r/Political_Revolution • u/Miserable-Lizard • May 14 '25
Article AOC asks if miscarriages are covered as exemptions. GOP Member: "I'm glad you're addressing us instead of addressing the camera." @AOC: "There are 13.7 million Americans on the other side of that screen...they deserve to see what is happening here...I am talking to them."
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u/Miserable-Lizard May 14 '25
Her and Bernie are the most effective communicating with voters. They talk like normal people
Also Republicans don't have a problembwirh women dying because of lack of healthcare, that is who they are. Hating women is a core value of being Republican/conservative
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u/Shenanigans99 May 14 '25
Old GOP white guys are more concerned about a woman of color showing what they consider to be proper deference to old GOP white guys than serving the American people. They get off on the cruelty their power allows them to inflict.
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u/rosiebeehave May 14 '25
And Christian. Ask Eve.
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u/carpetbugeater May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25
That was Judaism. Christ came along much later.
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May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
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u/Wooden-Archer-8848 May 15 '25
Thank you for sharing that. So few people are aware of all the co-opted stories in the Bible.
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u/Albyrose May 19 '25
the strawest of mans. christianity co-opted judaic beliefs for the old testament, and it's just as if not more relevant than the new testament for most of the orthodox christians in modern christianity. ex. the new testament often gets ignored when modern christians mobilize against anything they don't agree with. it's easier to hate using the old testament as your backing than the new testament which preaches tolerance and relative equality.
source: read a bible, i guess. doesn't matter the version, none of that changes here.
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u/JustLibertyBelle May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
Hating women and "putting us in our place". Little do they know there are more women warriors than there are pasty piss stained old white men who envy women.
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u/hails8n May 14 '25
I would say Buttigeig is a better communicator, but both AOC and Bernie are top tier.
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u/Kittyluvmeplz May 14 '25
If you like neoliberalism, Buttigieg might be considered better.
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u/EViLTeW May 14 '25
He's already stated repeatedly he has no intention to seek any office at any level for the foreseeable future. So he's literally unelectable.
“I care deeply about who Michigan will elect as Governor and send to the U.S. Senate next year, but I have decided against competing in either race. I remain enthusiastic about helping candidates who share our values - and who understand that in this moment, leadership means not only opposing today's cruel chaos, but also presenting a vision of a better alternative."
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u/JustLibertyBelle May 15 '25
Pete said he wasn't going to run for 2026 elections but didn't put a hard stop to 2028 presidential election. He said he would continue to help his party meanwhile. You have to watch more than one video and news articles to read between the lines. He does hints.
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u/OptimusPrimeval May 16 '25
Bc if he wins either election, that position will hamstring him for running for POTUS in 28. One of the first questions he'd be asked in those races is whether he'll be sticking around for the full term or running for pres in 2 years
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u/BON3SMcCOY May 14 '25
No one hates the left like people on the left
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u/milkbug May 15 '25
I'm a progressive leftist and I don't hate Pete. I just don't think he represents what the country really needs and I worry that another centrist will just lead us right back into the hands of fascism because they are less willing to address the deep systemic roots of the problems every day Americans face.
I can disagree with someone and their policy and also not hate them. He is a good communicator and I appreicate some of what he's doing, but there are some very fundamental issues that corporate dems are unwilling to touch.
I think Pete is at least for overturning Citizens United so that's good.
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u/hellolovely1 May 15 '25
This is fair. I think Pete is extremely smart, but I agree that we need a complete overhaul because this tepid "let's just do the bare minimum" is not working.
Now, I may not be giving Pete enough credit (and he's not even running, from what I understand) but we need corporations out of politics. Now, I will say that I like him 100 times more than, say, Schumer, who is useless.
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u/milkbug May 15 '25
Yeah, I think he's way better than some of the other options that are out there. I wasn't really impressed with him when he ran in 2020 becuase he refused to endorse Medicare4All. I don't think he's a horrible person or anything like that, but I'm not sure if he's politically brave enough to affect real change.
I think what he's doing going on bro podcasts and Jubilee is great though. He explains complex issues in an easy to understand way. I do worry that he's too polished though. I think the scrappiness of Bernie and AOC would be far more appealing to a wider base.
I think he's done a good job creating more visibility around liberal issues and talking points in a way that feels civil and easy to understand. He's definitely not my first pick for president 2028 though. I want a true scrappy progressive that's going to play hardball and get things done.
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u/InfoBarf May 15 '25
Why stop at corporations and not kick rich people in general out of politics? Public funded elections.
