What kind of retaliation do Republicans need to grasp that it is not too late to speak out against the party of thugs they empowered--until they can't speak at all? "Four death threats... because you're not supporting Jim Jordan?" -Kristen Welker "That's right." -Former GOP congressman Ken Buck - ThreadSky

mindcite.bsky.social • 7 days ago

What kind of retaliation do Republicans need to grasp that it is not too late to speak out against the party of thugs they empowered--until they can't speak at all?

"Four death threats... because you're not supporting Jim Jordan?" -Kristen Welker

"That's right." -Former GOP congressman Ken Buck

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doug-profitt.bsky.social•6 days ago

So, everyday Americans are afraid that their savings, retirement, and healthcare are being stolen by Trump, Musk, and DOGE, plus the real possibility of being kidnapped and taken to a concentration camp in El Salvador, and these fuckers, who could actually STOP it, are afraid that people are pissed?

brigitteturi.bsky.social•6 days ago

Start caucusing with the other side! Stand together in rule of laws you all can agree on that! Stand effing together and your constituents will support. You are standing up for them!

dianejohnson13.bsky.social•6 days ago

They need to ask our children how they cope with the threat of violence everyday in their schools.

a-starry-knight.bsky.social•6 days ago

Safety in numbers, GOP! Those of you afraid, stay together, make your Dem colleagues aware & seek help, or go independent...

But, inaction & ceding your power is NOT a viable option. You're not only betraying your oath of office, but the situation will only get more dangerous, like ignoring cancer.

lewgriff.bsky.social•6 days ago

GOP are either cowards or complicit. It’s up to everyone else to speak up, use the press, and whatever legal means necessary at the ballot box to thwart MAGA. Soldiers go to war and die for the US,
Congress members whining about not being re-elected and threats is an insult. Do your job

wallyr345.bsky.social•6 days ago

Murkowski
Should
Resign
💙💙💙💙💙

princessshashu.bsky.social•6 days ago

Then quit. If you are genuinely afraid, then quit and let someone who is prepared to take it on get in.

mjtvgirl.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sen Murkowski is obviously very fortunate to have never been abused by a malignant narcissist. However, it is happening NOW and Senator: you MUST use your voice. That’s your JOB.

janicetindle.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yes, those of us who went through it, have the playbook. We know all the flying monkeys by name.

mindcite.bsky.social•6 days ago

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mindcite.bsky.social•6 days ago

Time-tested, ultra-patriotic wisdom for Senator Murkowski and every congressional Republican bending to Trump because they are counting on "temporary safety" from a tyrant who sacrifices ANYONE who opposes him:

nancyimagines.bsky.social•5 days ago

Go home cowards and let someone with courage have the job

mrslmb-1257.bsky.social•6 days ago

miaganga.bsky.social•6 days ago

Or buy now pay later

mainone-1977.bsky.social•6 days ago

If you are afraid then get the fuck out of office and go the fuck home

topsgt1.bsky.social•6 days ago

Stand up for your constituents and the Constitution. Name names and you we all are less likely to be where we are today.

detached-principle.bsky.social•6 days ago

Just so were clear --- this was Ben Franklin making a argument about levying taxes on the rich of that time so the United States could afford to buy arms and provisions for the Army

cieloazulnm.bsky.social•6 days ago

Having had a narcissistic parent, no one stays on the narcissist's pedestal very long or has safety fir any length of time. One falls off as soon as the next new shiny toy comes along. Musk is the latest of Trump's many examples.

mchaelp.bsky.social•6 days ago

impeach while you can

patter76.bsky.social•6 days ago

Truth 💯

rlights25.bsky.social•6 days ago

Courage

topsgt1.bsky.social•6 days ago

Power in numbers. Vote and caucus with the Dems to stop this bs.

birdsflyinthe.bsky.social•6 days ago

If they are too scared to uphold their oath of office they should quit and allow democracy to have a chance. Those with any remaining morals that is. Whilst voting is still allowed in the US. I don’t think it will be by the midterms

davewilde.bsky.social•6 days ago

If you're afraid of your own supporters maybe it is time to bail

nichdav.bsky.social•6 days ago

Do your job! Stand up for American. Stop whining about his words. You're one of the most powerful 100 people in the USA. Stop hiding under the table cloth of yet another fund raising dinner.

scoundrel2.bsky.social•6 days ago

here's the thing. there are more of you then him. band together to stand up for the american people. i get that death threats are scary, but you can't make decisions based on fear. you must stand tall & do what's right for this country. you must obey your oath. there are NO excuses

ceindeed.bsky.social•6 days ago

Their constituents depend on these Reps to be their VOICE.
If they are “too afraid” to speak up, they are derelict in their duties.
If they do not speak up, nobody will have a voice.

queentmg.bsky.social•6 days ago

She’s afraid? What about the rest of us lowly peasants? If you can’t take it get out.

nywonk.bsky.social•6 days ago

Maybe if they start talking about it and calling out the thugs, it would be more productive than cowering down in a corner and be afraid.

tinakatina.bsky.social•6 days ago

I think THIS is what might turn the tides: Republicans speaking out publicly, and often. I believe there are more decent Republicans than there are MAGA thugs.

nywonk.bsky.social•6 days ago

I thought so too. But it's been near a decade of the most abject silence among congressional republicans. The few who drew the line with trump were voted out and practically thrown out of the party.

