Republican Nebraska state Sen. Steve Halloran faces calls to resign after he inserted a colleague's name into a passage he read during a floor debate from a book's rape scene, which included graphic detail.
Halloran apologized on the Senate floor Tuesday morning, defending his decision to read the passage but saying it was a "mistake" to refer to his colleagues. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/nebraska-lawmaker-faces-calls-resign-invoking-colleagues-name-books-ra-rcna144050 |
What is she on about? The next Congress counts the 2024 electoral votes, not this one. |
Good lord Republicans are nuts. He’s claiming that that book is regular school reading. I’m guessing he’s got some weird kink. |
They couldn’t even be bothered to switch their party affiliation to Independent and to caucus with the Democrats on issues their constituents support. I’m sure some of them are personally and quietly terrified, but whether or not they do support maga, they are supporting maga. |
New Hampshire Republican Jon Stone’s “law enforcement career ended when he threatened to kill fellow police officers in a shooting spree, and murder his chief after raping the chief’s wife and children, all while he was already under scrutiny for his inappropriate relationship with a teen girl, according to the internal investigation reports finally released this week.
Stone, a twice-elected Republican state representative for Claremont, has been fighting to keep those reports secret for years. Last month, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that Stone could not block their release in response to this reporter’s 2020 right-to-know request, ending years of legal challenges.” The whole article is a crazy ride. https://indepthnh.org/2024/04/05/documents-rep-jon-stone-threatened-mass-shooting-and-rape-after-investigation/ |
I mean, they can say this, but you know the minute they control the executive and legislative branches, abortion ban will happen |