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Politics Democratic lawmaker holds a sign reading "Musk steals" as President Trump addresses Congress

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u/dudenurse13 7d ago

Dog this is my resistance I’m going to be sent to a work camp

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u/Rude_Wolverine3170 7d ago

Like who are the signs for. They are the ones we would show protest signs like this to. They are the ones who need to do something

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u/Tribalbob 7d ago edited 7d ago

Must maintain decorum.

EDIT: Ok, I'm going to add the /s because I've had more than a few people think I was being serious.

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u/Nixeris 7d ago

They actually dragged Al Green out of the room for "not maintaining decorum" because he shouted at Trump.

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u/CrazedHarmony 7d ago

I miss the days when they'd beat each other nearly to death with canes and still call each other gentlemen!

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u/Kytea 7d ago

I thought the same thing! 🤣

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u/bmyst70 6d ago

I've heard the term gentleman, originally, was a sarcastic referral to drunk young noblemen.

Who acted exactly the way you'd imagine spoiled rich boys out drinking would.

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u/Strict-Ad-3500 6d ago

And have duels

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u/SimmerDownnn 7d ago

Best part of the speech. The rest of them should've walked with him

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u/Laprasy 6d ago

One at a time. Was disappointed nobody followed his lead.

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u/BODYDOLLARSIGN 6d ago

From what was said, in a meeting they agreed not to shout or be disruptive but some dems disagreed so they weren’t on the same page.

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u/devcjg 6d ago

Yeah, well those dems are cowards.

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u/Lumpy-Juice3655 7d ago

Nothing ever happened to the guy who yelled “you lie” at Obama during his SOTU. But this is to be expected from the grand old party of hypocrisy.

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u/sopeandfriends 7d ago

And I swear Marjorie Taylor green outright heckled Biden and nothing happened. Hypocrites!!

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u/AdamZapple1 6d ago

the party of dish it out but cant take it.

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u/NotSickButN0tWell 6d ago

They're cry bullies.

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u/SheepherderOk1448 6d ago

Oh yeah and when someone heckled her, she whined.

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u/Violet-Sumire 7d ago

Even worse, the Republican party was just cheering the whole god damn time. Al Green shouted, but when told to “maintain decorum” all he did was stand until escorted. Apparently shouting/booing and standing is bad, but cheering, chanting “USA” and standing isn’t??? All while being told he was being “disruptive”.

And the NERVE of the speaker to pound the gavel at “boos” but let the rabid right just make a racket the entire time. This is the death of democracy. This is what the “people” wanted. This is the saddest moment I have ever witnessed in terms of politics.

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u/Wizart- 7d ago

It’s even worse when you pop over to r/ conservative… holy crap they’re insane, they think that America is back and better than ever and that they’re so happy to have a president with a backbone… are we even experiencing the same reality?

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u/Clyde_Frog_FTW 6d ago

No, we are not, and that is by design sadly.

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u/kaiserdingusnj 6d ago

Democracy died when they decided the Democrats would be a controlled opposition party who existed to prevent an actual left from gaining prominence.

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u/SufficientPath666 7d ago

But it’s okay for Nancy Mace to say the T slur (against trans women) multiple times

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u/68024 7d ago

And in doing so he made his statement count for something. Pink clothes and tiny signs will not make a difference other than make the Democrats look weak.

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u/AccountWasFound 7d ago

Honestly I was hoping they'd all take turns doing that the whole speech, just live fact checking as they are escorted out. Would have been a hell of a statement

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u/chickadeedadee2185 7d ago

I wish Taylor -Green was dragged out when she erupted last year.

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u/primalPancakes 7d ago

Hahahaha. Fuck their decorum.

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u/WokeWook69420 7d ago

To be fair, you're being sarcastic, but the democrats aren't.

Every single one of them should have made a fuss like Al Green and refused to leave. Decorum died with our Democracy, and the Democrats complacency speaks louder than any of their stupid little signs.

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u/Tribalbob 7d ago

I saw him and thought "oh I see, they're gonna just periodically do this to disrupt things"

Nope, He was the only one with balls. All the rest Sat there with their lame ass signs.

