We had four years to act like we were at war with a fascist takeover on US soil. We voted for accountability, and we didn’t get it. …1/11 - ThreadSky

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social • 10 days ago

We had four years to act like we were at war with a fascist takeover on US soil. We voted for accountability, and we didn’t get it.

…1/11

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laurelink.bsky.social•10 days ago

We couldn't overcome the fear, propganda and disinformation being spread from the fascist.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

We could have. No one was willing to do what was necessary at the leadership level…where the buck stops.

lindiblu.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m angry. President Biden absolutely should have been more aggressive.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yes. It was inexcusable. Our collective silence on that…as a party…is just as inexcusable.

ockgoat.bsky.social•10 days ago

100% and it doesn't seem like Democrat leaders understand how angry we all are about that.

rjharris816.bsky.social•10 days ago

I loved Biden and Harris and they had so much more to deal with thanks to that rapist and the GOP, but garland was obvs not up to it from the get go and should have raised hell in those 7 swing states which he absolutely did not win

rjharris816.bsky.social•10 days ago

Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin…no way, not all 3 I’m sorry

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

I would agree with that. And one reason is because only a small portion of our party is willing to speak out about anyone in the D party. It’s like they think the “rules” are “You can ONLY speak about the opposing party.

That’s also the MAGA/Republican strategy.

ockgoat.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yes. I can't stress enough that getting elected once should NOT be a guarantee of a 20+ year career as a politician. Fuck that. They should do their jobs for the constituents or be prepared to fight for reelection - EVERY SINGLE ELECTION CYCLE. It's our job to start holding them accountable.

trashcanjack.bsky.social•10 days ago

No, it isn't our strategy. MAGA is always talking shit about Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, etc, all the way up to speaker Johnson. MAGA overthrew the corporate establishment. You guys haven't. Because y'all Dems are a bunch of obedient sheep. Get on our level.

laiken75.bsky.social•10 days ago

This criticism I’m all for.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

And…it’s not “attacking the Dems” as some with lazy thinking like to label it. It’s responsible citizenry, before all else.

As a Republican, I called out Trump, and wound up leaving the party all together.

When I help elect someone…anyone…when you f*ck up…1/2

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m going to get a piece of your ass. Any other way is “super fan” behavior. Elected leaders are not entertainers or celebrities, and don’t need fans. They need voters…who hold them accountable. 2/2

laiken75.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m 49 years old, disabled and a lifelong Democrat who feels completely lost. These waiting for a book deal journalists reporting on important or nonsensical things after the fact are 🤡 gambling on the lives of millions and mocking democracy

cheleashton.bsky.social•10 days ago

As always, Dems SUCK at messaging. All I see now on commercials in eastern PA is Orange ogre propaganda and how he is helping people and continuous bare assed lies with no matching Dem commercials debunking those lies. WTF! Where are the Dems?!

metaldad666.bsky.social•10 days ago

It goes WAY beyond just messaging. The corruption. The sheer cowardice. The old ways of thinking. The consultant class. AIPAC & other PACs basically bribing Dems into submission. Hatred of progressives. Stale leadership. Etc. The party is rotten to its core & it’s going to take a lot to change.

mar1957.bsky.social•10 days ago

I blame republican enablers, seems they Always get the f pass.

trampolinechaplin.bsky.social•10 days ago

Damn straight!

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

I can both be saddened by President Biden’s diagnosis (and I am) and be pissed off that he did not act assertively, aggressively, and make sure we had a US AG who was working just as assertively and aggressively.

2/11

jenjrbskb523.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thank you. I've been wrestling with this myself. He did a good job, but did the country a disservice by not at least putting a rush on the litigation.

chukbahb.bsky.social•10 days ago

I say it goes far deeper than this, but kudos man. I agree completely.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

In that regard, President Biden failed to use those four years to make sure that what we are experiencing now…got derailed…or at least slowed down. 3/11

trampolinechaplin.bsky.social•10 days ago

Not disagreeing, but 2 things: 1) Dem. congress-folk pushed no legislation to strengthen guard-rails Trump had gnawed to a nub over 4 years; 2) there was a 2021 meeting between Biden and Garland wherein POTUS pressured the AG to stop being "professorial" and get on with prosecuting J6 ringleaders.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