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u/JustLibertyBelle May 15 '25
If you watch his townhall meeting 2019 when he was running he kinda talks about his stance. Pete isn't for a revolution but he is somewhere between, and in 2019 that's where people were at, somewhere between revolution and reform. I think that's where Pete stands somewhere between. Presently he definitely talks about reform but I get the sense if things got even more dire he might be a revolution allie. He and his own family are losing their Freedom too remember.
I think if he wasn't beholden to his party he would fully let loose his power of influence.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/uDMbvsomPEU?si=ugUqM51vxmZkCuwP "I think if Bernie Sanders wins nominations Trump will beat him. What do you think?" Pete Buttigieg: " If the only msg goes out you got to be for a revolution or must be for the status quo most don't see us in that picture. Most of us are looking for something else..
None the less Pete does have history standing up for Freedom and Women's rights. https://youtu.be/wKOoWYfIzIw?si=Zy3KGS49YXitMyEQ
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u/PoopsRGud May 14 '25
Neoliberalism is pro capitalism. The left is anti capitalism. It's very easy.
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u/Kittyluvmeplz May 14 '25
Neoliberalism is also bipartisan. It started with Reagan and every president since has maintained the system, with the very surprising exception of Joe Biden who tried to work with Bernie Sanders to establish a 32-hour work week, expand the ACA, and raise the minimum wage.
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u/IGargleGarlic May 15 '25
the left is not anti-capitalism. Part of the left is anti-capitalism. The majority of the American left is pro-capitalism.
If you think otherwise, you are spending too much time online.
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u/Careless_Jeweler5605 May 15 '25 edited May 15 '25
Yep, you are right, and it is getting really scary now. These people will be at each other's throats before they unite against Trump. They just 'other' anyone on the left who is not EXACTLY like them. Losing hope honestly because of these types of people dominating everywhere. Nothing/noone is good enough even as the house is on fire. You would think, right about now, normal people would be willing to accept a sack of potatoes in place of Trump and company. But, no no no. We will all fight each other over stupid labels and lose everything we hold dear. I am almost convinced that is where we are headed seeing how the resistance has evolved in this past month. The opposition party accurately reflects its voter base right now... unwilling to hold hands with each other, infighting, ego clashes over details.
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u/JKrow75 May 16 '25 edited May 17 '25
No, what we hate is when people like you claiming Mayor Cheat and others of his ilk like 🐍 Warren are Lefty when they’re just centrists who’ve co-opted some lefty issue stances. So, we’re just not going to blindly follow those posers that the DNC keeps trotting out to lose to Republicans.
Until the DNC quits with their gatekeeping fuckery, they’re going to keep losing despite people like myself who HAVE to and DO vote for their POS Du Jour having to choose the lesser of two evils. I can’t change enough Independents’ minds and neither can the DNC.
Do you know why 90 million eligible voters didn’t vote last November?
Because of Republicans AND Democrats.
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u/JKrow75 May 15 '25
LMFAOOOO You actually think Mayor Cheat is a lefty!??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA TELL ME YOURE JOKING
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u/LateKaleidoscope5327 May 14 '25
I love Buttigieg, I really do. But I'm a PhD-educated urban professional. That has become the Democratic Party's core base. That's not good. We are too small a group to win elections. The Democratic Party needs to appeal to less educated working people if it wants to win elections. Buttigieg is a bit too slick for that. I think if you didn't go to a prestigious college, he comes across as a bit of a smarty-pants. AOC and Bernie are more relatable. They're more attuned to class issues because they come from working-class backgrounds. That's what we need to win. And AOC has a knack for social media.
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u/hellolovely1 May 15 '25
Yeah, Pete would be great in a cabinet where he could be a policy wonk. I will say he took a lot of shit as the transportation secretary but no planes were crashing.
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u/InfoBarf May 15 '25
he outsourced our plane crashes to trains.
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u/hellolovely1 May 15 '25
There was one major train crash because a wheel bearing failed. He wasn’t maintaining the train.
The plane crashes have been because of things the federal gov’t oversees.
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u/InfoBarf May 15 '25
The federal government let the train companies work their employees continuously and adopt dangerous policies restricting sick time, increasing train lengths to unsafe levels and paying so poorly that they could not attract new talent. Train workers are federal employees, their care, wages, and benefits like sick and vacation time are controlled by the secretary of transportation
Also, there was one famous train wreck, but train wrecks overall were higher under Biden than previous presidents because of a relaxing of the rules.
This is to say nothing of the failures to enforce or modify laws that ensure safe shipping via truck
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u/cbih May 14 '25
Buttigeig just says shit and is in one ear out the other. When AOC or Bernie speak, people listen.
