Crockett: I can't say why my colleagues are acting the way that they are. I can say that the American people are tired of us bringing a butter knife to a real fight
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Universal health care, real gun reform, higher taxes for the rich, free community college and trade schools, term limits for elected representatives and Supreme Court justices, the end of the electoral college--can we get just one of these damn things done?
No wonder people are sick of Democrats. Hunter Biden was addicted to drugs. That could be because his mother, sister, and brother all died tragically. Addicts tend to make bad decisions. He was targeted to hurt his father. Joe doesn’t have many years left. Dems can stop being d*cks! Hypocrites!
The Trump Family is like the f***ing mafia, and they’re dissing Joe for this? The Convicted Felon POTUS-Elect, pardoned a ton of really nasty deeply corrupt criminals, has a drug addicted son who purchased weapons, and Trump is guilty of DELIBERATE tax evasion. Hunter has paid his taxes.
This is a clear indication of why the Dems lost. They’re gutless. He was targeted. Anyone else would not have been charged (experts have said this). This was politically motivated, and you know he would have been harmed in prison just to hurt Joe. REPUBLICANS are evil. What are y’all missing?
Stop taking butter knives to a gun fights. You are aware that Hitler murdered anyone who opposed him, right? Wake TF up, and fight these 🫏🕳️s, or they will destroy America. This fake outrage is getting old.
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Always with the violence imagery, violent metaphors, actual calls for violence against the other side, supporters who shoot up Congressional baseball games and attack members of Congress in restaurants and shoot them at rallies.
Democrats are dangerous. I'd even say sometimes evil.
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B-b-but decorum. And think of the headlines the NYT will write. And don't forget about all the mean tweets from co-President Elon. We must tie one hand behind our back and extend bipartisanship with the other. Then they will truly let us sit at the table.
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yeah... this is serious ... as Crockett says why are we bringing a butter knife to a real fight. GROW A SPINE DEMS AND ALL REPUBS that have any decency left in them! no more nice nice.
Sure would have been nice, when they actually held power.
They seem to lack a kill or be killed instinct.
With the way the Billionaires and media are playing us all for fools, it’s long passed time for the soft cotton gloves to come off and put on some knuckle dusters.
Bullseye!
DO not buy anything you do not need. Nothing.
If you are not sure you need it, you don’t need it, whatever it is.
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The other side has no rules in their playbook. Time we tossed ours out, do unto others before they screw you. Buckle up little campers this is going to get stupid. 🤡🥳🇺🇸
Us Dem’s need to stop always being the example of everything right…because we’re getting the 👋🏼down by the Orange DJT street fighter! So, yes Biden changed his mind & pardoned his son Hunter…but like JD.V say’s to us all the time from across the aisle…”Get over it!” As Biden did good w/this decision👏🏼
Love Crocket. I grew up in the 60's, HS was the 70's, and from my view Crocket is something you never saw then. You certainly never saw one black woman interviewing another black woman on a major network. We have come far, but not far enough.
I love how she goes about her business. I agree with her, u can’t try to be reasonable and “nice” to these people. I respect her more than any of these other Democratic Politicians
I'm shocked at the negative reaction ... it's like focusing a speck compared to a blazing fire. Look who trump pardoned! But it's more than the pardon power. This 'story' takes away from what trump is continually doing to tear down our governance and media just skips over it!
Eating their own as usual. It’s infuriating. They’ve learned nothing. Maybe talk about the crimes of our soon to be ambassador of France instead? Whataboutism works, clearly. Time to play by different rules.
Yes, the fact that Hunter and Trump were both convicted for similar crimes against money and screaming for Trump to be jailed forever while pardoning Hunter is rank hypocrisy. Presidents and their families ARE now above US law. Both sides agree, but just for their OWN side. Democracy is dead.
Didn't donald and his crony fam set that precedent tho? We've had 10 years of excusing don's actions and not holding him accountable. What else has Biden done that is on the same scale?
Besides being one of the few democrats to vote FOR the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention act and being the loudest pro Iraq war voice in the senate? Or, having 1209 Orange street in his state?
