New York congresswoman introduces bill to make Trump's birthday a federal holiday

[generalbetrayus]

Source: Independent

A New York Congresswoman has introduced a commemorative bill to make President Donald Trump’s birthday an official federal holiday.

The celebratory order, introduced as “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act”, was proposed by Congresswoman Claudia Tenney Friday.

“This legislation would permanently codify a new federal holiday called “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day” on June 14 to honor this historic day”, Tenney’s press release stated.
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Tenney’s statement went on to add: “Just as George Washington’s Birthday is codified as a federal holiday, this bill will add Trump’s Birthday to this list, recognizing him as the founder of America’s Golden Age.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-birthday-federal-holiday-claudia-tenney-b2699408.html

[SWinter]

1. Oh FFS

[kerouac2]

2. She is a total embarrassment

Surrounded by so many trumpers around here in cny and that includes teachers, cops, firefighters, and govt workers. So effin stupid.

[IbogaProject]

12. ick, I see that when we go to just b4 the Catskills

Ulster county was the most MAGA in 2016.

[rampartd]

3. what is wrong with these people n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Ask MAGAts to buy you a Trump Steak

like the one she is getting.

[Ocelot II]

5. "Golden Age" my fat pink ass.

An age of crushing tariffs, unaffordable groceries, immigrants in concentration camps, entire demographic groups unrecognized or persecuted, progress for civil rights and women's reproductive rights erased, epidemics of communicable diseases with no vaccinations, polluted water and air, elderly and disabled people impoverished, frequent midair collisions, no allies in the world except Russia, dissenting voices suppressed and schoolbooks censored, unguarded nuclear weapons, rampant government corruption, loss of all data privacy... doesn't sound very golden to me.

[Norrrm]

6. The 'Age of Golden Showers' like the video Vlad has of his boy Donald.

[groundloop]

9. It's going to be golden for the oligarchs

The rest of us, not so much.

[truthisfreedom]

7. Every federal employee deserves a day off

To celebrate his death. Let’s make sure it’s his death day.

[Grins]

8. I thought that was Easter? Trump thinks he is God, so why not?

And "founder of America’s Golden Age?"

Fact not in evidence.

Here's a Tenney quote:

"It’s interesting that so many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats … but the media doesn’t talk about that either.” - Ignorant bag of meat from New York, Republican Rep., Claudia Tenney, Feb 2018.

I have list, honey....

[turbinetree]

10. Hey trump supporter you know what else is the "golden age"...........classified documents in "golden age toilet.........

?v=f303dc12868a012283443d8b9123e5fe


it even has a fucking chandelier for better lighting..............for the espionage......and your worried about moving his birthday to February.........how quaint........ resign.........

[Evolve Dammit]

11. I thinks I gots to vommick

[IzzaNuDay]

13. IIRC holidays honoring people are usually post-mortem

Does she know something we don’t know?

[generalbetrayus]

18. Maybe the bill makes an exception for people who are brain-dead.

[NEOH]

14. Get rid of her!!! Nt

[raccoon]

15. The brownnosing of these idiots boggles the mind.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Republican bill would make Trump's birthday a federal holiday

Adding to the list of similarly sycophantic efforts, a GOP congresswoman unveiled an actual bill to make Donald Trump’s birthday a federal holiday.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-bill-make-trumps-birthday-federal-holiday-rcna192443

It’s also, coincidentally, Donald Trump’s birthday. Evidently, as HuffPost noted, this gave one of the president’s more sycophantic congressional allies an idea.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) wants President Donald Trump’s birthday to be a federal holiday. On Friday, the New York congresswoman introduced in a news release what she called “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act,” which would “permanently codify” June 14 as a federal holiday called “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day,” according to the release.

In case there are any doubts, this isn't intended as satire. The New York Republican really did introduce an actual bill, H.R. 1395, which does not yet have any cosponsors, though it seems safe to assume other far-right GOP lawmakers will soon follow suit.....

As The New York Times recently summarized, “A competition of sorts has broken out for whom the Republican base will see as the most pro-Trump member.” From the article:

The rush of flattering legislation, some of which even the lawmakers concede is unlikely to pass, stands apart from merely carrying out Mr. Trump’s agenda. ... “It shows the power that Donald Trump has within the Republican Party these days, and that Republican members want to stay on his good side,” said Sean M. Theriault, government professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “A lot of these people are in really safe districts, but they’re also thinking about what their next step is. And so if they have designs on being in the Senate or running for governor or even a position in the administration, then there’s no better way to get on his good side than to do these over-the-top moves toward him.”

This was published before a New York congresswoman pushed her proposal to make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday.

I’m reminded anew of the response to the Ogles bill from Filipe Campante, a professor at Johns Hopkins University: “The reason why this is bad is the very fact that it’s transparently ridiculous: It shows how this is becoming a Kim Jong-Un-style cult of personality, where the sycophants try to outdo one another in their groveling to get the attention of Dear Leader.”

That competition, alas, appears likely to get worse.

[RobinA]

17. Maybe Wait

and see if he is the founder of America's Golden Age. So far it's not looking good.