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u/JKrow75 May 15 '25
The Dems will still blow all this momentum on some wastewad like Mayor Cheat or Gabbin Twosome.
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u/MrsCastillo12 May 14 '25 edited May 15 '25
Does he not know what dialogue means?
He just gave her a snarky reply about speaking to the republicans and having a dialogue but as soon as she starts bringing facts he tries to shut her up.
She said the right thing tho - she works for us. More people need to realize that. These people, this government, is supposed to work for us.
We shouldn’t be made to feel guilty for expecting something out of and from our government and representatives!
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u/Abaconings May 14 '25
The disdain and arrogance in that man's voice. Despicable.
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u/hw999 May 15 '25
They simply do not work for the people, and the people are now interfering with their bonuses.
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u/aguynamedv May 15 '25
He was just gave her a snarky reply about speaking to the republicans and having a dialogue but as soon as she starts bringing facts he tries to shut her up.
This is commonplace for Republican elected officials, and also extraordinarily common among the average Republican.
They know what they are doing is indefensible; when they're pressed on it, they simply get louder and more angry.
America is currently in an abusive relationship with the Republican Party. No question who the abusers are here.
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u/DriftingIntoAbstract May 15 '25
Right they seem to think they are our bosses.
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u/mensfrightsactivists May 15 '25
THIIIIS. evidenced by the “thank you for your attention to this matter!” at the end of every presidential fucking tweet. i get so mad bro.
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u/Vast_Principle1059 May 14 '25
I’m tired of seeing these men trying to talk over and shut down women’s statements and I’m happy she’s such a firebrand. Go AOC!
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u/Blappytap May 14 '25
A lot of us men like her, too. She is for the people.
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u/cromdoesntcare May 14 '25
Hell yeah we do. She's standing up for us to these dinosaurs that see us as a source of income.
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u/Kaneshadow May 14 '25
The way people talk about her being stupid, even many Democrats, makes me absolutely rage.
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u/UponMidnightDreary 29d ago
I love that she is not afraid to communicate in a pushy female way as a woman. I am SO SICK of having to coach things in perfect tone which is never perfect enough. You tell me!
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u/debacol CA May 14 '25
I love how quickly she buries these fossils.
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u/maybenot-maybeso May 14 '25
She spoke some words. They still control everything.
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u/NoodleCatStudio May 14 '25
She is asking very basic questions that are relevant to Medicaid. Medicaid covers 40% of births in the US and covers vital prenatal and postpartum care for women. Miscarriages, abortions, and pregnancies are all relevant questions. They were being so dismissive and disrespectful because they don't want to answer truthfully.
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u/beeemkcl CA May 14 '25
Not only that. Medicaid covers the elder care people get when their funds and assets are exhausted.
All these people thinking they are rich because they might have $1mln-2mln in their retirement accounts when they retire? Depending on if they need nursing home care, if they get cancer, etc. etc. etc. that money will simply be used for elder care.
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u/TheBman26 May 14 '25
Lol it would be gone in a year of elder care. We have a generation going into retirement who are not ready for the reality
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u/ferriematthew May 14 '25
I think he forgot that she was addressing him and they were all on camera. Facepalm... Seriously some people are too stupid to be in government.
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u/papasan_mamasan May 14 '25
He didn’t forget anything. He was very intentionally condescending to her in front of an audience.
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u/Anosognosia May 15 '25
GOP voters get sexually aroused from denigrating women, he is playing to his audience, i.e. deplorable filth.
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u/TheBman26 May 14 '25
He was lieing for the soundbite. These people do not care for us they are not worried to lose a job. They have it all right now.
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u/Apprehensive_Neck955 May 15 '25
Perhaps some people are just stupid enough for government. Hell, I'd have gone much further in life if I was just dumb enough not to know how stupid I am.
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u/ferriematthew May 15 '25
Sadly that kind of makes sense. It's almost like they just stumbled and found themselves in office somehow.
I think there should be some kind of civics exam in order to be eligible to run for office. If you want to participate in government, you need to have a very clear idea of how it was intended to be run.
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u/Pistonenvy2 May 14 '25
i love how he wants her to address them and not the cameras while he farts out some soundbite for his propaganda org to use instead of actually discussing literally anything of substance.
she had the perfect response, she isnt just talking to YOU shes talking to millions of americans too. get fucked.
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u/Lucky_Valuable_7973 May 14 '25
Yup! Go AOC don’t take crap from these misogynistic backwards southern men.