Well, it’s only taken 52 years to get there. Republican Funders play 3D chess, and Dems play tiddlywinks. We’re delighted when we knock off a pawn or two. This vile guy started terraforming America decades ago. Brilliant. Evil.
We hold ourselves to an untenable standard and when we falter we’re accused of being high minded hypocrites. Sometimes the most kind thing you can do is whoop somebody’s ass and apologize later
I don’t get their attitude. He paid his taxes and fines. He admitted getting the gun was wrong. He’s been drug free. The laptop nonsense was engineered, hacked and proven so. A plea deal was negotiated approved and in the process until it wasn’t ?? Trump pardoned some heinous traitorous lowlifes.
Yes, I've been posting stuff like that for a while now, step up or bend the knee thier silence I's deafening... In case you Dem politicians are delusional, the high road was a fail... step up or bend the knee...
All of this just makes me realize just how totally F4cked up the entire political system is - I can’t believe given the current circumstances we have Dems criticizing this pardon. Crockett rocks!
Love Jasmine Crockett! She has the energy encourage to say what needs to be said, and an overwhelming majority of Democrats believe. Too bad the rest of the Dems are just trying to follow the polls. We need to be progressive and bold. If you’re clutching your pearls, remember the person you elected.
I’n personally sick & tired of the “one-sidedisms” & playing by the rules! I’m reformed, sparking a NEW Democrat/person in me! 🔥 I’m no longer accepting. In day-to-day life I’m more vocal, waving my arms and more selective then ever! Even towards my own party! Maybe it’s survival mode!
the pearl clutching and the hand wringing about people not trusting the system over biden pardoning his son
meanwhile trump given full immunity via badly corrupted SCOTUS who just pulled that one out of their arses - no mention of how many crooks trump pardoned, incl. son-in-law's father
Exactly. The corrupt Trump SCOTUS gave the POTUS Presidential Immunity. Biden needs to use the f out of it and give out pardons like candy. MaGa snowflakes can cry more. I don’t really care, do you?
Democrats who're fuming over Hunter B pardon are unbelievable. They should know if his name weren't Biden his plea deal wouldn't have been broken. Trump and GOP will keep going after him forever just to hurt his dad.
Have those Dems forgotten who Trump pardoned, and why different standards?
Can we also just pause on the CNN baloney about “Some Democrats fume” over the pardon? Actual journalism would say “the vast majority of Democrats recognize why this was the right thing to do.” But our billionaire-first media predictably gives us a right wing talking point instead of a headline.
SAME! I watch Meidastouch channel David Pakman Seth Meyers. I was at the gym and they were playing CNN... I was yelling at the TV as they lied and lied by omission. It was horrifying. My husband told me to be quiet as everyone could hear me. I was like yeah- that's the effing point!
Chuck Schumer refused to engage with the media trolls at his press conference about it. But it would have been better if he just straight up told them to get fucked or stand up for Joe. Although POTUS should be called out for not investigating all the election fraud
I strongly disagree with this statement. The American people are tired of politicians speaking down to them, not engaging in constructive dialogue. The complexity of issues demands nuanced discussion, not simplistic sloganeering.
The essence of nuanced discussion fails when one side lies about the entire underlying premise. Examples: Supreme Court nomination requirements, Christian values, supporting small businesses, tariffs... Democrats fail because Republicans outright lie to get ahead. Nuance cannot coexist with lies.
There is no "nuanced discussions" when it comes to Republicans and conservatives in general. We can be fair and nice as possible to Republicans, and they will still backstab us and never give us an inch of anything in return. If Republicans use loopholes and filibuster everything, then so should we.
Yesss, Newsome putting together finances to combat all the BS Trump about to throw his way in court, he getting California ready to fight. Now what the rest of heads of Democratic states ready to do? NOTHING😡
Its going to be a battle but if the majority realize whats at stake it should workout. I just heard a news story that hackers are going after the people in his cabinet.
Seems like we were in a battle for the soul of America, we lost😞 every hacker on this planet in every corner should be on they heels, everyone..we need that unsolicited help seriously and anybody else that can do what they can to combat these crazies😒
Totally agree with you! Joe did the right thing and it sickens me that some people are bitching about it. And we need Switch blades and more people like you!
