AOC calls out AIPAC in defense of Jamaal Bowman

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Isn’t this the woman that got bullied into changing her vote? I don’t follow politics like a lot of yall but I feel like your political career supposed to be over after that. Like how you let someone bully you on TV and make you change the vote you just turned in.

It was an Israeli vote too and she cried like a punk. Don’t believe anything she’s selling.
 

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She is right. Dark money ruins races, especially locally, when they can flood the streets vs someone who relies on small money ownership etc.
We continue to be fukked as long as money is considered speech. Those with more money have more speech.


Shes upset that Republicans spent "historic ammounts to sew division among Democrats"


I keep hearing how stupid Republicans are,and i lnow how stupid they appear on t.v. But Democrats continue to be outmanuevered at every turn and the recourse is coping and crying:francis:


There needs to be a complete overhaul of the party. A loss for the Dems is a win win situation whether your #BothSides or a Democrat loyalist. There should be a medium between being a wide eyed,naive hippy. And being some old fart whos completely disconnected,tired,and comprimised:respect:
 

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Shes upset that Republicans spent "historic ammounts to sew division among Democrats"


I keep hearing how stupid Republicans are,and i lnow how stupid they appear on t.v. But Democrats continue to be outmanuevered at every turn and the recourse is coping and crying:francis:


There needs to be a complete overhaul of the party. A loss for the Dems is a win win situation whether your #BothSides or a Democrat loyalist. There should be a medium between being a wide eyed,naive hippy. And being some old fart whos completely disconnected,tired,and comprimised:respect:
The problem with this statement is you are still on your "Dems vs Republicans" schtick. Learn names and policies. Jamaal Bowman was one of a small minority of Progressive candidates who actually votes for things beneficial to folks:


when more of them are needed. So to kick this off: if your sole motivating factor is acquisition of reparations, ignore the rest of my post.

If you watched the video, Nina Turner who is progressive herself, mentions the dilemma we face in that Bowman was a working class politician who got drowned in big, dark money as has been happening with black candidates. The dark money is weeding out any candidate who may actually do things for us as you are constantly bombarded with messages that either A: mislead or B: cause you to tune it out and become apathetic or both.

No, having Dems lose and Republicans looking to go white and christian is NOT a win for any of us. We are not rich and there is no sanctuary for us. We either are pushing in the right direction or are mitigating damage until we do, cause the opposition isn't suddenly gonna slow down if we sit on our hands.
 

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Looks like someone wants to be crying on the floor of the House on live television again.

Bowman was done well before AIPAC stepped in

The sooner we all accept this inescapable fact, the sooner we can move on to more important shyt like November.
 

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The problem with this statement is you are still on your "Dems vs Republicans" schtick. Learn names and policies. Jamaal Bowman was one of a small minority of Progressive candidates who actually votes for things beneficial to folks:


when more of them are needed. So to kick this off: if your sole motivating factor is acquisition of reparations, ignore the rest of my post.

If you watched the video, Nina Turner who is progressive herself, mentions the dilemma we face in that Bowman was a working class politician who got drowned in big, dark money as has been happening with black candidates. The dark money is weeding out any candidate who may actually do things for us as you are constantly bombarded with messages that either A: mislead or B: cause you to tune it out and become apathetic or both.

No, having Dems lose and Republicans looking to go white and christian is NOT a win for any of us. We are not rich and there is no sanctuary for us. We either are pushing in the right direction or are mitigating damage until we do, cause the opposition isn't suddenly gonna slow down if we sit on our hands.



I know who he is,most famous for pulling the fire alarm and saying he thought "Pull in Case of Fire" meant "open the door" in spanish I guess:mjlol:


Everything you said has nothing to do with whether or not the man was wise or strategic politically. Which is a major criticism of the Dems for me. Based on how he moved I would say the answer is no.

I know about the money put foward by jews to take down certain black politicans. And everyone knows the role money plays in deciding the victors. Meanwhile he decides to crash out going against the jews for Palestine(IN NEW YORK)
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He didnt crash out on behalf of black people. So excuse me if I dont shed a tear. Its exactly like I said. You liking him as a guy and his voting record,doesnt mean im wrong about the Dems and their incompetence when it comes to strategy lately:respect:
 

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I know who he is,most famous for pulling the fire alarm and saying he thought "Pull in Case of Fire" meant "open the door" in spanish I guess:mjlol:


Everything you said has nothing to do with whether or not the man was wise or strategic politically. Which is a major criticism of the Dems for me. Based on how he moved I would say the answer is no.

I know about the money put foward by jews to take down certain black politicans. And everyone knows the role money plays in deciding the victors. Meanwhile he decides to crash out going against the jews for Palestine(IN NEW YORK)
wVDOf3.gif



He didnt crash out on behalf of black people. So excuse me if I dont shed a tear. Its exactly like I said. You liking him as a guy and his voting record,doesnt mean im wrong about the Dems and their incompetence when it comes to strategy lately:respect:
I see we are talking around each other so it's all good. I don't like the guy, hell I don't know him, but losing progressives when the majority of the Dems are corporate owned is not a good thing. As a voter who doesn't like the "Sit and wait" approach, this loss does not improve my position despite my dissatisfaction with the Democratic party. At least the national level Democratic party.
 

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I see we are talking around each other so it's all good. I don't like the guy, hell I don't know him, but losing progressives when the majority of the Dems are corporate owned is not a good thing. As a voter who doesn't like the "Sit and wait" approach, this loss does not improve my position despite my dissatisfaction with the Democratic party. At least the national level Democratic party.

Well I did say complete overhaul,meaning bush them all that fit the description I gave. Whether proggressive or corporate owned.

Nobody has to go to jail to stop doing drugs or stealing. But then you have some people who need to learn the hard way. The smugness and arrogance of the Democrats have been going on since 2016. Even after they fumbled all the energy and excitement that Bulletproof Barry gave the party. A party that was going nowhere fast until Obama came out of nowhere. Now they are back where they are pre Obama. No excitment,probably considering rolling out a Clinton again,same ol same ol:mjlol:


Look no further than the overconfidence on thecoli. These people wont learn until they take the L again. Smart people can learn and manuever from their mistakes while on the move. The Democrats/liberals have been thinking everything is fine,telling anybody who questions anything that they are wrong. All because they got some desperation votes in the past 4 years. Blame their loyal enablers for them thinking shyt was sweet when it wasnt. This is what lesser of two evils voting gets you. The party you vote for assuming you are happy with their mediocrity:respect:
 

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She is right. Dark money ruins races, especially locally, when they can flood the streets vs someone who relies on small money ownership etc.
We continue to be fukked as long as money is considered speech. Those with more money have more speech.
This is a foundation pillar of capitalism though.

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