House Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer had some interesting things to say in the courtroom today:
US House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) is in the courtroom right now stating that the US is at war with Russia and that, as we are “in wartime”, Republicans should not criticize. Biden.
Are you already paying attention?
– The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 13, 2022
Well are you?
Here’s the video so you can hear Hoyer in person:
Whip Representative of the House Majority Steny Hoyer:
“It’s a shame that in wartime, we spend all our time blaming our own president.” pic.twitter.com/iOUocSBX52
– Greg Price (@ greg_price11) May 13, 2022
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– Greg Price (@ greg_price11) May 13, 2022
Oh. We have some things to unpack here. Let’s start with the obvious: “in time of war”.
This is his story, and he sticks to it:
US House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD): “I know there’s a lot of politics here, but we’re at war.” pic.twitter.com/M2ciNxiEoK
– The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 13, 2022
This is great news for us.
are we at war ??
– Moke (@ Moke453) May 13, 2022
Who was declared?
– GM (@jatamanssi) May 13, 2022
I didn’t know we were at war … did congress make this statement?
– David Scott (@davescottreal) May 13, 2022
We don’t remember hearing anything.
Are we at war? when it happened, I must have lost it!
– Gigili Tartufati 🍷⚾️ 🇺🇸🍊 (@SillyMetsFan) May 13, 2022
Wait, did this Democratic congressman just confirm that the United States is at war? https://t.co/g87yydK7CD
– Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) May 13, 2022
We wouldn’t say he confirmed it, no, but Steny Hoyer does they seem to have the impression that we are fighting a war.
What the hell. We did not vote for the war. https://t.co/zCSKpV766Q
– Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 13, 2022
Hoyer also seems to get the impression that we are not allowed to criticize the president during a war, which is the other part of his remarks that strikes us.
Apparently – according to Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer – we are “in wartime”, which makes criticisms of our president “unfortunate”.
I didn’t realize the US was at war (OK, I did), but even so, that’s really no reason to refrain from criticizing Joe Biden: https://t.co/anUM5z7g6B
– Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 13, 2022
Was there even a declaration of war against people blaming Joe Biden for the things Joe Biden did?
dissent:
(a) patriotic
(b) unpatriotic
(c) depends on who the president is https://t.co/eJbSOgtdw3– David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) May 13, 2022
The answer, of course, is (c). So much (D) epen (D) s on who is the prize (D) ent.
The first 8 years of the war on terror that is all his part did🤡
– Kate Austin (@ KateAus1976) May 13, 2022