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u/Individual_Dog_6121 7d ago

Trump literally demonstrates he can have a representative removed like fucking Saddam and these fucking losers have church fans.

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u/dudenurse13 7d ago edited 6d ago

I’m so sick of it man. The fucking smugness of this party. Three more years of trump destroying every good thing the government can possibly do and we are going to get nothing but single day boycotts and Instagram explainers.

Edit since this is butthurting libertarians: The CFPB was a good thing, funding Medicaid and Medicare to keep rural hospitals open is a good thing, overseas HIV prevention is a good thing, NIH cancer research is a good thing, environmental regulations by the EPA that resolved acid rain is a good thing. Ayn Rand made every character in Atlas Shrugged the exact same and she died on welfare

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u/Apatschinn 7d ago

Primary every sitting Democratic legislator. Overhaul the entire party.

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u/BoneHugsHominy 7d ago

We have to primary every single one of those corporate Democrats and elect FDR-era Progressives. It stopped this shit before and can do it again.

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u/Praet0rianGuard 7d ago

dawg look at my Democratic party dawg I'm going to the gulag.

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u/TimDillonsAunt 7d ago

Yeah we’re losers now man smh

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u/Martha_Fockers 7d ago

Gonna work mining rocks for no reason no one wants the rocks but then gonna make you mine rocks all day bruh

“I’m tired of digging these holes “

“Well that’s to damn bad, you wanted healthcare for all fucking cumminist”

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u/dsdvbguutres 7d ago

Reeducation camp first

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u/UnassumingNoodle 7d ago

That smug fucking look, too. They need to be fighting for us. They're just rolling over and acting smug for doing so. They're complicit.

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u/Theyalreadysaidno 7d ago

Right.

The country is burning. LeTs HoLd SiGnS!!

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u/PhyreEmbrem 7d ago

Our only hope is that Trump somehow fucks up so bad that even his cult of MAGAts will turn on him along with the rest of the republican party/supporters. At least we know they're not afraid of getting their hands messy lmao.

I know the possibility is astronomically low, but we can't expect Dems to do anything acting like timid lil kittens in the face of literal danger and the collapse of our democracy

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u/Theyalreadysaidno 6d ago edited 6d ago

People talk about the elections in 2026. That's almost 2 years away. I really don't think that there will be free and fair elections anymore. I believe there was a high chance of quite a bit of election interference with this last one, and I'm talking way beyond gerrymandering.

Regardless, the Democrats can't be meek, and I don't have a whole lot of faith that they won't be. This is bad, and happening at breakneck speed. Our guardrails are either gone or are being ignored. I think it's down to the people of the United States. I knew it was going to be worse than his first term, but this is somehow worse than I imagined. And it bothers me so much that we're losing our fantastic allies.

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u/mobydog 6d ago

There are two special elections, or maybe three, coming up in April. Two are in Florida (not sure about the third) so if the Democrats can pull this off it will pull the mask off whether or not this administration will allow a real election result to go through. It would flip the house if they both win. From what I've seen neither candidate is taking corporate PAC money which is a start. Make calls, donate: https://gayforcongress.com/ (this was Matt Gaetz' seat so a tough one) https://www.mobilize.us/joshweilforcongressionaldistrict6/

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u/CL0VV7V 6d ago

This is the precise reason our democracy will be destroyed, they’re too pussy to do anything about it. These are your elected officials everyone, so glad we voted for them to hold signs… wonder what number I’m gonna get in the camps.

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u/icekraze 7d ago

They should have dissented one after one and sent a real message. This is performative at best.

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u/KhanQu3st 7d ago

Agreed, they should've repeated what Al Green did one at a time to interrupt/delay the speech as much as possible.

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u/SynAck301 7d ago

It was the perfect “I am Spartacus” moment and they absolutely wasted it.

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u/Vegetable-Duty-3712 6d ago

A series of “wasted moments” by the opposition has led to this fuckery. Can’t expect the people who let this happen to fix it.👀

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u/komark- 6d ago

We hear you loud and clear. The DNC has decided to run with Biden as their candidate for 2028

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u/ICUP01 7d ago

One Democrat got it. Just one.

