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In the 1930s, the ‘America Firsters’ Saw Little Reason to Stop
And MAGidiots see just as little reason to slow Putin — someone needs to teach these dummies history!
The Hastert Rule, named after the former Speaker of the House, Dennis Hastert (1999–2007), is also known as the “majority of the majority rule.” In simple language, if a majority of the ruling does not support a bill, then the speaker has the right not to allow the bill to go to the floor to be voted on.
The Hastert Rule systematizes Republican obstruction in Congress. Democrats do not govern using such a ridiculous, poor-sport rule. They are okay with allowing compromises to be hobbled together, as is the case currently with support for Ukraine. A majority of the cowardly and historically ignorant Republicans in Congress don’t want to support Ukraine — they think Putin is the cat’s meow. There are, however, enough Republicans who understand the importance of stopping Putin, and together with Democracy, they have enough votes to pass support for Ukraine. MAGA Mike, however, will not let the vote go to the floor.
In the 1930s, Charles Lindberg was the face of the “America Firsters.” Isolationists who didn’t think the U.S. was strong enough to confront Nazi Germany. The country was struggling to come out of the Great…
