r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/innosins Kentucky 1d ago

He's fucking right. They'd be blowing the damn roof off the place if anyone else was pulling this bullshit.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 1d ago

And they’d be right to. The question is why are Democrats so quiet?

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u/spacey_a 1d ago

Are the Democrats quiet? Many of them should definitely be stepping up and doing more, but don't discount people like Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Cory Booker.

Not to mention, this article is literally about a Democrat (albeit not one in Congress) speaking out.

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u/somethrows 1d ago

Several dems are marching with us/speaking in Philly tomorrow. I'm seeing this echoed at other rally's too.

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u/AlexandriasNSFWAcc United Kingdom 1d ago

Bernie Sanders is one of the USA's most notable Independents. Your first example of a good Democrat is literally not a Democrat. He often runs in their primaries but is not a member of the party and has never served in office as one.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 1d ago

Bernie and AOC are hardly Democrats, and that’s the problem. If Democrats wanted to make some noise, they would have put AOC in charge of the Oversight committee instead of voting for some old geezer that Pelosi told them to.

Instead, they’re standing there hat in hand saying, “gee wiz, I would have never been allowed to do [what Democrats are letting Republicans do]”.

And so the question remains.

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u/half_dozen_cats Illinois 1d ago

Ok so you're just gonna ignore Booker?

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u/CherryLongjump1989 19h ago

Exception proves the rule. We only need a thousand more of that for it to begin to count.

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u/bootlegvader 23h ago

they would have put AOC in charge of the Oversight committee instead of voting for some old geezer that Pelosi told them to.

The Democrats are in the minority they aren't putting anyone in charge of any committee. AOC wouldn't be doing anything more than what Connoly is doing as Ranking Member.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 21h ago

Someone is in charge of the democrats on the committee. It’s some old geezer that no one’s ever heard of except for Pelosi. Don’t deflect from that, it makes you look like you’re not a serious person.

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u/bootlegvader 21h ago

It’s some old geezer that no one’s ever heard of except for Pelosi.

I am pretty sure plenty of Democrats in Congress besides Pelosi have heard Connolly before he was made Ranking Member. He has also constantly gotten more votes in his elections than AOC has gotten in hers.