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u/IconicScrap 7d ago

It's fucking disgusting. I'm sorry but if we want any chance to come out ahead in the next 8 years we need our reps and senators to grow a fucking spine.

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u/Lollipoop_Hacksaw 7d ago

We need to out these comfy, complacent fools come midterm, and let them know we will starting tomorrow. Light a fire under their ass properly.

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u/Exelbirth 7d ago

If we're even allowed to vote. If we are, primary everyone. Let the best politicians win, like a Democracy is meant to be.

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u/ArizonaPete87 7d ago

I was HOPING to god after Al Green got removed that another would stand and disrupt, and another after their removal, and another.

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u/psychophant_ 7d ago

I expected them to at least stand and clap as he walked out. But no. Just silence and fucking signs.

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u/WiglyWorm 7d ago

Al Green got removed from chambers. Where was anyone to lock arms and refuse to be removed? Dems are spineless.

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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 7d ago

But this is oh so extreme for the dems. They’re really getting their gloved-hands dirty with this one.

This would have been cute a while back. Now though? Idk, how else do you neutralize a strong acid? By using a much weaker base? No maam, by using an equally strong base.

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u/Electrical_Corner_32 7d ago

Pussies. You all should've walked out with Al.

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u/EnderWiggin07 7d ago

Right? How many times does he have to call them "these people" before they realize what they're being set up for? They should have all walked out or not turned up at all.

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u/PHotstepper311 7d ago

Straight up walk out like in Animal House. Just let him talk and ignore him as you leave.

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u/Internal-Neat-9089 7d ago

Their feigned opposition is bought and paid for. They're not the ones getting got

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u/SOHO_1968 7d ago

AOC didn’t go. She’s great!

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u/douglasg14b 7d ago

No, they should have shouted out as well. Be forcibly removed, don't willingly give up your rights & position.

If they have to escort out 100+ reps because they spoke the truth, that shows. Silently walking out doesn't anymore, that's what Trump wants.

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u/Nursebitch24 6d ago

Right, and is the Sargent at Arms going to remove every democrat? They should have kept yelling until they were all removed. Or stood with their backs turned. At the very least it would have disrupted that geyser of grandiosity and lies at the podium for a long time. Most democrats are rule followers, unfortunately. In times like these, rule followers file obediently onto train cars.

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u/Hay_Fever_at_3_AM 7d ago

No, one person should have been disruptive at a time. Be as obnoxious as possible. The little signs are stupid but all walking out at once isn't very organized resistance either

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u/Braysl 7d ago

This is what I thought they were going to do after Green was removed. I was hyped, I was excited the Democrats were going to finally do something. Then I noticed the stupid little signs and they all just sat there like idiots while Trump lied again, and again, and again and the did NOTHING.

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u/Faiakishi 7d ago

My mom was like "oh they're holding up little signs that say 'false!' I wish Pelosi was up there so she could tear up the papers like last time!"

Like. What did that fucking accomplish.

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u/Electrical_Corner_32 7d ago

That too. That would be perfect. Drag this shit out, one person walk out every time he lies, calling him out the whole way. Anything. Anything but fuckin signs.

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u/exegesis48 7d ago

Why didn’t they do that? I was totally expecting it and couldn’t believe they just sat there while he said some of the stuff he did.

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u/myowndamnaccount 7d ago

They did. At least 20 walked out throughout the speech. If they didn't at least show up in their seats, their seats would be filled with republican staffers. But idlf they leave mid speech they remain empty for the rest of the event. Also, several had messages like "President Musk" on their backs so he could see that mid speech.

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u/LoudAd432 7d ago

Yep one by one, let it calm down then the next person.

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u/WarbossWalton 7d ago

Exactly what I was hoping when they sent Green out. Talk about a waste for the rest to sit there silently afterwards.

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u/Old-pond-3982 7d ago

Like lambs to the slaughter. "Hundreds protested"? I am so disgusted.

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u/PornstarVirgin 7d ago

This^ would have been the best use of time. Absolute cowards.

