They can call it ‘cancel culture’ all they want, but to me this is consequences for bad behavior:
Freshman Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Democrat, has begun turning to an unusual source when trying to decide whether he wants to work with a Republican he thinks makes a good point during committee hearings: Google.
The Massachusetts lawmaker says he knows his constituents want him to work across the aisle, but he’s drawing “a sharp red line” at working with Republicans who voted not to certify the Electoral College results as part of then-President Donald Trump’s failed bid to overturn his election defeat.
If a quick search produces evidence that one of his Republican colleagues refused to acknowledge President Joe Biden’s win, he said, “I kind of throw cold water on the whole thing,” adding that while he doesn’t like political litmus tests, “insurrection against the United States government qualifies.”
Auchincloss is not alone. [NBC News]
It’s absolutely the right thing to do. Their behavior, in the absence of judicially accepted evidence of mass wrong-doing, was beyond the pale. Shun them.
Hell, the next step should be to punish their districts as well. They were elected to represent their districts or States, which, by that act, they did so very poorly. If the constituents become unhappy, so much the better. Gohmert, Gosar, Jordan, Gaetz: no one will miss them. They’ve contributed little to nothing; they’re grandstanders and trouble-makers.
Dump them.
