Reeling from the thought of no longer being able to dispose of babies as easily as they do their soiled toilet paper, House Democrats were clearly flummoxed about how to express their anger and outrage at the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday.
Hence, they took to Capitol Hill with poetry readings and songs.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spoke at a press conference where she expressed her frustration and dissent through poetic protest.
“I am personally overwhelmed by this decision,” Pelosi said before announcing that she was going to read a poem by Israeli poet Ein Li Eretz Acheret.
“I have no other country even though my land is burning. Only a word in Hebrew penetrates my veins, my soul, with an aching body and with a hungry heart. Here is my home. I will not be silent for my country has changed her face, I shall not give up on her, I shall remind her and sing into her ears, until she opens her eyes,” Pelosi said theatrically.
“Clearly, we hoped the Supreme Court would open its eyes,” she told viewers with melodramatic somber as she slowly placed the printed poem in a folder.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reads a poem in reaction to SCOTUS overturning Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/tEFDbgR04M
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022
Even former Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson rolled her eyes at the reading.
“I can’t even,” Williamson wrote on Twitter.
I can’t even https://t.co/ubrOsphdTe
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) June 24, 2022
“Before you get mad about this think about how YOU phone it in on the Friday before a two-week vacation,” Daily Beast podcast host Andy Levy tweeted.
before you get mad about this think about how YOU phone it in on the friday before a two-week vacation https://t.co/GARlrcYZcE
— andy™ (@andylevy) June 24, 2022
But wait, there was even more bizarre behavior.
House Democrats gathered on the steps of the Capitol Building and broke out singing “God Bless America.” The irony to hear them simultaneously ask for the Almighty’s blessing over the country while protesting having less ability to break the pesky sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill,” was truly something to behold.
WHY. WHY ARE THEY DOING THAT https://t.co/uTpVuytJE9
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) June 24, 2022
“The libs are not okay,” Greg Price wrote on Twitter.
Nancy Pelosi read a poem and House Democrats are singing God Bless America on the steps of the Capitol.
The libs are not okay.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 24, 2022
Democrats united on social media to rip the perplexing response to the ruling that gives the power over abortions back to the people and their elected state representatives.
***WARNING: Language***
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Williamson said in response. “The Democrats have never looked so clueless.”
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
The Republicans have never looked so mean as they do today and the Democrats have never looked so clueless. https://t.co/owa2NHRymk
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) June 24, 2022
Please stop this shit. House Democrats if you need help from a political consultant to tell you how to react to Roe I will march my ass down to your offices because this ain’t it. https://t.co/Rh7qW1pqEP
— Cara Zelaya #CancelStudentDebt (@carazelaya) June 24, 2022
WHAT IS GOING ON?????? https://t.co/973pMof4wA
— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@KeeangaYamahtta) June 24, 2022
This is weakness. It is pathetic. https://t.co/q3AYyFXkAo
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) June 24, 2022
MSNBC weeknight host Chris Hayes chimed in to condemn the left too.
“I get that they are at a loss,” he wrote on social media. “But there’s an unbearable pathos in watching ever more fervent performances of institutional faith as the institutions themselves fail ever more violently.”
I get that they are at a loss. But there’s an unbearable pathos in watching ever more fervent performances of institutional faith as the institutions themselves fail ever more violently. https://t.co/41l14Kikza
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 24, 2022
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