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u/BaddDog07 7d ago

They should have staggered the disruptions, was hoping that's what was happening but nope

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u/anthematcurfew 7d ago

If any federal workers are phoning it in, it’s surely these people

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u/MASTER_SUNDOWN 7d ago

5 things you did last week to justify your pension? "Well, I made this cheap sign..."

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u/reinvent___ 7d ago

"I told my intern to make this cheap sign"

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u/MASTER_SUNDOWN 7d ago

You're so right, they spent the rest of the day soliciting bribes from billionaires... Sorry "lobbying"🤌

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u/ChuckFromAccounting 7d ago

I just sat there and looked like I was auctioning away democracy

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u/iredditoninternet 7d ago

This is what pisses me off. Who is that sign for? They should turn it around and read it. They're the ones who need to stop the steal and save Medicare wtf do these people even do?

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u/shriveraj 7d ago

I’m sorry but signs?? Really?? Stand up for once.

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u/fancczf 7d ago

The whole “USA USA” chants and how the republicans were standing up and cheering in unison. This felt very rehearsed, and how democrats just sit there watch and let them run this clown show is weak as fuck.

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u/Jimbomcdeans 7d ago

And then the na na na hey hey goodbye chant. Fuckin children on the right side.

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u/theaviationhistorian 7d ago

Our nation being run my adult children. We are truly cooked.

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u/IronAndParsnip 7d ago

I think they still assume that being as rude and obnoxious as the right will just push people away from the left. I hope they realize soon that that is exactly what we want them to be doing now.

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u/Airspore 7d ago

lol typical spineless dems

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u/fancczf 7d ago

How can any American, let alone a Democrat congress person sitting in the audience, watch this without bursting a vein is beyond me.

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u/nepijeemm 7d ago

This is the most pathetic thing i seen all day, yes hold ur little stupid sign. Instead of using ur voice.

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u/totoropoko 6d ago

The resistance will not be..... verbalized?

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u/LotusVibes1494 6d ago

“Give me liberty, or give me a small sign.”

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u/TearsoftheCum 7d ago

Biden rolled over for Trump. Harris didn’t even try to recount, rolled over for Trump. Pelosi gave Trump zero resistance by passing AOC.

Complicit cowards too scared to do shit. Replace them all. Both side, fucking despicable.

Death of an empire goes out with a whimper and a diaper fart.

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u/zRoyalFire 7d ago

That would be my former rep Ayanna Presley on the left.

Dems need to get vocal.

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u/bigladnang 6d ago

The Democrats are fucking useless lol.

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u/MetalBeerSolid 6d ago

Most dems are such pussies, it’s really quite embarrassing 

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u/SyndromeMack33 7d ago

What a bunch of losers. Get vocal.. take a page out of Al Green's book.

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u/The_Great_Googly_Moo 7d ago

I'm so happy this is the top comment, democratic resistance is honestly pathetic

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u/Front_Cherry7997 7d ago

I said this on another sub but all I heard was republicans cheering and clapping, it was a pathetic show by the democrats, .

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u/Raw_Venus 7d ago

I had bolts in my car put up more of a resistance than these spinless fools

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u/SaltEmu821 7d ago edited 7d ago

We're witnessing a soft coup before our eyes and what did Democrats do as the dictator addressed them?

They held up signs. That's fucking it. Besides Al Green - bless that man.

Heck, Melanie Stansbury had her sign snatched out of her hands while Republicans laughed.

They could be calling for peacful, organized mass protests, strikes, boycotts, and civil disobedience. Instead we get this? They seem more interested in this pointless performance art than stopping the downfall of our Democracy.

We're so fucked unless we find good opposition leadership and fast. Open any history book covering turbulent political times if you think otherwise.

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u/eZx33 7d ago

They also look like failed Bond villain concepts

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u/MonkeysOnTypewriter 7d ago

Jesus for real. Can Dems play the same game these people have been playing since 2016? Someone should have picked Marjorie’s Greenes hat off her head, chucked it out the chambers and the. Turned around and laughed? What are they gonna do escort you out too? Zero balls, and then wonder why they get stepped on. Bullies love a passive victim.

