Idiots of the Week: 12 Republicans Who Denied to Honor Capitol Police - from Insurrection)

This week's IDIOT is actually a group that numbers 12. This week, the Police who defended the Capitol building in Washington, DC were honored this week by Congress, EXCEPT by 12 ungrateful and hateful IDIOTS of the WEEK Republicans. ONLY Republicans voted against honoring these brave men and women after they protected lives during the Capitol Insurrection. That political party used to say they were the "party of the police" and now the truth comes out. It's Disgusting. One of the 12 Idiots of the week is Maryland's Andy Harris. He and the other 11 Losers should be ashamed of themselves and should never get another police officer's support. Before I get to the story, here are the list of Idiots to make it easier:

A DOZEN IDIOTS:   Andy Harris of Maryland  Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia,  -Matt Gaetz of Florida - Thomas Massie of Kentucky - Louie Gohmert, a congressman from Texas - Andy Biggs of Arizona, - Andy Harris of Maryland, - Lance Gooden of Texas, - Michael Cloud of Texas, - Andrew Clyde of Georgia, - Greg Steube of Florida, - Bob Good of Virginia - John Rose of Tennessee.

 Here's the story:  

                A mob clashes with Capitol police in Washington DC on 6 January. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 413-12 to award congressional gold medals to all members of Capitol force for their efforts on 6 January

Guardian Newspaper March 18, 2021

12 Republicans vote against honoring Capitol police for protecting Congress

 A dozen Republicans voted against a resolution honoring US Capitol police for their efforts to protect members of Congress during the insurrection on 6 January.

The House voted 413-12 on Wednesday to award congressional gold medals, Congress’s “highest expression of national appreciation”, to all members of the Capitol police force.

The Republicans who opposed this honor included Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Matt Gaetz of Florida and Thomas Massie of Kentucky. They and other opposing members said they had problems with the text of the legislation.

Massie told reporters he disagreed with the terms “insurrection” and “temple” in the legislation.

The resolution said: “On January 6, 2021, a mob of insurrectionists forced its way into the US Capitol building and congressional office buildings and engaged in acts of vandalism, looting, and violently attacked Capitol police officers.”

It also named the three officers who responded to the attack and died shortly after – Capitol police officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood and Metropolitan police department officer Jeffrey Smith – and said seven other people died and more than 140 law enforcement officers were injured.

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“The desecration of the US Capitol, which is the temple of our American democracy, and the violence targeting Congress are horrors that will forever stain our nation’s history,” the bill said.

Louie Gohmert, a congressman from Texas, said in a statement that the text “does not honor anyone, but rather seeks to drive a narrative that isn’t substantiated by known facts”.

Gohmert separately circulated a competing bill to honor Capitol police that did not mention the 6 January attack, according to a copy obtained by Politico. His text also named the officers who died after the insurrection but did not specify the circumstances of their deaths, writing instead that they: “All passed in January 2021.”

The other Republicans who voted against the legislation were Andy Biggs of Arizona, Andy Harris of Maryland, Lance Gooden of Texas, Michael Cloud of Texas, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Greg Steube of Florida, Bob Good of Virginia and John Rose of Tennessee.

All of the bill’s opponents, except for Massie, voted to object to state’s electoral votes in the presidential election in the hours after the insurrection.

Idiot and SOB of the Week: Congressman Andy Biggs- Voted AGAINST COVID19 Bill because it Includes Same-Sex Partners

Idiot and Bigot of the Week:  AZ Congressman Andy Biggs

Wow. Even in the midst of a world-wide pandemic that is killing thousands of people, leaving
countless people jobless, there's STILL an asshole. Yes, an asshole. He's beyond idiot. That's AZ Congressman Andy Biggs who voted AGAINST the COVID19 bill because it gives sick leave to same-sex partners. Yes, he's that bigoted and hateful. His hatred for gay people is so deep he would refuse help to anyone in the U.S. There are a lot of idiots, but this ass takes the trophy. People in Arizona, vote this SOB OUT! Here's the story from Newsweek on March 20>>>

REP. ANDY BIGGS VOTED AGAINST CORONAVIRUS BILL BECAUSE IT GIVES SICK LEAVE TO SAME-SEX PARTNERS
March 20, 2020 Newsweek

Arizona Republican Congressman Andy Biggs said during a Monday radio interview produced by the conservative Christian group, the Family Research Council (FRC), that he voted against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on Saturday because it included provisions for domestic partnerships, including same-sex relationships.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the FRC has been labeled a hate group because of its fervid anti-LGBTQ stance.

Biggs was one of 40 Republicans who voted against the FFCRA, although the legislation was ultimately passed by the House of Representatives.

Language within the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act, which is part of the overall economic package, defines both the terms "domestic partner' and "committed relationship."


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"The term 'domestic partner,' with respect to an individual, means another individual with whom the individual is in a committed relationship," read the legislation.

"The term 'committed relationship' means a relationship between 2 individuals, each at least 18 years of age, in which each individual is the other individual's sole domestic partner and both individuals share responsibility for a significant measure of each other's common welfare," the bill continued. "The term includes any such relationship between 2 individuals that is granted legal recognition by a State or political subdivision of a State as a marriage or analogous relationship, including a civil union or domestic partnership."

Biggs took issue with the definitions by claiming the legislation attempted to redefine the meaning of 'family,' something Biggs claimed federal laws had never attempted to accomplish in the past.

"They've redefined family for the first time in a piece of federal legislation to include committed relationships," Biggs said. "The problem with that, of course, is it's really hard to define a committed relationship and it's really hard to define anything related to that and so they've tried to—they've put in, in my opinion—sort of an amorphous definition. But that leaves it wide open and then they expand it, expand on that."

Biggs also said that the provision has nothing to do with the coronavirus, but "that's just par for the course for the Left."

"While LGBTQ couples can be rightfully recognized in marriage today, many LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ Americans remain in domestic partnerships," GLAAD Chief Communications Officer Rich Ferraro told Newsweek. "Voting to harm his LGBTQ constituents and their children is nothing new, but using COVID-19 to do it is a new low for Representative Biggs."

"Representative Biggs' constituents, his wife Cindy Biggs, and their family should be ashamed and angry that during a national crisis when Americans are coming together, Representative Biggs is busy continuing his long campaign to harm LGBTQ families and also using his unethical relationships with anti-LGBTQ hate groups like the Family Research Council to inaccurately claim this relief bill would 'redefine family,'" Ferraro added.

Biggs and his wife have been previously linked with United Families International (UFI), a conservative Christian group noted for its stance against same-sex marriage. Representative Biggs was reportedly the group's policy adviser while his wife, Cindy, was the secretary and treasurer.

In an article published on UFI's website in February, the organization says that shifting the definition of marriage away from the traditional viewpoint of one man and woman "is to ignore a fundamental truth that gives substance to our understanding of how human beings interact, and how we teach this moral belief to our children."

"When marriage is undermined the healthy family is as well, and thus the strength of our nation," the article adds.
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THIS ASSHOLE HAS A HISTORY OF BIGOTRY- On March 7, 2019, the Arizona Republic reported:
Arizona's Reps. Andy Biggs and Paul Gosar once again went against the grain in the House, opposing Thursday a resolution condemning bigotry in the wake of repeated comments by a freshman Democrat seen as anti-Semitic.
The Republican lawmakers were on the short end of a 407-23 vote on a resolution that condemned anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim bias.
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