Democratic fury with GOP explodes in House
By Scott Wong and Mike Lillis - 02/24/21 06:55 PM EST Democratic fury over the mob attack on the Capitol and its aftermath is spilling into nearly every aspect of life in the House, squashing hopes for comity and threatening even mundane legislative tasks like the naming of a local post office.
Democrats accuse Republicans of nothing short of sabotaging the nation’s democracy with false claims that November’s election was “stolen†from former President Trump.
Already angry that the refusal by some Republicans to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 was endangering lives, Democrats now see the GOP as directly putting lawmaker lives on the line with dangerous rhetoric that feeds outlandish conspiracy theories.
“It's impossible for us to not look at them in a different light,†Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) said of the 139 Republicans who voted to reverse the election results.
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