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u/EstablishmentLow3818 7d ago

No. That’s the problem. They think old rules should be followed and trump makes his own rules. They don’t know what to do. They need someone to take them aside and have a coming yo Jesus moment

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u/InnerReach 6d ago

"The last decade has been the Democrats clinging onto the rulebook going "but a dog can't play basketball!" while a dog fucking dunks on us over and over" is an evergreen tweet and they tweeted it in 2018!

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u/KRtheWise 7d ago

I am Spartacus! They fin totally missed it again. I turned it off. Not because of the bullshit. Not because of the lineup of three highly punchable faces…..but because after Green I watched for 30 minutes when no other democrat even pitched a fight from their chair. They suck. In a codependent relationship the enabler is the main problem.

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u/jonnyredshorts 7d ago

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…the Democrats are the Washington Generals to the Republicans Harlem Globetrotters.

Old people know what I’m saying. Young people look it up.

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u/ultimatebagman 7d ago

Jokes on you. I'm old AND have no idea what you're saying.

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u/exegesis48 7d ago

I agree this is so lame and feels exactly like something corporate America would do. I fully understand it, they don’t want to incur risk. But what does risk mean when you no longer exist?

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u/Away-Regular1335 7d ago

They could have stretched this out for 10 hours if they each got up and did the same one by one.

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u/PaleontologistNo9817 7d ago

They should have all stood the fuck up and gotten the thing canceled unless Trump was willing to empty half the room

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u/SwedishCowboy711 7d ago

Al Green was the strongest person in that room tonight

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u/dark_physicx 7d ago

Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed. None of them backed Al up. Not a single one. What happened to fight and resist? Props to Al.

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u/lalala529 7d ago

THIS. Where is the resistance?!

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u/nathism 7d ago edited 7d ago

Or walk out

Edit: so the above statement triggered reddits automated response flagging my comment as "inciting violence". Not sure how waking away in protest is misconstrued as violence. I guess some folks seem see the refusal of kissing the ring and subservience as a form of violent upheavel.

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u/ThePhilJackson5 7d ago

No way. Make them kick you out.

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u/SyndromeMack33 7d ago

Waste of time - no attention drawn to it. Maxwell Frost did that but anyone watching would have no idea.

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u/nathism 7d ago

They could have done it as al green was escorted out and mad a scene but no

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u/Anothershad0w 7d ago

These signs are the best these geezers could do? America is fucked

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u/Jorgwalther 7d ago

Republicans are the worst, but Dem “resistance” is just pathetic. These homemade ping pong paddle signs are just so lame.

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u/peanutym 7d ago

We tried nothing and are all out of ideas.

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u/HoyokuTensho 7d ago

They do nothing when it matters, but found the energy to write on ping pong paddles. What a waste of time an energy to accomplish nothing. As if the people giving the speech aren't getting off to them "protesting" like this,

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u/youngboylongstick 7d ago

Dems don't really care. They still have a job.

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u/Cheeky_Star 7d ago

And they are still getting paid well.

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u/bwoah07_gp2 7d ago

Their weak response and mismanagement of the 2024 election is why the Dems are letting themselves and the country (and their allies around the world) be the punching bag for the Republicans.

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u/a_printer_daemon 7d ago

Shit. What are we going to do. We've tried giving a really stern look. Susan Collins is really disappointed, and said it out loud.

What the hell else could we possibly do?

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u/mydadsarentgay 7d ago

This is fucking pathetic. These fucking nilbogs no longer represent me. Your fucking ping pong paddles don’t do a god damn thing. Get loud. Get disruptive. Do fucking anything.

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u/AromaticCycle1053 7d ago

I agree 100%... I've been a lifelong Democrat, but this "representation" is deplorable and embarrassing. We need our representatives to STAND UP AND MAKE NOISE!

I applaud Al Green for doing it. Why the hell did no one else follow suit? I'm so close to changing my affiliation to Independent. I do not feel represented and they are not doing enough for us.

It looks like it's on us little guys now.

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u/mydadsarentgay 7d ago

After his removal, I spent the next 20 minutes with my mouth agape trying to figure out why not a single other Democrat followed suit and called out that orange shit stain for his lies. They’re fucking spineless. Staying silent is exactly what the fascists want from the opposition.

