The Moore You Know Column: September 18 – October 4, 2021
The last two weeks made clear that Democrats in Washington are in complete disarray. The two wings of Speaker Pelosi’s caucus – the so-called “moderates” and the “progressives” (a deceptive word for “socialists”) – have been battling each other for the soul of the Democratic Party.
Lately, Speaker Pelosi has been siding with the progressives in trying to woo the moderates – a good indicator that progressives are winning the battle.
The big-ticket item for Democrats last week was President Biden’s “infrastructure” bill. This bill includes little funding for roads and bridges and is much closer to the Green New Deal than a traditional highway bill. Further, as Democratic leadership has made clear, the bill’s passage would clear the way for their multi-trillion socialist tax-and-spend reconciliation bill.
Late last week, with Pelosi hitting brick walls trying to move this unpopular legislative package, President Biden broke days of silence to head to Capitol Hill to meet with House Democrats. After addressing his own party, the President offered to take questions, but his own advisers jumped up to insist that no, in fact the President could not take their questions! If that isn’t crazy enough, it is being reported that President Biden’s White House has been quietly whipping against his infrastructure bill – the signature piece of legislation in his agenda!
If you are wondering who is really in charge, you aren’t alone.
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Marine Corps Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a combat veteran with over 15 years of honorable service, is being held in pre-trial confinement and is facing four possible charges after speaking out on social media against the disastrous handling of the war in Afghanistan. It is outrageous to me that Lt. Col. Scheller has been held for days without being charged as it is clear he poses no danger.
Last week I joined several of my colleagues in a letter demanding that Lt. Col. Scheller should either be charged or released from custody. He should be afforded the same rights as anyone else would be in a similar situation. I’ll keep you updated as this continues to unfold.
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The Biden administration’s embrace of un-American vaccine mandates threatens the freedom of every American. The choice to take this vaccine should be up to the individual and should not be mandated or tolerated by the federal government.
Unfortunately, the Biden administration’s bungling of the pandemic doesn’t stop there.
Recently Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made changes to the allocation system for monoclonal antibody treatments, a change that would disproportionately hurt states like Alabama where the treatment has been effectively used. This change appears to be politically based.
I have been working with my colleagues to push back on this decision and will keep fighting to hold the Biden administration accountable for this and the many other Biden crises.
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