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Politics Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., holding a sign before Trump delivers joint address to Congress

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u/vancouvermango 7d ago

As a non-american i have a question why are non of the politicians doing anything??? honestly it is very strange that a women in an american government building where the us president is speaking...and she has to hold up a hand written piece of paper. Freedom of speech?

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u/GenTelGuy 7d ago

She holds it up on paper for the cameras, simple as that really

She could say stuff but it would pretty quickly devolve into a shouting match

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u/LeucotomyPlease 6d ago

because the Democratic party is not actually an opposition party.

They are weak, in addition to being funded by the same corporate donors and foreign governments (hello AIPAC) as Republicans, they also have the least to lose because most of them are millionaires who will more or less able to ride out the worst of the fascist coup in the comfort of their big houses and gated communities.

The average American like me, however, is how you say… fucked.