i'm probably more sympathetic than most people to low-engagement, loosely-attached voters who thought this than other people in my general cohort, but: i have less than zero sympathy for people who are GOP political operatives and Hill staffers who helped make this happen and act surprised - ThreadSky

sethdmichaels.bsky.social • 1 day ago

i'm probably more sympathetic than most people to low-engagement, loosely-attached voters who thought this than other people in my general cohort, but:

i have less than zero sympathy for people who are GOP political operatives and Hill staffers who helped make this happen and act surprised

Reposted from Amanda Carpenter

“I thought we were supposed to be in a new era of meritocracy. Not the indiscriminate firing of people,” said one Republican congressional aide granted anonymity to speak candidly.

www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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marclivolsi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pretty low sympathy for ANYONE who helped this come to pass, but especially derisive towards anyone who expected something good to come of it.

maximummeh.bsky.social•1 day ago

The ones that even now, could do something about it but are too chicken to stand up.

viktorshtrum.bsky.social•1 day ago

yeah, GOP staffers are bad people. They already owe a debt to society for their crimes against it. Never too late to start doing the right thing though!

catznjam.bsky.social•1 day ago

Leopard says he loves the taste of your face, magoober

sethdmichaels.bsky.social•1 day ago

drives me crazy that I didn’t edit this thought well enough to eliminate one of the “than most/other people” references, probably the first one

zoocoup.bsky.social•1 day ago

Get it together, Michaels

sethdmichaels.bsky.social•22 hours ago

thank you 4 holding me accountable

sethdmichaels.bsky.social•1 day ago

instead of self-soothing by telling your buddy who works at Politico that it's worse than you thought, do something marginally more useful: go public, quit your job, and apologize to the voters who trusted you

legalminimum.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not a Republican, but @senategabe.bsky.social is out here doing the Lord’s work in the same vein.

senategabe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah I feel the same exact way about the Democrats. They've given unanimous consent in the Senate over 300 times since Trump was sworn in.

They refuse to use any of the procedural tools they have and complain about it to reporters like cowards.

senategabe.bsky.social•1 day ago

Both parties are the problem at this point. Which also creates an opportunity.

senategabe.bsky.social•1 day ago

The way I see it? Feckless cowards? We can work with feckless cowards. Especially ones afraid of Trump.

They just need to be slightly directed in their fear towards removing him.

talisknets.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’ll never happen, but my general feeling is news outlets needs to stop granting anonymity to these clowns. Either put your name on it or we assume you’re 100% behind what trump is doing.

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