Pro-Trump lawmakers create "Anglo Saxon Caucus"

[Progressive Pessimist]

It's more like the "No Shame Caucus."

Maybe this will at least be a convenient way to isolate all of the House's worst members.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Kevin McCarthy denounces it:

https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1383158647266611203

Will they be keeping their committee assignments?

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

Gosar's paternal grandparents were Slovenian and his maternal grandparents were Basque immigrants from Banca, on the Franco-Spanish border, I'm only 1% English (and 25% north German, but I'm not counting that one) and I may be more Anglo Saxon than he is, lol

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

"'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'" is not a racial reference.  It is a reference to the 18th century Whig idea that the major elements of the English & American tradition of liberty, common law, separation of powers, etc., can all be traced back to guys whose names started with "Æthel-" gathering under oak trees.

[Dr. Arch]

"'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'" is not a racial reference.  It is a reference to the 18th century Whig idea that the major elements of the English & American tradition of liberty, common law, separation of powers, etc., can all be traced back to guys whose names started with "Æthel-" gathering under oak trees.

Are you for real? LOL

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

"'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'" is not a racial reference.  It is a reference to the 18th century Whig idea that the major elements of the English & American tradition of liberty, common law, separation of powers, etc., can all be traced back to guys whose names started with "Æthel-" gathering under oak trees.

Are you for real? LOL

Yes. Thomas Jefferson was a big proponent of it.  It's still popular in some conservative / right-libertarian circles.

[TDAS04]

That’s just dumb.

[GoTfan]

Kevin McCarthy denounces it:

https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1383158647266611203

Lol.

The Republican Party is full of dog-whistlers at this point.

[Horus]

Kevin McCarthy denounces it:

https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1383158647266611203

Will they be keeping their committee assignments?

Of course. McCarthy knows which part of the GOP has the base on their side, and it's not the Cheney/Kinzinger wing.

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

Gosar is Basque and Slovene, about as far from Anglo Saxon as a white guy can get. I wonder if they'll also come out in favor of a Trump family monarchy like the campus carry chick.

Frankly the way I know of her is that she's the girl who had sh*t herself at a party.

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

Saying the quiet part out loud.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

"'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'" is not a racial reference.  It is a reference to the 18th century Whig idea that the major elements of the English & American tradition of liberty, common law, separation of powers, etc., can all be traced back to guys whose names started with "Æthel-" gathering under oak trees.

You expect me to believe that Reps Greene and Gosar know that?

[AtorBoltox]

Finally we have a strong voice in favour of the maintenance of sixth century burial mounds in England.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Several House Republicans, led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.), are forming a caucus that calls for a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions."

A policy platform for the group, which calls itself the America First Caucus, declares that "a certain intellectual boldness is needed" in order to "follow in President Trump’s footsteps, and potentially step on some toes and sacrifice sacred cows for the good of the American nation."

The seven-page document, first obtained by Punchbowl News, is explicit in its nativist rhetoric and describes American culture as dominated by "Anglo-Saxon" and European influences.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/548731-pro-trump-lawmakers-form-caucus-to-promote-anglo-saxon-political-traditions

I know how fond Republicans are of Dr. Seuss, so I figured I'd share his take on America First.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

"'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'" is not a racial reference.  It is a reference to the 18th century Whig idea that the major elements of the English & American tradition of liberty, common law, separation of powers, etc., can all be traced back to guys whose names started with "Æthel-" gathering under oak trees.

You expect me to believe that Reps Greene and Gosar know that?

Myths are socially held knowledge.  Any particular person doesn't need to know all the details of a myth, much less its historical origins, to share belief in it.

[politics_king]

Kevin McCarthy denounces it:

https://twitter.com/GOPLeader/status/1383158647266611203

Will they be keeping their committee assignments?

C'mon that would actually mean that McCarthy has a spine.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

This architecture thing is hilarious. Also, it begs the question as to where they think modernism actually originated.

[RINO Tom]

Honestly the use by American racists of 'Anglo Saxon' as a euphemism strikes me as clear an example of 'cultural appropriation' as one could ever dream of having the misfortune to find. Please leave us and our history alone and make up your own damned terms.

I agree on principle and think these guys are POS, but White Americans are Europeans - some are English.  For the best of everyone (newer immigrants, most of all), I believe it’s important we remember that and don’t further the creation of an “American” “ethnicity” that implies European catch-all descent.

[PSOL]

This is more cringe than anything that has ever happened under the Trump administration.

[Hammy]

Kind of funny how much Republicans constantly sh**t on Europe until they need to use some aspect of it in support of white nationalism.

[SevenEleven]

"Do you really think 74 million Americans are bigots?"

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[Woody]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Black_Caucus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Asian_Pacific_American_Caucus

...a bicameral caucus consisting of members of the United States Congress who have a strong interest in promoting Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) issues and advocating the concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...

To ensure that legislation passed by the United States Congress, to the greatest extent possible, provides for the full participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and reflects the concerns and needs of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities;
To educate other Members of Congress about the history, contributions and concerns of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders;

To establish policies on legislation and issues relating to persons of Asian and/or Pacific Islands ancestry who are citizens or nationals of, residents of, or immigrants to, the United States, its territories and possessions; and To provide a structure to coordinate the efforts, and enhance the ability, of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress to accomplish those goals.[1]

What's the difference exactly...?

[ꙮ]

Man, I can’t believe it’s been a whole year already.

[Geoffrey Howe]

Honestly the use by American racists of 'Anglo Saxon' as a euphemism strikes me as clear an example of 'cultural appropriation' as one could ever dream of having the misfortune to find. Please leave us and our history alone and make up your own damned terms.

In France they use it quite often to refer England/America, but it is usually derogatory.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Holy sh*t this is racist stuff right here