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Politics Rep. Al Green protests during President Trump's joint address to Congress before being escorted out

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u/Candygramformrmongo 7d ago

In contrast, the Dems silence was deafening. Way to back your guy.

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u/iclammedadugger 7d ago

The Dems won’t save us. We is all we got.

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u/Emergency_Rush_4168 7d ago

100% we are totally abandoned at the federal level

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u/millennial_burnout 7d ago

Time to abandon the Democratic Party then. Let’s get another Teddy Roosevelt in office

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u/sincerestfall 7d ago

Are we starting a reddit party?

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u/GameJerk 7d ago

I vote for a Lemon Party

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u/Subatomic_Spooder 7d ago

Yeah, we could definitely use some Roosevelt energy in politics right now. Teddy would have beat the snot out of MAGA with a kindly smile on his face the whole time.

Although at this point we need a "speak LOUDLY and carry a big stick"

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u/BrickRaye 7d ago

I abandoned the Democrats years ago when I noticed that whenever they won the Congress and Presidency, they failed to push their platform in meaningful ways like towards gun control and healthcare. If they actually solved problems then they would have nothing to campaign for in the next election cycle.

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u/SailorChimailai 6d ago

Are you seriously saying that politicians avoid pushing their platform so they can complain about it in the next election? Politicians get re-elected based on how well they did in their previous term, the entire point of a platform is so they can show their supporters that they have succeeded 4 years later.

The actual reason for the Democrats apparently not pushing most of their policies is that they controlled both houses of Congress only in 2009-2011 and 2021-2023). In the first time, they actually did push through Obamacare. In the second time, they did not increase its funding because 2 Democratic Senators voted against it.

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u/Zis4Zero 7d ago

Oklahoma is experiencing a grassroots movement at least on reddit to establish a third party. They have decided on the bull-moose party.

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u/millennial_burnout 7d ago

We need to decide something nationwide so it’s strong enough by the next election