On Thursday, an entourage of about 20 accompanied the former president to court. Among them were many lawmakers.

"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports.

“Almost a dozen House Republicans showed up at the courthouse on Thursday…”

“Republicans control the House by such a slim margin, 217-213, that just two defections can sink legislation if all members are present and voting — and just a few absences can erase their majority altogether. The show of support for Mr. Trump from such a large group of members meant that for much of Thursday, the G.O.P. may have handed the floor over to Democrats, leaving themselves exposed on the House floor.”

      • riodoro1@lemmy.world
        35·
        6 months ago

        Have you seen the „both sides bad” posts lately?

        Your election season starts more than a fucking year before the election. Americans are fucked up with their red/blue shit.

        • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
          41·
          6 months ago

          My dude, their election season never fucking ends.

          They make their political shirts, hats and flags part of their fucking wardrobe.

        • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldΕλληνικά
          34·
          6 months ago

          Yeah. Just look at Bob Menendez. All the leftwing media is repeating his talking points, refusing to show/validate statements from the prosecutors, and outright calling the investigation a Republican witch hunt. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians are throwing themselves at his feet, talking about how far America has fallen, that a congressman can no longer line his jacket with money and hide gold bars in his house. I’m sure Biden is going to pardon the guy.

      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
        938·
        6 months ago

        Nah, we treat it like sports teams, that goes for pretty much everyone. Maybe one side more than the other, but make no mistake, both parties treat it like sports teams.

        • cedarmesa@lemmy.world
          182·
          6 months ago

          Youre getting downvoted but if people would take time to consider what you are saying you are just flat wrong so ima go ahead and downvote. Thank you for your service.

          • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
            37·
            6 months ago

            I mean I’m not wrong. I don’t care about downvotes at all. Thanks for commenting and wasting your time letting me know though.

            • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              62·
              6 months ago

              But you are wrong. There are plenty of people that don’t treat it like sport. Maybe you don’t associate with any.

        • Wrench@lemmy.world
          81·
          6 months ago

          I guess its a team sport like if you consider a zombie apolocypse as team survivor vs team undead.

          You have the rabid fascists trying to take this country through any means and actively strip away our rights. Then you have the people resisting them.

          Then we have people like you watching from the sidelines saying both sides are dumb, but will be eaten along with rest if the survivors fail.

          • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
            13·
            6 months ago

            I never said which way I would vote. I completely agree that one side has gone full fascist. That doesn’t mean we don’t treat it like sports. It just so happens right now we have a state of politics in the U.S. right now where if you vote third party you’re basically throwing away your vote making it more likely the Republicans win the elections.

            That doesn’t detract from my point, or make it invalid. We really need ranked choice voting, and then maybe we could stop treating it like sports teams.

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      87·
      6 months ago

      People should take you seriously when Democrats start wearing diapers to support Biden.