The GOP War on Books

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(06-05-2024, 06:13 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Comes to Ohio.
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/ohio-gop-proposes-bill-that-would-defund-libraries-over-materials-government-deems-harmful
“An Ohio Republican lawmaker just introduced a bill that would defund public libraries if they don't remove or hide so-called "harmful" materials to juveniles.”
Here I thought guys like Epstein and his old friends were what we needed to protect kids from. Leave it to the GOP to show me, the real problem is libraries.
What’s worse. A kid having freedom and reading a book of their choosing? Or a bunch of adults telling kids that a pathological lying, narcissist, serial sexual assaulter, who is a convicted felon is the greatest president ever?

Spreading from Florida.

There's a lot of that censorship thing going around. It's not just in schools. Our MAGA friends will remind us that Conservative speakers have been shouted down and prevented from speaking on college campuses, though the woksters don't have the power to call in the police or expel student protesters they don't like.

Re: Congress apparently listing Trump's indictments falls under the GOP definition of "engaging personalities," so mention of charges against him is equated to "accusation" of criminal activity and a personal attack. Jim McGovern was silenced for a day after reminding Congress of Trump indictments. If this forum were run on House rules, you'd be banned from posting for the rest of the day, given your final comments on Trump. Guess I would be too for calling your attention to this. 

Democrat ruled 'out of order' after listing off Trump's legal woes on the House floor
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrat-ruled-order-listing-trumps-legal-woes-house-floor-rcna153624

...The situation started when McGovern, the top Democrat on the Rules Committee, referred to the Republican members of Congress who have attended Trump’s hush money trial in New York. “Maybe they want to distract from the fact that their candidate for president has been indicted more times than he’s been elected,” he said.

Rep. Jerry Carl, R-Ala., who was in the chair presiding over debate, reminded McGovern to “refrain from engaging in personalities” toward the presumed presidential nominees.

McGovern shot back, asking whether it was “unparliamentary to state a fact.”

He then asked why a Republican member last week could call the Trump trial a “sham” on the House floor and not face the same admonishment by the chair. During a [/url]floor speech[url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-170/issue-84/house-section/article/H3266-1?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22%5C%22sham+trial%5C%22%22%7D&s=10&r=2] May 15, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, repeatedly referred to the “sham trial against the former president in New York,” which he said “relies on an [/url]unreliable witness being presided over by a biased judge.” 

While Carl said he would not weigh in on that, McGovern started going through Trump’s legal situation.

"He's also charged with [url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-indicted-jan-6-grand-jury-2020-election-rcna95199]conspiring to overturn the election,” he said of Trump. “He’s also charged with stealing classified information, and a jury has already found him liable for rape and in a civil court. And yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it’s OK to talk about the trial, but you have to call it a 'sham.'” 

At that point, Rep. Erin Houchin, R-Ind., interjected, asking that McGovern’s “words be taken down.” Representatives can make such a request if they feel one of their colleagues has used disorderly language.

After more than an hour as staff members huddled on the floor, Carl ruled that McGovern’s "offensive words" were out of order, citing past rulings by House speakers.

Specifically, Carl pointed to rules that prohibit members from using "personally offensive" language about the president.
"The accusation that the president has committed a crime or even that the president has done something illegal is not in order," Carl said.