End Schoolyard Politics
We are not paying our representatives to act like bullies in a schoolyard. In November alone, Kevin McCarthy allegedly elbowed one of the representatives who backed his ouster in the kidney. And Senator Markwayne Mullin nearly started a fistfight with Teamsters labor union leader Sean O’Brien, telling him “We can finish it here” and “stand your butt up”—in a Senate hearing!—over a social media spat. The situation deteriorated to the point that the committee chairman, Bernie Sanders, had to tell Mullin, “Stop it. Sit down. Sit down. You’re a United States senator!”
Are these fools the people we elected to represent us and govern this country? It’s like these politicians left their brains behind, along with any sense of dignity or decorum, when they entered the Capitol.