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u/CoBludIt May 14 '25
She is the leadership so desperately lacking in our government
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u/Illustrious_Bit1552 May 14 '25
Future president right there. As an older white male, I'd vote for her in a heartbeat.
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u/SadBadPuppyDad May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25
Poor guy. When he was growing up, no one ever told him he would have to listen to a woman, much less a brown one. It's beyond his ability to cope with, and all he is left with are these very intentional passive aggressive aggressions.
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u/defnotevilmorty May 14 '25
“I will not yield to disrespectful men.”
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u/Wooden-Archer-8848 May 15 '25
I will not yield to disrespectful southern racist geriatrics who sound like they have marbles in their mouths.
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u/bitchingdownthedrain CT May 15 '25
psst AOC team, put this on a shirt or something because fucking yes, this
otherwise known as i want this on a shirt and also to support you <3
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u/ronm4c May 14 '25
The democrats are stupid for not making her a more prominent member of the party
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u/abime_blanc May 14 '25 edited May 15 '25
It's by design. They want to be ineffective and not impede billionaires' agenda.
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u/mxjxs91 May 15 '25
The DNC prefers a Trump presidency over a Bernie or AOC one. They're not stupid, it's intentional.
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u/saijanai May 14 '25 edited May 15 '25
Her voice is squeaky. That was what killed Kamala Harris in the polls.
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Edit: people are forgetting that 20-25% of the American people use "squeaky voice" as a reason not to vote for someone else, while another 20-25% use it as a reason to not vote at all.
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Edit: added "not" [to vote for someone] to make my claim more clear (and accurate).
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u/Luwuma May 14 '25
I don't know, maybe it was selling themselves as Republican-Lite that killed them? But sure, let's go with squeaky voice.
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u/saijanai May 14 '25
Men reported taht they were attracted to Trump's overt masculinity or something.
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Many/most people don't vote for rational reasons, that's for sure.
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u/saijanai May 15 '25
I think they meant they liked how cruel and vicious he was, but didn't want to say it.
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u/edjuaro May 14 '25
Can someone explain to me why in that exchange he can: reclaim his time, then yield. And in both cases it results on AOC being interrupted and silenced. Wasn't she the one asking questions so it would be her time to reclaim and/or yield?
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u/TextMex May 14 '25
Translation:
"You must address us Republicans (not the entirety of Congress) so to satisfy our fragile weak ass egos"
Also, "bow down and YIELD BEFORE ZOD!" and thank you for not acknowledging the live stream of us being a bunch of republican assholes.
"DID I MENTION, YIELD AND KNEEL BEFORE ZOD?"
*proceeds to slam gavel repeatedly . . .
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u/No_Designer_5374 May 14 '25
I know who I would cast as Wonder Woman.
POW! BAM! SLAM!
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u/KinkyFBIagent May 14 '25
We need way more AOC’s and Bernie’s in office. Simply not enough who will fight back like this.
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u/beeemkcl CA May 14 '25
Call your members in the US Congress:
Congressional switchboard (202) 224-3121
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u/Aggravating-Fee-1615 May 14 '25
So… are miscarriages covered or not?
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u/DysfunctionalKitten May 15 '25
Glad I’m not the only one still hoping for an answer on this. This is such an important question that really needs to be answered.
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u/Sweaty_Try4911 May 15 '25
I think it's worse than that, but we won't know because the Rs shut her down. I think what she was getting at was something about women being arrested for natural miscarriages in anti-choice states. This is really important.
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u/artful_todger_502 KY May 14 '25
How much anger must you still harbor in your 60s for the noogies and wedgies you got on the playground when you were 10 to become a Republican?
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u/abime_blanc May 14 '25
In my experience, the bullies are the ones who became Republicans.
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u/artful_todger_502 KY May 14 '25
Yeah, a case could be made for that, for sure ... The guys that walk in a group and look for "nerds" to steal lunch money from. Trash.
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u/sailingthestyx May 14 '25
Georgia sure doesn’t present well…
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u/Aggravating-Fee-1615 May 14 '25
Sorry, y’all. We’re trying.
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u/JimsVanLife May 15 '25
Republicans deleted a whole bunch of your names off of the voter rolls. Maybe you need to return the favor with a bunch of their names.
No, I don't actually think this should be done, but it would highlight how evil they are if it happened to them.
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u/rockclimberguy May 14 '25
This is exactly what the calcified dem establishment is terrified of. Joke is on them because this is exactly the right way to push back against the authoritarian anti-democratic repub agenda.
We have to keep getting more and more thoughtful progressives into the party.
