
"The American people deserve to know if we vote yes or no to the crap bills that come through there." "Every single member of Congress should be on record," she said.

She said she continued to call for the recorded vote despite resistance within the Republican party. No one could finish their lunches," she said, going on to describe her Democratic colleagues by referencing their age, religion and alcoholic drinking habits. "No one could finish their fundraising calls. She said her response was to use the governing body's own rules and procedures to force a recorded vote by asking for the "ayes and nays" instead of a voice vote, which triggers a message to all the elected officials alerting them to come down to vote. The rookie congresswoman described her experience sitting in the House chamber and watching a bill get debated by a small fraction of lawmakers using only a voice vote. The crowd met her question about who their president is with chants of "Trump!" Acknowledging that many are upset about the election outcome, she said they need to vote, or they will "hand a victory over to the Democrats" during the midterms in 2022.

"All I see is a bunch of beautiful Americans." The crowd met her question with denials and a drumroll. "You know they say terrible things about Connecticut, did you know that? They say it's filled with Democrats," she said. Greene was driven to the stage inside the garage in a black Humvee before taking the podium. Those speaking inside a garage on the K&H grounds included former gubernatorial candidate Peter Lumaj, and Connecticut state representatives Doug Dubitsky, R-Chaplin, Rick Hayes, R-Putnam, and Anne Dauphinais, R-Killingly. The event sponsored by the Quinebaug Citizens Alliance drew a crowd estimated by Plainfield Police Chief Mario Arriga at 1,000 to 1,500 people to K&H Construction.Ĭhants of "Let's Go, Brandon" could be heard from the audience throughout the day in what has become a viral catchphrase embraced by conservatives about Biden.Ī lineup of speakers opened for headliner U.S. Trump's 2024 election, to an upside down stars and stripes signaling distress.

Plainfield - Flags displayed at the "America First" rally on Saturday took various forms, from attacks on President Joe Biden, to calls for former President Donald J.
