Yes, because when name-calling escalates you typically want to do it in private at a more convenient time.
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We need to make dueling legal but only for federal elected representatives. There wouldn't be a MAGA politician alive within a month.
Wow, Americans have turned their government into a circus.
I want to make something clear. Between Gerrymandering, the amount of political advertising, the overwhelming power of "lobbying" (see, legal bribes), and outright propaganda being touted as news, the American people have the smallest control over their government than ever. This is the government our oligarchs chose, one that wastes as much time doing nothing in order to let the rich rob our collective coffers.
always has been
It's sadly been like this for a while now. If you listen to one politician (whose name escapes me but would often do "one-on-one" YouTube videos of what was happening as an elected official) he says that most of these outbursts are performances put on when they are filmed for the public. When the sessions are closed they are much less "animated". I'm going to see if I could find the video.
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I'm sorry. A quick search was unable to yield anything for me. Perhaps someone else had his name.
I think you might be thinking of former Rep. Jeff Jackson, who has done a few explainers on the budgetary charade.
Jeff Jackson from North Carolina. He has tons of great YouTube (and I think TikTok?) videos.
Nancy Mace is a putz. Just a numbnuts.