I have little tolerance for democrats so protective of Biden that they can’t speak the truth about this, many won’t even even acknowledge it. 4/11

roarkfineart.bsky.social•10 days ago

Concur

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

“…about this; many won’t even acknowledge…”

petiteouiseau.bsky.social•10 days ago

Maybe because we look at what he accomplished in spite of his decline as a bigger, better focus. He shouldn't have tried to run again, but in his heart, he wanted to for the right reasons. Maybe give the past a rest.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

This refusal to hold our elected leaders accountable for their decisions, and instead…blow fantasies and fairy tales up their asses, does not…in any way, shape, or form…5/11

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

…lead me to believe that as a nation, we will hold anyone else in our party to the standards that the very real potential for the loss of democracy calls for. 6/11

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

Part of being a responsible citizen is being willing to talk about and acknowledge the kind of things you do not want to talk about…so we can get clear on the role we played in allowing it to happen, and how willing we were to give someone a pass.

I see less and less of that these days. 7/11

sherryrome.bsky.social•10 days ago

Dems need to learn to fight to WIN. Ditch staid old-school thinking. Merrick Garland's plodding "bottom-up" approach was totally wrong in today's world. The other side fights dirty and never stops. We must relentlessly pushback and ferociously fight for what we stand for...All The Damn Time!

emmamillie.bsky.social•10 days ago

Agree. There was not enough pushback from those in power to prevent this disaster. But I can see how the focus was to undo all the bs the republicans did when DJT was first in power.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yes. Which was the wrong focus, and it was known at the time it was the wrong focus. Their plan, regarding Trump and MAGA, was “hope.” Hope is not a plan.

emmamillie.bsky.social•10 days ago

Wrong focus because now we will have no democracy to defend. So it seems but I believe in the power of the people. #resist

twofrogs.bsky.social•10 days ago

No sir, we did not get it. And I will NEVER stop being mad at those responsible for that.

alexvanderveur.bsky.social•10 days ago

In 2020 I felt like I was choosing between a dumpster fire threatening to go nuclear and a loaf of soggy stale white bread.

I was surprised by how good of a job Biden did, in some ways, but there were for sure failures. Gaza, anyone?

ramblinro.bsky.social•10 days ago

Still angry about all of it🤬🥲

drgrat.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m in the same place on Biden.

I’m also quite certain Trump and his toadies are using this as yet another distraction for the media to focus on, while they continue their hostile takeover.

thejeffdad.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yep, aggression should have been a major focus of the AG regarding Trump et al. Biden took the soft road and we are paying for it. Personally, I don't think we have time to focus on it. Let's focus on today's bs.

debby33.bsky.social•10 days ago

💯 Clinton and his ilk created the DLC some 30 years ago and drove the party to the right. That generation of Democrats still control the party at the top.

But younger people (including whippersnappers in their 40s!) are challenging that.

PRIMARY EVERYBODY not fighting hard right now.

fatfaceblue.bsky.social•10 days ago

From a land over the ocean watching this play out, the Democrats leadership are a disgrace. You need to change them for one that fights before it’s far too late & that time is close at hand.
Also why would a Dem vote for Kushners dad to be the Ambassador to France, hopefully France rejects him

shoshanna7111.bsky.social•10 days ago

He doth protest too much? Democrats have also profited from Citizens United. Thanks Justice Roberts.

shoshanna7111.bsky.social•10 days ago

Especially after a 24 hour speech/soliloquy?

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yeah. That’s why, despite my quarter of a million followers, I’ve never really thought of myself or my accounts as “influencer.” I don’t give a shit about fitting into a crowd, or being a Dem/Republican “favorite.” F*ck all of that. I care about elected officials rising to the occasion and 1/2

roytastic.bsky.social•10 days ago

🤘👏

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

…doing what needs to be done, and the people who voted for them calling them out when they’re not, instead of playing this “Fan boy/girl” BS. 2/2

walthawtin.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yep. As soon as one starts focusing on follower numbers, one is basically saying one doesn't give a shit for content. One is merely trying to play to a crowd. Goodbye authenticity.

occupyonelove.bsky.social•10 days ago

you are

alison13.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’ve always enjoys what you have to say and how
You say it.

therealjackhopkins.bsky.social•10 days ago

Thank you, Alison.

robertovosfriar.bsky.social•10 days ago

Dems were naively (IMO) “playing by rules” that the GOP blatantly ignored.
Also IMO, the GOP has devised alternative methods of gaining the power that THEY CAN’T WIN legitimately.
The conservative movement is delusional. If they get economics they show no signs of acknowledging necessary change.

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