You know, just a U.S. senator from Indiana throwing out the votes of millions of Americans like it’s no big deal. That’s apparently how Braun felt — that it’s all a meaningless, temporary joke to placate a sensitive loser ...
@indystar Here’s the defining image of Sen. Mike Braun’s shameful political career.
He’s sitting at a desk in the Capitol wearing a gray suit and blue mask. He’s holding a blue pen in his right hand, the tip hovering over a sheet of paper.
'Signing my objection to Arizona electors,' ...
You know, just a U.S. senator from Indiana throwing out the votes of millions of Americans like it’s no big deal. That’s apparently how Braun felt — that it’s all a meaningless, temporary joke to placate a sensitive loser ...
a 'protest vote.' Braun showed up ...
But within a couple hours of Braun’s jovial tweet, Congress would be sheltering in place after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. The trespassers, some of whom were armed, breached
Let’s be clear: Those rioters were Braun’s guests. They arrived in Washington, D.C., broke through barricades and
It’s not just Braun, of course. This dystopia is the product of five years of nearly universal Republican acquiescence to Trump. Wednesday was one of
There is a long list of Indiana Republicans to blame for this historic humiliation, starting with Vice
'It is my considered judgment that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,' Pence wrote in a
Pence is not the only Indiana Republican who acted with honor just before chaos reigned. Sen. Todd Young showed a rare burst of emotion while
explaining to protesters that he would not
'The law matters,' Young said during a heated outdoors interaction in which he repeatedly adjusted his mask and his voice seemed to crack. 'I took an oath under God. Under God, I took an oath. Do we still take that
The exchange came off as performative, yet also an endearingly earnest expression of his conservative values, which have come into direct conflict with the career ambitions of many of his fellow Republicans.
If you followed the weakening of American
It is worth listing their names and remembering their pathetic actions for the rest of their political careers.
Braun, Rep.Jim Banks and Rep.Jackie Walorski had each publicly
Before that, Reps. Trey Hollingsworth, James Baird and Greg Pence, as well as Banks and Walorski, had
signed onto an absurd amicus brief in support of a Texas lawsuit that got
Trump is first and foremost responsible for the reprehensible events that went
Powerful Indiana Republicans, from Pence on down to rank-and-file members of Congress,
As much as we’ll never forget what it looked
End
James Briggs - Indianapolis Star article 1/7/2021
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