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Doug Holland @lemmy.world

1mo ago

US Rep Al Green (D-Texas)

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I apparently missed something positive, or forgot it. Who were the first six?
- Democrats around him stayed seated, holdings signs that read “false” and “stop Musk” — in reference to Texas billionaire Elon Musk’s mass firings of federal employees.
  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/article/al-green-ejected-trump-speech-20203095.php
  
  I was aware of Al Green being removed and his stand was exceptional. It is the other six that the meme implies exist that aren't ringing a bell.
  If they are mentioned in that article then I'm blind or misreading.
- It's a ball-park guess, is all. I'm not keeping a spreadsheet. (: My own Democratic Congresscritter hasn't responded to several emails and a letter.

Is he the only member of Congress with a pimp cane?
- Canes have a rich history in Congress
  
  That one helped lead to the civil war, and was wielded by a slaver.
- New band name, "Congressional Pimp"
  
  'I don't know what you heard about me
  But a felon can't get silence outta me
  No hypocrite, no coup, you can't see
  That I'm representative P-I-M-P'
- I bet he's not
- Reminds me of the Caning of Charles Sumner that I learned from school lol
  Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner

Didn’t the last time someone raised cane in congress, someone nearly died over it?

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