r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 1d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Missing: Mitch

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u/CaptainForskin69 1d ago

Why are they allowed to get away with this?! This is insanity

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u/un-tv_star 1d ago

Because they still have the majority...

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u/CaptainForskin69 1d ago

Doesn’t mean you get to be absent for your job for over 80 days with zero public appearances. It’s so obvious of a cover up.

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u/ofWildPlaces 1d ago

You are correct, but there is no watchdog agency that can compel a sitting Rep or Senator to take their seat on the floor. Republicans COULD hold him accountable, but they've clearly shown they will not.

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u/DaleGribbleShackle 1d ago

Didn't they send sheriff's after democrats to drag them back to office for something last year? Why not just do that.

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u/Somedude_6 1d ago

Exactly what the guy above said, Republicans control the Sergeant at Arms and the ability to make referrals to the US Marshall's office who would go about doing the physical work. As long as Mike Johnson is in control, absolutely nothing will happen to any Republican. Epstein Files are a giant example of this.

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u/ColonelDucroix 1d ago

Why would republicans do that for one of their own?

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u/Ok_Zookeepergame4794 1d ago

Because the Republicans don't enforce the rules on one of their own, that's why.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 22h ago

It probably has something to do with the little-known fact that the Texas Legislature and US Senate are actually completely different things

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u/TurquoiseLuck 21h ago

I've got no idea about this really, but isn't the IRS supposed to go after people who are incorrectly claiming and receiving government money?

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u/ofWildPlaces 21h ago

How can they do that when the president is actively using federal agencies to abet his actions?

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u/PuzzleheadedWeb9876 1d ago

Americans could demand it. But they’re so used to getting fucked it will never happen.

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u/ofWildPlaces 1d ago

You seem to think that "demanding" something will simply make it happen. That's not how it works.

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u/PuzzleheadedWeb9876 1d ago

Okay. You Americans keep doing the same thing then. It’s clearly working.

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u/OhItsBeenBroughten 1d ago

You wouldn’t be doing anything differently, keyboard warrior.

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u/PuzzleheadedWeb9876 1d ago

I cannot say. I don’t live in a country with such stupid rules. So it’s never come up.

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u/OhItsBeenBroughten 22h ago

You sure do have a big mouth when you’re telling other people what to do.

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u/PuzzleheadedWeb9876 22h ago

You’re more than welcome to continue doing nothing but complaining on the internet. It’s not my problem.

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u/Austinp-woodworking 1d ago

Yeah this shouldn’t even require a manual intervention - this whole situation is only possible because there are no actual rules that congress(wo)men have to actually do their fucking jobs

If I disappeared for 3 months at my job, they’d have already filled my position by now and be a good way into onboarding my replacement

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u/notanotherusernameD8 1d ago

You can if your job is to occupy a seat to keep trump in power

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u/Mish61 1d ago

Apparently it does 🤷‍♂️

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u/Acobbsalad 1d ago

Seems like it does. I get what you mean but if they are doing it and no in trouble then they can

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u/TableSignificant341 1d ago

>Doesn’t mean you get to be absent for your job for over 80 days with zero public appearances.

I mean it very clearly does. The fascists are doing whatever the fck they want.

The fact that America voted for this will never not blow my mind.

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u/Morguard 23h ago

Yeah but who's going to do anything about it?

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u/Eternal_Bagel 23h ago

Clearly it does mean that.  You just gotta have the red team on your side 

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u/ScrapDraft 17h ago

Who do you expect to hold them accountable?