more favorable to him by the 2012 elections). And during that 2011 Town Hall, Chabot ordered police present to begin confiscating cameras so that no one could photograph or film what was happening for “security reasons” that were never explained… Chabot apparently wanted to control what might get out and onto Youtube, also taking care to only allow pre-screened questions to be asked by those present. This plan to restrict his constituent’s rights backfired because it was caught on camera by the media, whose cameras were NOT confiscated.

Anyway, over his decades in the House, Chabot has one of the more partisan records not just for legislation he’s supported, including being a co-sponsor of the Defense of Marriage Act, voting for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for lying about having an affair with Monica Lewinsky,voting for a constitutional amendment to allow government buildings to erect monuments of the Ten Commandments, and an amendment to ban same-sex marriage. He has voted for a myriad of strict anti-choice legislation, has twice tried to defund Planned Parenthood, and is so conservative in terms of pro-life that he voted for the Terry Schiavo Incapacitated Persons bill. Chabot’s record on bank legislation is disastrous, as he voted for the Gramm-Leach-Billey Act, which repeals key parts of the Glass-Steagall Financial Regulation Act, and opens the door for big banks to create the 2007 Sub-Prime Mortgage Housing Crisis, and against Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, to resolve that crisis. He voted for the Iraq War Resolution in 2002. Chabot voted for the 2013 Government Shutdown, and then voted to keep the government closed when the time came to reopen it.

Back in 1998 Chabot was more than happy defend the integrity of the investigators who were rabidly digging into every aspect of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s lives in the hopes of getting them impeached… that same guy suddenly would like to point out that the investigators working on the Mueller investigation show some signs of bias because 9 of them at some point in their careers donated money to Democratic candidates, and not a single member of Mueller’s team has ever donated money to Donald Trump’s political campaigns. Never mind that Mueller himself, and most of his investigators are registered as Republicans, or that it’s perfectly legal for them to donate money to whatever political campaign they choose… suddenly, twenty years after he wanted the Lewinsky investigation to be declared non-partisan… NOW Steve Chabot can’t believe FBI investigators would be above reproach when hunting for the truth about Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluding with Russians to get him elected.

Well, outside of that, his voting record also shows he’s a partisan hack:

• January 23rd, 2019: Rep. Chabot voted against HR 648, because he was gleeully enjoying the longest government shutdown in history.
• February 28th, 2019: Steve Chabot votes against HR 1112, a bill which would have required universal background checks on all firearm purchases, and close the gun show loophole.
• March 14th, 2019: Rep. Chabot votes against HJR 46, which sane members of Congress voted for to reject Donald Trump’s “national emergency” regarding the U.S. border and his attempts to reallocate funds for a border wall without Congressional approval.
• April 4th, 2019: Steve Chabot is one of 158 Republicans who choose to vote against the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act, likely because they feel the 2nd Amendment remaining absolute is more important than preventing people with a history of domestic abuse from owning a firearm (which statistics show, makes them more likely to use those firearms against women in their lives).
• May 17th, 2019: Chabot votes against The Equality Act, which would have prevented discrimination towards Americans based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
• June 4th, 2019: Rep. Chabot votes against the Dreamers Act, because he’s too xenophobic and partisan to care about immigration reform.
• July 16th, 2019: Steve Chabot votes against a resolution to condemn Donald Trump for his racist statements that four people of color in Congress should “go back where they came from”.
• December 18th, 2019: Chabot ignores his Congressional duty to hold a president who has been proven to commit high crimes and misdemeanors accountable and votes against the impeachment of Donald Trump.
• May 15th, 2020: Chabot votes against the HEROES Act, to further support the healthcare industry and citizens affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ohio’s 1st Congressional District has a +5 Republican lean, and Chabot barely survived re-election in 2018, only netting 51% of the vote. He is an utter hypocrite for having voted for the impeachment of Bill Clinton, but refusing to even consider doing so for Donald Trump, and his only defense is the lies Donald Trump has told “weren’t under oath”. Please note, he at least acknowledges Trump lies about committing crimes. And he doesn’t care.

His opponent this November is someone we really could use in Congress right now… Kate Schroder, whose career background is “public health professional” and HOT DAMN we’d love t see her go toe to toe with Rep. Chabot in a debate about his votes in regards to the ACA, Covid-19 stimulus, and overall, what should have been done to help stop the spread of the virus when the Trump administration utterly has botched the response to it at every turn.

Chabot’s been floating around Washington since the 1990s, and when it comes to putting an end to his partisan derangement, there’s no time like the present.

This guy lost, a pick up for Democrats in the House.

[Tendrin]

Dems on track to lose the house, yeah, but surprising picks ups elsewhere.

Also, pointedly: all six races the dems were accused of propping up election deniers at great risk, the dems have gone on to win.

[Username taken]

Dems on track to lose the house, yeah, but surprising picks ups elsewhere.

Also, pointedly: all six races the dems were accused of propping up election deniers at great risk, the dems have gone on to win.

Conservative Reddit is melting down. This wasn’t what they expected.

Yes, dems will ultimately lose out but it’s not looking like a wash at all.

Anyhow, if the GOP really want to make progress than Trump can’t be the face of their party.

[Panfoot]

Conservative Reddit is melting down. This wasn’t what they expected.

Yes, dems will ultimately lose out but it’s not looking like a wash at all.

Anyhow, if the GOP really want to make progress than Trump can’t be the face of their party.

The real worry is the now very emboldened DeSantis, who may actually be worse than Trump, will absolutely become the new face of the party. The only hope may ironically be Trumps ego making him tear down the party as they veer away from him.

[AnakinFlair]

They are calling Pennsylvania for Fetterman

[Kevinroc]

https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1590220564093886464

BREAKING: Democrat John Fetterman wins U.S. Senate race in Pennsylvania, NBC News projects. https://nbcnews.to/3UihhEy

[Emperor-of-Dragons]

A lot of Texans on twitter are saying different things about Beto. But the top things are;

He actually ran a terrible campaign, won't listen to his advisors, come to black voters late and expect a miracle, the local Democrats are terrible (a similar complaint I heard about other states too, like florida and South Carolina).

[Username taken]

A lot of Texans on twitter are saying different things about Beto. But the top things are;

He actually ran a terrible campaign, won't listen to his advisors, come to black voters late and expect a miracle, the local Democrats are terrible (a similar complaint I heard about other states too).

I heard the democrats in Florida are a complete mess too.

But Texans…and I’m sorry to say this are brain broken.

My understanding is that Ulvade went to Abbott by 17 points. How on God’s green earth does this happen?

[Emperor-of-Dragons]

I heard the democrats in Florida are a complete mess too.

But Texans…and I’m sorry to say this are brain broken.

My understanding is that Ulvade went to Abbott by 17 points. How on God’s green earth does this happen?

Yup......*shakes head*

[Username taken]

The real worry is the now very emboldened DeSantis, who may actually be worse than Trump, will absolutely become the new face of the party. The only hope may ironically be Trumps ego making him tear down the party as they veer away from him.

The media too is pushing up DeSantis.

They did some thing similar with Bush in the year 2000. Honestly, DeSantis will be hard to best because he’s like Trump minus the overt lunacy.

That being said, the voting pattern today has given me hope. I believe a lot more people will be engaged during the presidential election cycle and the stakes generally feel higher for a lot of people.

[Tendrin]

GOP anti-trans overreach is having some real impact on school board races, with anti-trans candidates getting denied and booted from office across the country.

https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/st...13733841743872