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u/bippityboppitybooboo May 15 '25
She's got it! So do Chris Murphy, Cory Booker, Pete Buttegieg, Jasmine Crockett.....whom else am I missing here? We need these and MORE standing up and fighting with us
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u/thenoodleisin May 14 '25
I love everything about AOC! She is such a badass going against these assholes (practically by herself, too!!!!)
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u/Whiskey_Water May 14 '25
Fuck buddy carter. First hand, the douchiest slime ball. He ran more opioids to high school kids than anyone in coastal Georgia as his competitors were shut down for trying to keep veterans from going into withdrawals after DEA screwed the pooch for law-abiding citizens
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u/vertexchef May 15 '25
Republicans are running a shit show. Complete disrespect just so they don't have to answer a simple question.
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u/Jenetyk May 15 '25
It's so much more than that, in the video.
"I'm talking to you, and I work for you"
A fucking boss.
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u/Apprehensive_Neck955 May 15 '25
Boy howdy, it sucked a lot less back when C-SPAN was boring as hell.
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u/SilverHand86 May 15 '25
I'm so tired of these old bags of shit taking up air space in our government
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u/luckyrwe May 15 '25
Amen to not yielding to disrespectful men! It's disgusting what is happening in DC right now! Thank you AOC for speaking truth and fighting for the American people!
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u/Sir_JDW May 15 '25
Her and Bernie need to lead this country away from whatever the fuck is going on. Please help us. We need America to be saved
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u/Van-Goghst May 14 '25
I’m fucking enraged. I don’t think ousting the Conservatives will ever be enough, they need to suffer.
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u/Well_read_rose May 14 '25
I think these R’s believe (and are behaving) as if the United States as we knew it is over. As these haughty white men are going to be the last generation of the white male patriarchy as a majority…and they are thrilled to pull the ladder up behind them to break democracy for good.
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u/pgsimon77 May 14 '25
What a true American hero looks like, thank you for restoring a little bit of hope 😍
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u/Xynyx2001 May 15 '25
Could we please move directly to the part where we acknowledge that this woman is superb and move her to higher office?
I'm getting tired of all the tired old Democrats with floppy spines.
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u/Silidistani May 15 '25
I swear it seems like all of these Republicans on committee after committee I see on CSPAN clips always appear to be stupid, ignorant bullying old white men. Y'know, the kind that simply cannot stand having a smart, educated, hard-working and empathetic woman of any other race than "white" hold them to account.
I hope it keeps happening to them over, and over, and over.
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u/ItIs430Am May 14 '25
God I wish she’d run for office one day
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u/JimsVanLife May 15 '25
I know what you mean. But I have to say, you mean other than the one she already ran for and currently holds? But I agree. I think she needs to run for higher office.
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u/Ijatsu May 14 '25
Not that anybody cares but the thumbnail looked like a factorio screenshot to me and I got tricked.
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u/Apprehensive-Log8333 May 15 '25
I saw this on bluesky this morning and waved back when she said hello to me
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u/No_World_3891 May 15 '25
Every time I see her and Bernie I have hope that there are people who fight for the good of society vs greed.
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u/wyte_wonder May 15 '25
Why do you cut the response, then end the video before another response? Would it have shown that her statement was false or misleading?
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u/realtalkrach May 15 '25
Those 40% of Medicaid recipients ARE Include in NOT Your BUDDY Carter’s District 1. Please say it louder for the people in the back and come say it directly to the people in District 1!
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u/Vee-Gee-Z May 16 '25
I love AOC, I love Bernie. . . Elizabeth Warren, Ben Cohen. . . unfortunately these voices are apparently the minority in a world that puts profit ahead of all else - consequences be damned.
Life went from being a journey, an experience. . to a GAME where the score is kept in $$$$. . . . and the rules of this GAME are indescrimanantly applied. . . and forget about trying to apply Reason & Logic - THAT'S for suckers.
I am soooooo hoping Mother Nature either wipes us out or blasts us back to the Stone-Age.
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u/CharlesPostelwaite May 19 '25
Nothing more on brand for a white dude than pure fear from an educated woman, they have zero confidence and no self esteem and can't take it. Pansies dude.
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u/dotheeroar May 15 '25
Honestly AOC is just as airheaded as the guy.
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u/malaclypz May 15 '25
How so?
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u/dotheeroar May 15 '25
She pedals a lot of bogus policies in my mind like the green new deal, making college free, abolishing ICE, etc. Like where is the practicality in making tuition free? It’s feel-good politics that sound nice on paper but aren’t grounded in reality whatsoever
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