What's left is an organized crime syndicate.

premoe-williams.bsky.social•6 days ago

Not buying these excuses.

retiredrn11.bsky.social•6 days ago

They did not have a problem with all of the threats the Democrats have and are getting. Not much from them when Nancy Pelosis' husband was hurt.

atw63.bsky.social•6 days ago

I don’t pretend to grasp DC politics, but what I’m watching since J20 is scary and confusing…how is this happening here? What happened to checks and balances that keep us safe as a country? What does it say to the world when US senators and House Representatives fear speaking truth to power?

tacos-in-denver.bsky.social•6 days ago

F$&k Ken Buck! Like McConnell, he brought this and now is whining about it….

secretman11.bsky.social•6 days ago

Bunch of spineless losers, every one of them.

Just goes to show how thoroughly the US political system filters for conformity and cowardice.

darrenfendley.bsky.social•6 days ago

You wanted the job and got it….now put on your big girl panties and do the job you were hired for or resign

ffswtf.bsky.social•6 days ago

I have zero empathy for people who put themselves in the positions they find themselves today.
If you choose to fuck around with a 34 count felon, serial liar, sociopathic narcassist, misogynist, racist, sexist rapist, don't cry later when your choices come back to bite you in the ass.

petefied.bsky.social•6 days ago

#QuitLisa

jonquick99.bsky.social•6 days ago

Then YOU with Mr Buck testifying (aware he’s out now) need to offer a resolution requiring Protective Service for ANY member of Congress who has had threats made against them.

mapchick.bsky.social•6 days ago

So they’ll let the country be destroyed instead? Have anonymous votes.

amethystdarke.bsky.social•6 days ago

Listen to Spock.
https://bsky.app/profile/invalidname.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3lmhrl7th4mv2

bdkins11.bsky.social•6 days ago

So how about every GOP member support THEIR 2A and arm up, call these cowards out on their threats?
I thought 2A solved these kinds of issues...

tooterbean.bsky.social•6 days ago

If y’all would band together you could impeach him ya know. Save the whole country, democracy, etc

dghg51.bsky.social•3 days ago

Sounds simple, doesn’t it? We have enough evidence that he’s unfit and a criminal, but it seems the R morons in Congress think he’s the second coming of Christ. 🇺🇸😪

stemthebleeding.bsky.social•6 days ago

The problem isn't in the house, it's the senate. It would take 20 Republicans joining Democrats, and they'd be pariahs.

MAGA is like.. the Klingon empire. If the leadership disavows you, you lose everything.

And the Democrats haven't figured out how to create a viable off ramp for them.

rgh1205.bsky.social•6 days ago

So we have elected representatives admitting they vote against their conscience because they are afraid. I guess they thought that Oath was just a gimmick.

mimilove58.bsky.social•6 days ago

This is so sad. Grow a spine and fight for our values as a nation GOP.

jeffersonhairplan.bsky.social•6 days ago

It’s ridiculous. They need to resign. Using the fear excuse is not acceptable.

michellenonumbr.bsky.social•6 days ago

Impeachment

jaymwaz.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hello! The call is coming from inside your party! What do R's not get?

larney41.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm sorry, but only 4 death threats? Trans women on the internet get more than that by lunch.

rhyssa100.bsky.social•6 days ago

Oh, wah. Cry me a river. I think the Dems have gotten more than their share of threats but they still manage to oppose him. Maybe that's why it's the women that are stronger opponents. We are used to an undercurrent of fear of reprisal through most of our lives for just not smiling at a guy.

doctorno1.bsky.social•6 days ago

When the leader of the party is a convicted felon and wannabe godfather these things will happen.

cuyahogadave.bsky.social•6 days ago

So um, who are making the threats?

pazke.bsky.social•6 days ago

As if Dems haven't been dealing with that for years.

4amkent.bsky.social•6 days ago

I bet AOC, Omar, and a few others get more in a day than Murkowski has had her whole career.

bazzlecat.bsky.social•6 days ago

maybe they should have stood with Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger when they had the chance to stop this shit.

anemiab.bsky.social•6 days ago

What do they expect people to do with this? Excuse them for abdicating their duty? Do they think this cowardice will save them? Have they read a history book? If they are afraid, take it to the people. Stand up and speak truth. Do rallies.

mchaelp.bsky.social•6 days ago

Impeach while you can

ruleholder.bsky.social•6 days ago

So much for the "tough guy" lies MAGAT's like to tell themselves. If you're afraid of doing what's right as a politician, go put screws in Apple phones.

wdd623.bsky.social•6 days ago

Then retire! If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

rahanks.bsky.social•6 days ago

When Trump took away security from Pompeo and Bolton who had active death threats because of their work for Trump and no republicans spoke out against risking their lives, I knew things were going to be very bad. That was Trump saying to Republicans I will put your life at risk if you cross me.

kimmasters.bsky.social•6 days ago

You nurture a bunch of vipers and…

zapperpd.bsky.social•6 days ago

Resign!

senseidai.bsky.social•6 days ago

And his attitude is yeah, whatever. 🖕

me-shell.bsky.social•6 days ago

Republicans need to break from the maga party!!!

deekay2025.bsky.social•7 days ago

I’ve been saying that members of Congress are possibly being threatened, which would explain their lack of action

mindcite.bsky.social•7 days ago

The video of former Colorado GOP congressman Ken Buck talking about death threats to him is from a year ago.

And that was "only" over his vote for Speaker of the House.

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