Against this backdrop, my mood is decidedly anti-unity.
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And President Biden’s should be, too. If unity means kowtowing to extremists, that has nothing to do with bringing back an era of comity and bipartisan work he touted on the campaign trail and in his inaugural address.
The definition of unity cannot be working with Republicans who deny reality and put elected officials, as well as everyday Americans, in danger. The definition of unity must be getting things done to improve the greatest number of American lives. That is what Biden was elected to do.
Americans agree. ABC News/IPSOS polling shows that 69 percent approve of Biden’s COVID-19 response and 67 percent approve of Biden’s transition. Over 80 percent support requiring mask wearing, 70 percent support rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO), 65 percent support rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate and 55 percent support reversing the Muslim travel ban.
“Today is a day of great hope and progress for our nation as the Biden-Harris Administration makes good on its promise to get 100 million vaccines into people’s arms in the first 100 days – reaching their goal 42 days early. This momentous achievement is a giant leap forward and builds on the President’s commitment to ensuring every adult in America can be eligible for a vaccine by the beginning of May.
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There is no person, politician or action that is too extreme for conservatives If that said individual identifies as a Republican.
Case in point: Trump lovin FOX Business host Maria Bartiromo is furious that Minority Leader McConnell called QAnon believer and resident congressional wacko Marjorie Taylor Greene a cancer.
Wanting to have Speaker Pelosi assassinated is a perfectly reasonable platform plank within the Republican Party these days.
Bartiromo was joined by Congresswoman Mace from South Carolina and said, There s a lot of one-sidedness. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is slamming your colleague, freshman Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Any person not stuck in the TrumpQ cult would say McConnell s response was a perfectly normal response to the outrageous antics of MTG.
The WYP panel talks about the controversy swirling around Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's statements and her connection to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
Linda Beigel Schulman s son died in the 2018 Parkland high school shooting
Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene came under fire last week after she suggested in social media posts that school shootings like the one in Parkland were a hoax
Schulman voiced her outrage over Greene s claims in an MSNBC interview on Sunday, revealing that she d spoken to congresswoman via Zoom the day before My first question to Congresswoman Greene was: Do you really believe that Parkland and Sandy Hook were false flags and staged? Schulman said Her answer was unequivocally: No, I do not, the mother added
Schulman asked Greene if she would join her on MSNBC interview to disavow the conspiracy theories - but Greene declined