We suppose our clown car of a Congress could always be worse. There are Mean Girls style meltdowns, and representatives who 'accidentally' pull the fire alarm to thwart a vote.
But at least no one has stolen legislation.
Yet.
In Taiwan, a member of parliament tried just that, though. And punches were thrown.
🚨🇹🇼#BREAKING: A member of Taiwan's parliament stole a bill and ran off with it to prevent it from being passed.
— Censored Men (@CensoredMen) May 17, 2024
LMFAOOOOOO 😭😭😭
pic.twitter.com/CxcmWCusAI
Spoiler alert: it did not work.
Lawmakers in Taiwan shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days before President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office without a legislative majority.
Even before votes started to be cast, some lawmakers screamed at and shoved each other outside the legislative chamber, before the action moved onto the floor of parliament itself.
In chaotic scenes, lawmakers surged around the speaker’s seat, some leaping over tables and pulling colleagues to the floor. Though calm soon returned, there were more scuffles in the afternoon.
The House and Senate haven't come to blows so far, so we've got that going for us.
— Mark Wengryn (@MarkWengryn) May 17, 2024
No, it's not.
A for effort, though.
Taiwan makes 90%+ of the world’s computer chips but doesn’t have a working copy machine.
— Henri Fjord (@henri_fjord) May 17, 2024
We giggled.
This dudes gonna be getting calls from NFL recruiters
— Kevin Svenson (@KevinSvenson_) May 17, 2024
He'll be drafted next season.
this is what a filibuster should be. A man intercepts the document, and if he can avoid getting tackled for 24 hours then the bill cannot be passed
— Washed Gamer (@MitchellRossman) May 17, 2024
The mental image of some of the geriatric members of Congress trying this has us laughing very, very hard.
Taiwanese parliament pic.twitter.com/koaEL0mDpw
— Vinny Talks (@vinnytalks_) May 17, 2024
The perfect movie clip.
Could happen here but you’d need a forklift to move all the pages
— bob meisterling (@Bob_Meisterling) May 17, 2024
Brutal, but true.
Congress has a little spat: "Oh man this is the end of America"
— Cody (@AltHistCody) May 17, 2024
The rest of the world: https://t.co/xGqaGu3hgE
Kind of puts things into perspective, no?
My god
— ✳️Ⓐ Armed Joy 🎨💣 (@ArmedJ0y) May 17, 2024
All these years...
And we never considered just...
STEALING the laws https://t.co/yFTTJ65jVo
Why didn't we think of that?
Please make this an Olympic Sport https://t.co/iY7i0eFPOj
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) May 17, 2024
The 400-meter sprint.
Maybe @RepThomasMassie should consider using this strategy next time Congress wants to pass some BS legislation. https://t.co/IN8Ws2wNz2
— Jeff Charles, An Awful Pundit🏴 (@jeffcharlesjr) May 18, 2024
We'd love to see that.
How I expect Thomas Massie to act the next time a bill is introduced to send billions overseas: https://t.co/0jeZzDjZpp
— Savanah Hernandez (@sav_says_) May 17, 2024
Another person thinks Massie would do this. Hahahaha.
Ok @RepThomasMassie you know what you need to do https://t.co/1l58OzEtSL
— Nuance Bro (@NuanceBro) May 17, 2024
And a third! We. Are. Dead.
We need a position in Congress, non-partisan, similar to the Speaker, someone who is physically fit and mentally acute, who's sole job it is to attempt to steal every single bill before it can be voted on. If he successfully steals the bill and destroys it they have to start over https://t.co/Ye06IJtr6K
— Guy Alaska (@RealCaloJones) May 18, 2024
Heartily endorsed.
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