Loretta Sanchez: We're So Committed To Gabby Giffords We Must Boot Her From Her Committee Assignments, Because That's What She Would Have Wanted

Maybe Sanchez didn't hear: Giffords lived, so she could just ask her, rather than guestimating.

The proposal sparked an outrage, according to those in the room — including from those in Sanchez’s own party.

“It’s not appropriate,” Texas Democratic Rep. Silvestre Reyes told The Daily Caller, adding that there was outrage among some members in the room when Sanchez made the suggestion. “It’s bad for morale during her recovery period.”

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“From a woman who memorialized her cat, you’d think she’d show a little more compassion for a woman shot in the face,” said one GOP aide, referring to Sanchez’s 2010 Christmas card that paid tribute to her late cat, Gretzky.

Sanchez claims she's only doing this because every vote is critical and Giffords would understand that. Trouble is, every vote is not, in fact, critical, as other Democrats pointed out -- every vote in committee is completely non-critical, pretty much, as the outcome is always pre-ordained. Republicans win, Democrats lose. Whether Giffords casts the vote with the doomed-to-lose minority is moot.

Sanchez is actually on that committee, so she wasn't looking to promote herself there. But I'm sure she has some liberal buddy who would like to be on high-fundraising-potential committee.

posted by Ace at 10:27 AM

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