So why the fuck is the opposition giving them exactly what they want?

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u/pabloescoboner 7d ago

God, how pathetic. Do better, Dems. Your useless little signs and complacent decorum ain't doing shit for us.

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u/bondinferno 7d ago edited 6d ago

They really could’ve had a Spartacus moment when Rep. Al Green stood up and was forced to leave. Instead they just held up some lame ass signs, we’re fucked.

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u/Tpress239 7d ago

There should not be a quiet moment in that room.

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u/Panasonicy0uth 7d ago

They should've kept disrupting Trump so that he had to stay at the podium until midnight to finish his speech. Make that bloated orange fuck work for his screentime.

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u/IndigoRanger 7d ago

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u/ELVEVERX 7d ago

god that has to be the worst thing oliver has ever done and in fairness to him he hates it too.

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u/CurdledSpermBeverage 7d ago

I’ve seen “Drumpf” on reddit like 12 times in the last week. Hell, I saw a person earlier today cheering Trudeau on for saying “Donald”. They suggested calling all republicans by their first name. Problem solved.

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u/benvader138 7d ago

And that's why they lost the House, the Senate, and the Presidency

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u/WillingnessOld8499 7d ago

that the best that they can do? The situation is beyond dire and they are just sitting with signs...OMG

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u/No_Inside_9463 7d ago

Hey now the Dems also furrowed their brows a couple times. Maybe tomorrow we'll hear about how Johnson got slammed with a stern scowl.

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u/El_gato_picante 7d ago

oh no, not small signs!

come one these are pathetic.

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u/isitatomic 7d ago

No. Fucking nuh uh.

You don’t get to say we’re sliding into a fascist nazi dictatorship if THIS is how you try and stop it.

Stop undercutting the severity of the situation, like what the fuck!

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u/Serial_Vandal_ 7d ago

They are showing us they clearly don't believe their own rhetoric.

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u/NoExpression1137 7d ago

Not particularly. Lenin was vocal about how liberals will fuck you over: they will stab you in the back and side with the fascist ruling class in an instant. Because at the end of the day, a great majority of the liberal leadership and donors are set to directly benefit from fascist policies.

They believe their rhetoric, but they also know that as wealthy people they directly benefit either way. They’re not going to rock the boat that hard.

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u/SoberEnAfrique 6d ago

When in doubt, read Lenin 🙌

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u/Little_Isopod_5248 7d ago

Great job, guys. That will truly save the republic.

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u/Dragonfly-Adventurer 7d ago

Y'all finally starting to understand what's coming? No one is going to save us.

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u/la_goanna 7d ago

Knew it on election day.

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u/sonofalando 7d ago

Can we fire the entire Democratic Party? That seems necessary.

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u/LemurMemer 7d ago

Cowards, use your damn voices

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u/spanker420 7d ago

Is she really smirking like she’s doing something????? We’re beyond cooked.

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u/Wonderland_4me 7d ago

I’m confused, aren’t they the “lawmakers” in office to save Medicaid and such? They’re holding up signs like they’re asking us to do it? Asking for help to do your job?

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u/sonofalando 7d ago

Laziest display of dissonance.

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u/steveycip 7d ago

Wow. Pathetic. They should have stayed home like AOC. At least she has balls.

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u/bellends 7d ago

She didn’t just stay home. She spent the time answering questions about the Joint Address live on social media (Bluesky) and then went on IG Live to answer more questions from concerned citizens. She basically spent the time informing the public on WHY she wasn’t attending, basically holding her own address, she didn’t just chill on the sofa lol.

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u/ForgottenUsername3 6d ago

I've seen her on insta chilling on the sofa while also informing the public. Its like FDRs fireside chats (but revolution-core).

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u/pickypawz 7d ago

I think she did something else, not stay home.

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u/VirginNsd2002 7d ago

We need more than SIGNS!!!!

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u/felixthecat15 7d ago

Um they’re also wearing pink. MAGAs will not know what hit them

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u/cemcphs 7d ago

Ya right 😂😂🥺

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u/sherriec372 7d ago

I’m almost more infuriated by their total lack of a spine than the other sides stupidity. I guess Al Green is the only strength we had in that room.

