{"id":16901,"date":"2021-08-16T03:07:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T03:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16901"},"modified":"2021-08-16T03:07:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T03:07:45","slug":"only-one-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=16901","title":{"rendered":"only one member&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mehdirhasan\">Mehdi Hasan: <\/a> <em>August 15,2021<\/em>   I also wish everyone had listened to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepBarbaraLee\">@RepBarbaraLee<\/a>  back in<em> September 2001<\/em> &#8211; the only member of Congress to vote against the invasion of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click for video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Barbara Lee&#039;s 9\/14\/01 Speech\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zh_sxilhyV0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>September 14,2001<\/p><p>  Only one member of the US congress voted against the invasion of Afghanistan, beseeching restraint &#8220;As we act, let us not become the evil we deplore&#8221;<\/p><cite>Congresswoman Barbara Lee<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Barbara-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Barbara-Lee.jpg 900w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Barbara-Lee-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Barbara-Lee-768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Congresswoman Barbara Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Court-Painter-Barbara-Lee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Court-Painter-Barbara-Lee.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Court-Painter-Barbara-Lee-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Court-Painter-Barbara-Lee-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mehdi Hasan: August 15,2021 I also wish everyone had listened to @RepBarbaraLee back in September 2001 &#8211; the only member of Congress to vote against the invasion of Afghanistan. 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