During all the government shutdown debate, Democrats including Chuck Schumer have used Donald Trump past words against him. However, when a GOP congressman returned the favor involving Sen. Chuck Schumer’s previous statements about government shutdowns, things changed, and suddenly direct quotes were off limits:
Democrats objected to this poster used by @RepByrne featuring an old quote from @SenSchumer during the last shutdown. So now the House is voting on whether it abides by chamber rules. (Really.) pic.twitter.com/VPWDD03muY
— Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) January 20, 2018
The House voted that Byrne's poster was in order. Byrne is now trying to resume his speech. But Democrats keep booing him.
— Cristina Marcos (@cimarcos) January 20, 2018
THIS is the poster that @HouseDemocrats tried to prevent me from displaying on the House floor earlier today. They do not want the American people to know the facts about the #SchumerShutdown. RT this to make sure their hypocrisy gets out. pic.twitter.com/QMmPXALn9u
— Rep. Bradley Byrne (@RepByrne) January 21, 2018
Well, maybe quoting Schumer SHOULD be objectionable:
Yeah how dare you quote us in our own words
— Peter Ingemi (@DaTechGuyblog) January 20, 2018
The horror!
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/954861904429756416
The Democrats are claiming quoting Chuck Schumer on the floor violates the rules of decorum in the House.
That's….an interesting stance. https://t.co/eVrvhIXgkd
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) January 20, 2018
LMAO…. "Don't use my own words against me. It isn't nice!" #SchumerShutdown #DemocratShutdown https://t.co/np5A6YrZ1B
— Colorado RedTraci (@goptraci) January 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/strawberrycough/status/954846432820805632
This makes perfect sense, because I object to a lot of the things that @SenSchumer says on the floor of the Senate. https://t.co/7Fyposk7M3
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) January 20, 2018
But Schumer can use a poster with a Trump quote? https://t.co/Gl4cHtG3vc
— Dagny Delinquent (@DagnyDelinquent) January 20, 2018
I agree, quoting Schumer should be outlawed.
— jane says (@justjanedoee) January 21, 2018
You can't make this crap up. https://t.co/kCJVZugtuY
— ?Erin ? (@MsErinMurray) January 20, 2018
There’s a whole lot of “you can’t make this crap up” going on these days.
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