Cmon 🙄 In my heart I believed Biden when he said he would not pardon his son for tax evasion, fraud, the Burisma scandal. And ofc he did. Same cesspool
The problem is whether the Democrat party will stand up and fight for change or if they’ll upgrade their butter knife to a steak knife by moving right and more conservative- as they have done for 40 years.
MSM and some Democrats haven't learned anything. If you can't say why Biden was right about pardoning his politically targeted son then you're not trying, you're stupid or you're a coward. You're the biggest reason democracy is losing.
This pardon affects maybe a dozen people in the Biden family. I don't see why anyone else cares. No one is harmed by it. The US taxpayers don't have to pay for HB's room & board. Reps should be happy about that. Trump's kids were never even charged but if they were they'd 100% get a pardon.
Where is the conversation that Trump has not been charged at the federal level for the tax fraud he was found guilty of in the state of NY.
One has to lie to the feds before lying to the state when filing taxes.
Who Trump?
No doubt that brainless twit will try it.
It matters not, some patriot is going take terrorist Trump off the board.
Four years occupying our White House and the boy still cannot name the three branches of government.
Thank you, Jasmine Crockett. Dems bringing a butter knife to a gun fight had best get out of the way and let Jasmine Crockett take care of business. Way to go Joe and way to go Jasmine. This is the fight we need.
And we wonder why we lost???
Dems need to stand by the President. He did the right thing.
His son wouldn’t even be in this position if his name wasn’t Biden.
I'm less concerned with their reaction to Hunter's pardon and more concerned with the inaction towards a convicted felon who has clearly set his intentions to burn the U.S. down.
I don’t know why they didn’t challenge his ability to even run . Why Biden or the Dems didn’t go after the fact he participated and gave side to insurrectionist. They had a case because people have been convicted of sedition and he was charged
excuse me, repeating:
I know millions didn’t vote for Harris because they were thoroughly pissed off that President Biden did not prosecute Donald Trump. The prosecution of Trump was their reason for electing Biden, which he stubbornly refused.
People felt “what’s the point?”
People expected the rule of law to apply; they did not expect Biden to intercede in the workings of a supposed “independent” DOJ and judiciary. Turns out the Judiciary is as corrupted as is the trump family and it’s billionaire acolytes and we are now left with this.
Exactly. It’s called the separation of powers. Biden is not a dictator and can’t prosecute ANYONE, that’s the DOJ’s preview.
Biden DID fail in not firing Garland who has proven himself not up to the task AT ALL.
Please. Folks didn't vote because our country is about 100 years away from electing a woman as president, let alone a woman of color. Our society is deeply misogynistic and it did not matter what Harris did or didn't do. I wish it was that democrats weren't tough enough on Trump.
Speaking for myself. I didn’t want Joe to prosecute Trump. I wanted the legal system to work, politics be dammed. Of course the country was denied justice. And now we will pay the price. 🔥
Crockett: I can't say why my colleagues are acting the way that they are. I can say that the American people are tired of us bringing a butter knife to a real fight
More democrats need to back Biden instead of stabbing him in the back every other day. United we win and we are not United. Also, I said this before the election and I’ll say it now, “It’s the economy, stupid.” People don’t care about this. When I hear people talk, it’s about prices not pardons.
This pearl clutching is ridiculous. GoP is amassing a vicious criminal cabal of a government who'd have persecuted Hunter to death. Acting like all historic norms haven't been totally abandoned.
Because they are weak people with a cooked noodle for a spine. You are right, I have been saying this, they come to a knife fight with a feather. It disgusts me that they know Trump pardoned and hired criminals and will do so again and again.
And they know that Comer and Jordan would not stop until Hunter would be in jail for the rest of his life. A private person and his family they went after, all to get to Biden. DISGUTING
YES! She gets it. Where is the fight? Stop with the tired “work together” nonsense. They aren’t going to do what’s right, so stop pretending that they will. Remove the “kick us again, harder” sign off your backs & take some pages from their obstruction playbook. Punch back harder.
so much for not pardoning bs Biden was spreading around .. he did the right thing but also shows the lies and hypocrisy .. people dont like the bs democrats spit out
Will you please run for leadership? I hate these turncoat Dems in congress. With friends like that Dems certainly don’t have to worry about Republicans. Folks tuned out after the election only to now hear Dems attacking Dems. Biden’s only miscalculation is that he should have done it July.
