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Republican who voted twice against Israel aid wants to impeach Biden for threatening to hold it back (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This would be reasonable outside the international law requirements.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago

There’s no consistency at all other than always being awful.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

While otherwise staunchly pro-Israel, Mills has said that he is only supportive of a version of the Israel aid package that included billions in cuts to the Internal Revenue Service — a complete non-starter for Democrats, who control the Senate and White House.

Not so much of a hypocrit as the title implies, but a shithead that tried abusing our idiotic system to force a completely unrelated budget cut to the IRS to be bundled with an otherwise popular (among politicians) bill to give support to Isreal.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

When is a reason more of an excuse?

This is what is called a poison pill. With it, Democrats would be forced to choose between swallowing the pill or voting down a foreign aid bill. Now Mills is having a fit that his childish game didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Also, unless you are doing tax evasion why would one support budget cuts to the IRS?! I thought republicans cared about financial responsibility?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

With a smaller budget they can't afford to go after people that can afford actual accountants and lawyers to delay constantly.

They instead can really only go after low earners who can't afford a lawyer at all and have to deal with the IRS directly by themselves, and will just take whatever deal is offered.

It's literally the reason why the IRS recently had their budget increased and so they've been going after the rich that everyone knows aren't even paying the lower percentage they are supposed to.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

It is fiscally responsible for them to neuter the IRS. It means they can save more money! Personally, I mean. Not the government.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 6 months ago

Another Republican who wants to angry-cry impeach Biden?

Get in line, weenie!

[–] [email protected] 135 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This just in:

Piece of Shit is a Piece of Shit and Smells.

More at 11.

[+] [email protected] -63 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (6 children)

Your comment, while accurate and true, adds nothing to the discussion at hand. These sort of comments are useless which should be left in the realm of Reddit. Do better, try harder

“Sky is blue” “water is wet” were first recognized by Russian propagandists to disarm outrage. As In, essentially telling people “You’re stupid if you didn’t already know this.” For people out of the loop, it works.

Informing people of this technique is bad for some reason

Edit: Even when attempting to politely Inform someone they are using propaganda techniques you get pedantic hate from people who claim to be progressives.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Water curiously enough is not actually wet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Even when attempting to politely Inform someone they are using propaganda techniques you get pedantic hate from fellow people who claim to be progressives, who don’t seem to understand English.

Lol, I sure am hurting your feelings, huh? And how does me calling you out make me any less of a progressive? Such a baby.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Even when attempting to politely Inform someone they are using propaganda techniques you get hate from fellow pedantic progressives.

Nah, you're just being a smug pos and coming off like a gatekeeper. But keep crying about how progressives are being mean to you.

Also, calling someone stupid isn't "politely informing".

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You have no authority so stop acting like you have any. Do better, be better.

[+] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Repeatedly attacking other users gets your comments removed and earns you a 3 day timeout.

Please use the time to read the Sidebar.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago

Bro it's Friday, let's just all have a nice weekend and chill.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Rep. Cory Mills wants to impeach President Joe Biden for withholding military aid to Israel that the Florida Republican voted against — twice.

Mills, a freshman lawmaker and former arms dealer, argued that Biden's move amounted to a quid pro quo.

"Joe Biden is pressuring Israel, our biggest ally in the Middle East, by pausing their funding that has already been approved in the House, if they don't stop all operations with Hamas," Mills told Fox News.

While otherwise staunchly pro-Israel, Mills has said that he is only supportive of a version of the Israel aid package that included billions in cuts to the Internal Revenue Service — a complete non-starter for Democrats, who control the Senate and White House.

Trump was impeached in part for engaging in a corrupt scheme to benefit himself politically, while Biden is withholding the aid out of concern about Israel's conduct — something that President Ronald Reagan did in 1983.

I have submitted to House counsel and will pursue action tomorrow morning using the Dems’s own language, but Biden’s actual abuse of… pic.twitter.com/bYHrMUG1qr

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