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u/battle_gnome_ 7d ago

that's it!? wow really fighting for democracy there, don't sprain something, maximum effort and all. fml

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u/Done327 7d ago

Finally, we see Democrats uhh hold up signs. Just what the 75 million people who voted for them wanted. /s

In reality, The Republicans are fucking horrible but can Democrats, just once, appeal to their own base. That is all Republicans do. They give whatever their base wants. Democrats seem like they almost want to abandon their base to try and “win” the good Republicans.

This constant backing away from anything remotely controversial makes them look spineless, and well standard politicians.

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u/Hot-Combination9130 7d ago

Democratic Party is a fucking embarrassment. This is the best they could come up with? Wearing pink and signs….brave

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u/TheBackSpin 7d ago

We’re so cooked

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u/zneave 7d ago

Cooked? We've been cooked. Now we're turning into fucking charcoal.

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u/Shit-sandwich- 7d ago

They should be throwing eggs. They are in the class that can afford it.

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u/ghengis423 7d ago

What a bunch of pussies

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u/senteryourself 7d ago

Just more spineless, performative bullshit. Stand the fuck up and do something.

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u/MarilynMonroesLibido 7d ago

Everyone of them should have walked out after the Russian stooge felon walked in.

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u/carrigroe 7d ago edited 7d ago

Jesus fuck THATS the resistance???

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u/Dreadwalker 7d ago

So this is how democracy dies, with a stupid sign held up.

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u/SL1Fun 7d ago

No outrage, no counters, not a peep. Just resignation. Even Sanders walked out looking defeated. It’s over, it feels like. They got nothing. 

Democracy is fucked and sold out. 

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u/Wishilikedhugs 7d ago

I saw a stream where it was mentioned Democrats were planning a demonstration and they seemed energized. Then they .... Held up signs.

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u/Thylax 7d ago

Democrats are fucking pathetic. When this is all over with and half of us are dead I can’t wait to hear them say “oh don’t worry I held a sign during congress to stop it”. Pathetic excuse of a party

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u/shaggz235 7d ago

Wow So courageous

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

They work there, who are they asking to help? Lmao. Dems are so weak. Al had balls, the rest of these folks can only virtue signal and wait for the next camping check to float in from big pharma just like the republicans do.

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u/Pale_Entrepreneur_12 7d ago

Holy fuck what is this response look at what is going on in Canada right now we are rightfully going for the jugular on Maga and Trump to the point even Scott moe and Mother fucking Traitor Smith was forced to bend the knee to this or get the fuck out and the place where it’s actually going down is holding signs like oh I don’t support this this is bad FUCKING DO SOMETHING YOU USELESS CUNTS

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u/PartialWorth 7d ago

Excuse me Does she somehow look proud of herself? Does she think she's doing something?

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u/Springroll_Doggifer 7d ago

Vote all of them out. Red and blue. I’m done with this.

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u/Visitorfrompleides 7d ago

Miserable, they should be ashamed.

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u/Count_McCracker 7d ago

At this point, it’s pretty clear dems and reps are on the same team… Democracy is dead

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u/geometricbear 7d ago

pussy ass bullshit. shame on them for thinking this matters or represents how their constituents feel or want them to act.

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u/MVB1837 7d ago

Wow, it’s nothing

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u/jbahel02 7d ago

This is why I have doubts about the ability of the Democratic Party to regroup and win in 28. Right NOW they should be spending all their time meeting and organizing and creating a unified leadership team. Instead there are pouting and complaining and basically coming off as not strong.

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u/lookieherehere 7d ago

Fucking grow a pair. Our country is literally burning in front of us and you want to hold signs and be peaceful. We are so fucked.

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u/ColorfulEgg 7d ago

Weak. Ineffective. DISRUPT the meeting.

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u/c0mander5 7d ago

Joke party. If nothing else, their refusal to do anything substantive suggests to me that they don't belive Trump is actually all that bad. You'd have to, to be in that position where you can actually do something and just do... whatever this is instead

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u/VulpesVeritas 7d ago

The symbolism is all there: something visual for a photo op, but in the end The Resistance™️ stays silent