MICA BRZEZINSKI IS MISLED

Gentile, compromising #Mica Brzezinski, co-host on #Morning Joe (MSNBC) made a remark this morning that mad me angry. There is no doubt that #Joe Scarborough dominates her in a bullying way just as there is no doubt she does not see it that way—she loves her job. Usually, she sees both sides of every argument, which gives barracuda Joe a distinct advantage. This morning was no different. The news being comment on was out of Washington; the Senate blocked the equal pay legislation by a vote of 53 in support and to 44 votes against it. Yes, that was 53 votes majority for the bill and 44 against, and it failed. It needed 60 votes to go forward. Mica had been a very vocal advocate in support of the bill for a long time, more so than for most legislation; therefore, I expected at least a flash of anger or a critical remark from her. Instead, what Mica said was, “it was a failure on both sides.” OMG

No Mica, it was not a failure on both sides; it was a failure that you can be put squarely on the back of Republicans. How many times do we, as liberals, have to be kicked in the face by the #GOP before we stop sharing the blaming with them for hurting the American working class? Angus King, an Independent, joined only seven democrats to vote against the bill. Let me point out that 100% of Republicans voted against it. Public polling favored passage. Public polling by #Pew Research Center indicated 72% of women and 61% of men said, “this country needs to continue making changes to give men and women equality in the workplace.” This is a clear indication that the Republicans do not represent the people; they represent industry, the lobbyist in Washington D.C.. As one my frequent critic often says, “all politicians are dishonest”. In a democracy, what is dishonest is not to represent the people who voted for you; it is malfeasance in office; and it is criminal. I say to my critics and to @Mica Brzezinski, Pew polling has shown on issues after issue that Republican politicians do not represent the America People: subsidies to oil companies, gun control legislation, voters rights, taxing the rich, and now women’s rights.

What +Pew Research Foundation should ask on a poll is how many Republicans know how the people they elect vote or ask questions to find out the correlation between how their representatives vote and how they as individuals would vote. We laugh and make belittling jokes about people in foreign countries where 120 % of the vote is for the person in power, but are we any better? We have senators that cosponsor bills the then they vote against the bill—52 co-sponsors for the equal pay bill and seven of the 52 voted against moving it forward. These seven people will go home and say the co-sponsored the bill in front of women’s groups but CEO’s know where to send the campaign checks. Republicans, and Mica, will say the legislation was defected by a bipartisan vote; no, it wasn’t! It was defeated by Republicans who voted against the wishes of 61% of men and 72% of women.

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