My representative in Congress, Mary Miller (R, Illinois-15), votes with the worst of the worst. You wouldn’t know about most of her votes from reading her Facebook or Twitter posts, which cast her as the defender of guns, “life,” and freedom. Here are a few of her votes since arriving in the House:
~ Miller was one of 139 representatives who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election (January 6).
~ She was one of 206 representatives who voted against H.R. 5, the Equality Act, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, or sexual orientation (February 25).
~ She was one of thirty-eight representatives who voted against H.R. 1652, VOCA [Victims of Crime Act] Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 (March 17).
~ She was one of fourteen representatives who voted against H.Res. 134, Condemning the military coup that took place on February 1, 2021, in Burma (March 19).
~ She was one of seventy-one representatives who voted against H.R. 1392, the Protection of Saudi Dissidents Act of 2021 (April 21).
~ And she was one of sixty-two representatives who voted yesterday against S. 397, the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act.
Miller is still best known — if she’s known at all — as the new member of Congress who on January 5 told a “Moms for America” rally that
“Hitler was right on one thing. He said, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future.’”She may now became better known as one of ten members of Congress who are refusing to wear masks on the House or Senate floor. Here she is, all smiles, with Lauren Boebert, Madison Cawthorn, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and others. Not clear, at least to me, whether any of them have been vaccinated.
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CNN has a list (dated May 19) of members confirmed as vaccinated. Boebert, Cawthorn, Greene, and Miller are missing from the list.
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May 20: As you might have guessed, Miller voted yesterday against H.R. 3233, National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act.
All the Mary Miller posts
January 5 and 6 in D.C., with Mary Miller : The objectors included Mary Miller : A letter to Mary Miller : Mary Miller, with no mask : Mary Miller, still in trouble : His ’n’ resignations are in order : Mary Miller in The New Yorker : Mary Miller vs. AOC : Mary Miller’s response to mass murder : Mary Miller and trans rights : Mary Miller on a billboard
[Votes from the incredibly useful GovTrack.us.]
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She's consistent, that's for sure.
A map of a certain kind of mind...
And not as “colorful” as Boebert or Greene, which makes her, in my eyes, more dangerous.
I think that Mary might be “closetly” vaccinated, because I know that one of her daughters who has kids (and teaches kids) wants her family to be safe. I think that, despite Mary’s proven lack of humanity in many respects, not being able to visit with her grandsons would be very painful. Nobody in that group needs to know, though.
I’m sure people like Greene would hold it against her.
It’s still not clear how many members of Congress have been vaccinated. And yet Miller rants on Twitter about House members voting by proxy.
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