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3/27/2023 6:46:07 AM
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Section 4: President & Congress Subject: Massie Christmas Card Msg# 1184126
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No one else here was discussing the congressman, and I'd guess no one else knew who he was. All our comments were based on the photo. Only you brought up the "evil congressman" aspect. While I won't comment on his transgressions according to you, I'll just say it is somewhat irrelevant to the card photo, which is, again, all that was under discussion. That makes your comments somewhat off-topic, something you frequently complain about.
And there is nothing unChristian about owning or using guns. I refer you to my first message to Robert E., if you still need them pointed out to you. |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Massie used the birth of Christ to make a political statement in his Christmas card. If you find any meaning in that picture that you would associate with Jesus or Christian values, please point them out to me. The card was posted just days after four teenagers had been killed in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 4th district Known as "Mister No." Massie had voted "no" at least 324 times in the 113th Congress – opposing one of every three measures that came to the House floor. Here is a sample of some of those nos: Opposed the reelection of Speaker of the House John Boehner. Only congressman to vote against the Undetectable Firearms Act. [The United States Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 makes it illegal to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive any firearm that is not detectable by walk-through metal detectors.] Who would want to allow undectable firearms to be legal and easably available??? Massie was the sole House member to vote against sanctions on North Korea. Massie opposed a bill to impose new economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Massie voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Before voting, he said he would support the bill to cut taxes, but that he would oppose "new government spending," despite the $1.5 trillion estimated to be added to the national debt according to the Congressional Budget Office in wake of the bill being passed. Massie was the sole "no" vote in Congress on the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019, which he called an "escalation" with the People's Republic of China. Massie voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would increase by 8,000 the number of special immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the U.S. military during its invasion of Afghanistan, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed the House, 407–16. Massie was the only member of the House of Representatives to oppose a non-binding resolution denouncing antisemitism. Massie tweeted that he voted against the bill because it promoted censorship. On March 27, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Massie forced the return to Washington of members of the House who were "sheltering in place" in their districts by threatening a quorum call that would have required an in-person vote on the $2.2 trillion aid package that had passed the Senate by a 96–0 vote.[76] Before Massie arrived on the House floor, just two representatives were present to pass the bill by voice vote. On the House floor, Massie said he was trying to "make sure our republic doesn't die by unanimous consent in an empty chamber." His actions caused widespread concern about endangering members of Congress by requiring them to gather amid a pandemic. |