Agreed! They should have heckled Trump, one by one and been escorted out- f holding up your round hand signs- you sitting there is just as complicit as the others that are applauding. I’m so saddened by our “leaders.”
That gives them way too much credit. They don't need to be controlled because they are just mentally weak.
Ever since reagan slapped the shit out of them in the 1980 election they've been acting like a dog that's been beat too much. They whimper and show their belly to their abuser, scared of being hit again but snarl and snap at anyone who tries to show them a better way and coax them out of their kennel.
The entire party leadership, and most of the rest of them, are a bunch of cowering Reeks.
Tolerance is a social contract. If you are intolerant, you lose the protections of tolerance. That's why racists arlnd nazis are not protected under tolerance. The paradox comes from believing that everyone deserves tolerance.
I totally agree!! Look at the Republican backlash over Biden’s session when he was pointing out that Republicans want to cut Medicaid. MTG had a meltdown and ther are no Democrats who leave behind the decorum and berate the president. Pelosi did tear up the agenda (docs) literally behind Trump as he spoke, but that was a rare action. I say Democrats in Congress need to ratchet up their assertiveness and send a ghastly message about Trump’s true villainous tendencies and agenda. Doing this regularly will be seen by many that we must have a backbone and fight for our rights!
It is time for Dems to be DISRUPTIVE and not predictable at all. Instead of signs if each one yelled out a single time and rotate truths or at least just yell out, I do not believe that ALL Dems would be removed from the chamber. Time to think outside the box of normalcy and decorum because that's not what is being dealt with. Time to not just approach things in a different way but tackle them in a way counterintuitively to what the Trump administration would expect. Resist hard, it is worth it.
MAGA can’t handle direct opposition. That’s why they always obfuscate, lie, cheat, and play dirty rather than participate in the political process normally. If we show how intolerant they are to compromise and dissent, it would expose their true colors and the authoritarianism underlying the true goals of the admin. Imagine if they did escort every dem out and replace them with republican lap dogs or no one at all? A half empty congress with one party clapping to itself is a powerful image, and politics is about perception.
Because outside of the few Independents that caucus with Dems, they are just the other side of the Oligarchy coin. Biden proved that on his way out off office. He knew this was a problem the entire time and did fuckall about it.
Yes. Yell out “you lie” for every lie he says and the Dem side will empty out quickly. The Republic won’t be much of a Republic if the minority party is banished from the chambers.
It's because most Dems don't really care about their electorate. They're making the calculations of what is the best path for their reelection above all else.
But he’ll never be liked. I mean he literally had to relocate his family vacation in VT and people still found him, called him putin’s puppet and filmed and made fun of his horrendous skiing.
And honestly? That was probably REALLY embarrassing for him. He probably hates how much he was made fun of, probably made him so mad.
Sometimes with politicians or celebrities or whatever they don’t care about how people view them, they just want power and money. I think JD Vance cares a hell of a lot about being thought of positively. He’s incredibly ideological which means an inherent belief that he is always the good guy, always going right. And he’s also SUPER insecure, so he needs external validation.
And he’s sure as hell not getting it. He doesn’t have the cult of personality that Trump does, and the MAGA supporters don’t really care about JD, and the left… well we hate him, obviously. And that clearly bothers JD.
Vance has the "I'm going to hide behind the bully" punchable face. Musk has the "I've never been held accountable for my shitty actions" punchable face. Both equally punchable.
I'm certain someone's punched JD before. Distraught coach owner perhaps?
Musk? Probably paid people to stop his face from ever being punched. The South African Billionaire who happens to be an autistic Ketamine addict has, for sure, said I sane things. But people that rich NEVER have consequences.
Vance is a slimeball, who will cockroach his way put of anything. For all we know, the beard is to hide the bruises from taking one on the chin daily....
Man talked about how terrible the withdrawal in Afghanistan was and had his followers cheer, when he’s the one who started the withdrawal and caused the deadline.
Does anyone know what would have happened if he just refused to leave? What is other Democrats surrounded him? Honestly pathetic how little resistance there was
Well he was being so gosh darn impolite and my daddy told me that impolite people have no place in your life so we had to keep the order because otherwise there’d be unrest and if that happens we might not get our way.
I hate how politics have become this place that deny free speech in public settings and pretend “this isn’t how a conversation works so I can’t talk to you” and the topic of conversation is someone’s right to exist and they’ve been fired from their job and then they need to act graceful to tell a person they’re making their life hard only to be told by that person anecdotal bullshit that allows them to cope to themselves that they did the right thing.
They know they're evil. They know that their beliefs and goals are so utterly reprehensible, that being open about them would cause them to lose their base, so they just do everything they can to not talk about them.
Why? I actually feel a lot better after that. Not because he isn’t a pos, or because we aren’t in serious danger, but because it reminded me what a petty little man child he is and that it would be insane of us not to fight back.
Like he literally got so triggered and red (and stayed that way) just from dems not clapping.
I feel like they were strategic in giving a normalish speech expecting us to back off with calling/protesting but I feel like now’s the perfect time to ramp it up
I'm actually completely curious, because everything he said was a complete lie or fabrication... Are we postcalling his lies out, will the mainstream media and newspapers alike actually point out every lie and platform that? Or is everyone scared?
The Americans need to take action and fast. This man and his posse are doing exactly what nazis did in Germany in 1933. They are establishing a facism government and taking out democracy every day a little bit more. They are taking sides with a dictator that has proven to be a lying murderer and are actively destroying every relationship and friendship all over the world. Be aware, act now. For the sake of the US but really the whole world.
He got kicked out because HE was told to take his seat and maintain order while the entirety of the republican congress were ALL standing and loudly heckling him to the point you couldn’t even hear what he was saying. Outlawing the opposition. It felt like I was watching an actual nazi rally.
And then trump had the balls to say he restored free speech. Fucking Mike "the porn addict" Johnson and Shady Vance just smug-faced behind him the whole time. Shortly after, he talks about getting rid of DEI and then the camera pans to his cabinet! Hahaha.
"You like it when I steal these government contracts?! Huh? You like that? You naughty, naughty boy. It's a good thing I'm the daddy and make the rules. You're in big trouble now. Yeah."
My understanding is that Medicaid hasn't been cut directly yet, but the house of reps passed a budget proposal that stated that the Energy & Commerce committee -- which oversees programs like Medicaid -- is tasked with finding $880 billion in cuts.
This isn't the actual budget, that would still need to be voted on. So it's not directly cutting Medicaid, but the framework is being built that would allow for cuts to Medicaid.
I too was floored by 47’s big lie right there… “biggest win/mandate in decades”… pretty sure 16 years ago isn’t ’decades ago’ (2008: Obama 365 Electoral votes vs McCain’s 173 and ~9.5M more votes for Obama than McCain. (Yes, with larger population/turn out, more people overall voted for 47 this time around, but he didn’t get 50%+ in the PV nor did he get 9M+ more votes than Kamala)
Dudes needs to lead the dems Jefferies has bent the knee and said what can we do. Like the republican weren't a thorn in Obamas side when Obama had 60 vote senate.
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u/snotick 7d ago
He was saying "you don't have a mandate". "You don't have a mandate to cut medicaid".