 Look my expectations for Republicans. It's it's very low. We'll put it that way It's it's below the floor low But there are some things that you'd think aren't really that controversial that even seemingly insane people like Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Republican Party have no problem supporting I mean some positions that one takes it's not really Supposed to be controversial, right? Ice cream is delicious. I think Republicans and Democrats can both agree with that cookies are delicious dogs are adorable Hatred against the AAPI community is unacceptable. Well, actually that last statement is an issue because Republicans 180 Republicans in the house to be exact Decided to vote against the resolution condemning hate Against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the United States now for more of this We go to David Badesh a raw story who explains Wednesday afternoon the United States House of Representatives Voted 244 to 180 to pass a resolution condemning anti-Asian hate after eight people including seven Asian Americans Six of whom were women were shot and killed at spas in Atlanta, Georgia in a series of hate crime mass shootings last month All 180 no votes were from Republicans. No Democrats voted against the resolution Among the no votes were Georgia Republican representatives Rick Allen Andrew Clyde Marjorie Taylor Greene Jody Heiss and Barry louder milk congressman louder milk represents part of the area where the killings took place Jesus the text is quite simple condemning the horrific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia on March 16th 2021 and reaffirming the House of Representatives commitment to combating hate bigotry and violence against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community The resolution says the people of the United States more in the eight innocent lives lost seven of whom were women six of whom Were women of Asian descent and several of whom were immigrants. It lists the victims names Emily 10 Da Yu Feng Delena Ashley yawn Paul Andre Michaels young a you soon Jung Julie Park Hewn Jung Grant and soon Cha Kim, so I've got to ask Why would you vote against this like what reason can you possibly state that makes it justified to oppose something like this? The only thing I could think of is that while it references a shooting and if Republicans condemn a mass shooting then that must Tass at least suggest that they support gun control reform I don't know, but this is a very basic resolution just condemning hate Against a community currently Under attack who's seen an increase in hate crimes. Why is it so hard to support the bare minimum? Now if Matt Gaetz has taught us anything usually when a Republican votes against something that is Uncontroversial it says a little bit about themselves. So for example Matt Gaetz was the only member of Congress to vote against a bill that would further criminalize sex trafficking and Here we see 180 Republicans vote against the bill explicitly condemning hate against the AAPI community so I can only Suggest or deduce rather that they're taking this position because either At best they don't care about hate against the AAPI community or at worst. They actually don't like the AAPI community Either way, it's just this is really it's shameful To not even do the bare minimum and condemn hatred against a marginalized community Who has been victimized because of a pandemic that the last president blamed all Asians for saying it's kung-fu or China virus He has fueled Anti-Asian hate crimes and the least that Republicans can do is the seemingly symbolic gesture to just Support a resolution condemning hate against this community and they can't even do that. They can't even do that Jesus Christ There is no limit to how low they're willing to go to go out of their way to showcase How they are just terrible human beings and it's truly embarrassing Look, I don't like conservatives but back in 2016 2017 There was a shooting that took place at a Republican baseball game And it was a Bernie Sanders supporter who carried out the shooting, right? He didn't do this in the name of Bernie Sanders It's just someone who happened to support Bernie Sanders who did a mass shooting If I was a member of Congress and there was a resolution condemning this violence against Republican lawmakers what I supported Yeah, obviously because I very clearly don't support violence against Republican lawmakers It's just these things like this. They shouldn't be partisan issues condemning hate against the AAPI community This shouldn't be a Republican Democrat thing, but here it is Everything in our society is a political issue Wearing masks during a pandemic is a political issue believing science is a political issue Condemning hate against the AAPI community after they just were victims of a mass shooting That even is a political issue. It's just with this level of polarization It's almost insane. It's like if Democrats say that ice cream is delicious How quickly until people like Marjorie Taylor-Green come out and condemn ice cream and say that ice cream is disgusting And it's terrible and Democrats only support ice cream because their donors in the ice cream industry are fueling them Big Ben and Jerry's is paying off Democratic Party politicians And I'm being intentionally hyperbolic here but I mean that's really what it feels like They're just going out of their way to go against things that Democrats support because Democrats bad Therefore any and everything that they propose is bad to not support a symbolic resolution condemning hate against the AAPI community That's just a lot more about them than anyone else