• @Wilco@lemm.ee
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    146 months ago

    He wasn’t fillibustering anything. Literally … no one cared. Nothing got delayed. The multiple Republicans that voted with democrats stopped all votes until Monday.

    • @barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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      116 months ago

      It wasn’t supposed to do anything like that. It was an audition for Chuck Schumer’s job, laying out what the Democratic agenda would look like under his leadership, while showing strength, all things Schumer doesn’t have.

      I’m not a big fan of Booker, but he’s miles ahead of the weak, simpering weenie Schumer. I’ll NEVER forgive him for stabbing Al Franken in the back. He’s got to go, and let AOC take his place.

      • @Wilco@lemm.ee
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        26 months ago

        Schumer is a Republican in my mind. Not quite MAGA level, but he is working for them and giving those traitors aid.

        Thanks for the Booker tip, I didn’t realize what he was doing. I hope he does get Schumers job, anyone with a spine would do better.

          • @SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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            06 months ago

            Do you have a quote where he says something along the lines of “With this act of protest I am attempting to become the new minority leader?”

            If not then you can’t assume that and you know it. Of that’s what he meant then he should say it using big boy words.

            • @barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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              06 months ago

              You don’t really understand how politics works do you? If you are waiting for politicians to SAY exactly what they mean, you are going to be very confused at what is happening around you.

              • @SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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                6 months ago

                Trump said exactly what he would do and then he did it.

                Why should we suck up to politicians who are compulsive liars?

                Im sorry you’re losing me.

                So politicians always lie and are not interested in helping people, so the guy who wasted a day of speech for literally nothing was a hero?

                Is war peace? Is freedom slavery?

                • ddh
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                  16 months ago

                  Yes, it was pretty stunning how he both negotiated peace between Russia and Ukraine and lowered grocery prices on day one.

                • @barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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                  16 months ago

                  Trump said exactly what he would do and then he did it.

                  Yeah, still waiting on that perfect health care plan.

                  I’m bored with your silliness.

  • @SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
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    76 months ago

    It’s the perfect encapsulation of the Democratic party to set records that sound impressive while having no tangible effect on the encroaching fascism.

  • @kreskin@lemmy.world
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    16 months ago

    He wore a pin supporting israels war on Palestinians during his speech. At the same time the IDF shot up a pair of ambulances and buried the crews by the side of the road, and refused to let anyone into the area for a week. Booker is just another stooge looking for attention so he can keep his aipac paychecks coming. I hope he gets primaried.

    • @barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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      -36 months ago

      Dipshits like you is what ruined Reddit, and now you MAGA Traitors are going to ruin Lemmy, too. Isn’t fucking up America and the world enough for you psychos?

      • @ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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        26 months ago

        Bro… He’s making fun of the maga traitors in the most textually obvious way possible. Did you not get that?

        • @jeffw@lemmy.world
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          16 months ago

          You’d think they’d get it with how I tYpEd LiKe ThIs but I think a couple people missed the joke lol

        • @barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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          -26 months ago

          I just came to Lemmy after being permabanned from Reddit after 12 years. I’ve seen plenty of very real nonsensical posts like that, so Im conditioned to believe them, if they don’t have a /S. I’ve been accused of it myself, for some of my sarcastic posts, when I failed to include /S.

          • @ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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            16 months ago

            Having been permabanned myself from reddit after 14 years, I’ve never seen that text used as anything other than a mocking tone for the thing being said.

            You may have been reading it wrong this entire time.