SweetSue92
Diamond Member
- Jul 18, 2018
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It's no wonder Congress' approval rating is abysmal. Here you have one Congressman chastising one incoming: remember your place. Remember that you haven't earned a thing, you don't deserve a place of "honor" and I gave you everything you have.
Do any of these ladder-climbers and back-biters realize they work for US? This is infuriating. As a teacher, I too am paid by the taxpayers. The difference is: I see my "constituents" every blessed day, face to face. They can see what I do for their children--and this is how it should be.
These cretins are far, far from their own paycheck-signers and so this is what they care about. Their own egos, committee positions, and making sure the New Girls on the Block knows her place.
Despicable.
PS I am no fan of Ocasio-Cortez, believe me. But if she ends up winning the general in her district, she has earned her place just like Clyburn and should NOT have to answer to him. What is this, anyway? Sheesh.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...t-says-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-would-need-to
Do any of these ladder-climbers and back-biters realize they work for US? This is infuriating. As a teacher, I too am paid by the taxpayers. The difference is: I see my "constituents" every blessed day, face to face. They can see what I do for their children--and this is how it should be.
These cretins are far, far from their own paycheck-signers and so this is what they care about. Their own egos, committee positions, and making sure the New Girls on the Block knows her place.
Despicable.
PS I am no fan of Ocasio-Cortez, believe me. But if she ends up winning the general in her district, she has earned her place just like Clyburn and should NOT have to answer to him. What is this, anyway? Sheesh.
South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn sent a warning shot Wednesday toward a likely incoming freshman who beat one of Clyburn’s fellow members of House leadership in a primary, suggesting she may have a long wait before she has a chance at leadership.
Clyburn, who is the number three Democrat in the House of Representatives, directed the comments at Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York candidate who beat Rep. Joe Crowley last month in an upset.
“I would ask her to remember how long I had to wait to get here,” Clyburn said on BuzzFeed News’ AM to DM on Wednesday morning when asked if Ocasio-Cortez would have to wait for her turn at seniority.
“Let’s not forget the history of all of this,” said Clyburn. “And I think that all of the folks who have that mentality seem not to give much respect to those of us who sat in jails, as I did, so that they would have the kind of activities or the kinds of rights that they have today.”
“So do I get any credit for being on the cutting edge of all of that? Or should the credit go to my children and grandchildren who are the beneficiaries of it? I think that we have to balance this out.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...t-says-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-would-need-to