Bad counsel by whoever would tell him such nonsense. We got rid of one of our best senators, Al Franken because Democrats in leadership sometimes are idiots and shoot themselves. It absolutely baffles my mind when Dems eat each other over the president pardoning his only son who paid his back taxes.
Democrats need brawlers. Pugilists. Scrappers who'll kick and bite and scratch and throw sand in republican eyes. We need to put banana peels all around the offices of the geezers who put an antiquated version of 19th century gentility above the welfare of their constituents.
I don't understand how in a democratic society, one man, can overturn convictions, even on himself! This President pardoning his son, the President elect who will pardon himself and or get charges dropped.
That is not a democratic system.
I fully support Hunter's pardon. Dems need to quit eating their young and get over themselves. Way to go, Joe! Nice isn't going to win with the orange clown.
Agent Orange has no boundaries, his only constraint is a desire to be loved (and more broadly than MAGA), which may stop him from doing things 70% of the public hates. But not from doing outrageous bullshit on a daily basis.
I was reading that Ryan Walters has been biting his hands in meetings too ❄️ theyre all on it and I wish they’d get the laced version like everyone else 😠
Exactly. It’s a non-issue. The “butter knife” is our focus on Hunter, which is what the GOP wants us to be obsessed with & here we are…instead of laser focused on what they’re doing!!
I think taking 10 seconds to acknowledge that Hunter’s pardon was a proper decision and that Dems need to chill about it does not prevent us from focusing on the rest of the horrible shit Trump is doing.
Nobody gives a shit except self-righteous elected officials that maybe we just need to finally toss. Take a page from the Tea Party era as much as I loathe those traitorous fucks. And also the MSM who nobody pays attention to either since they’re obeying-in-advance
Fetterman understands, and got elected with the support of, central PA voters who skew conservative. And yet he votes very left. It’s a unique dynamic.
Democrats need to stop ALWAYS acting self righteous! Like darn it punks. Letting the GOP manipulate them all the time. Learn how to fight & win! So what Biden changed his mind & decided to pardon his son. Anyone with a heart would have done the same thing for their child.
And so what Biden took a page from the crooked ass GOP & made a gangsta move. Maybe if his fellow colleagues followed suit they may gain the respect of their constituents.
She is a star! She is also so right. Why is no one questioning the election interference of elon musk? How did trump know he had enough votes? So many questions and most dems are nowhere to be found. Jasmine is amazing.
And the bomb threats to the polling sites? And the pussy-grabber saying he "already has all the votes he needs" BEFORE the election? Why is no one talking about that? 🤦♀️😡
yeah... over 60 friggin bomb threats in dem strongholds at the polling sites. email threats linked to Russia. POlls evacuated and shut down temporarily and you think voters are gonna come back hours later???!!! MSM- WE ARE DONE WITH YOU!
No effen clue! We should be screaming about this. How in the hell did the election get called shortly after alaska and Hawaii polls closing? The margins in each swing state are incredibly thin.
It is entirely possible that an angry felon who might be sentenced to prison would spend every bit of the last 4 years getting friendly election boards in swing states. The margins are razor thin.
Love it. I remember coding days in the 80s and it is absolutely possible to manipulate data depending on scenario. The only difference is that it was not on the front end, but the back end, imho.
No more normative procedure loving Democrats. No! If you have any freaking power USE IT FOR THE PEOPLE and fight for them. Your procedures are ponderous from another century. So…Go for the outcome. Find the way.
I thought the Dems' ads were taking the higher road but this was not a "higher road" election in that sense. Major media bent over backwards to show they were being fair and still were,and still are, threatened by the liars. I was always hoping to see some ad showing Trump at his most common. nope
On Point! I'm 71 years old & lifelong Democrat. I have said prior to and definitely 2016 the Democratic Party has been doing just this. -- especially when pertaining to Freedom of Religion. Republicans want a Theocracy Government radicalized Supremacy Christianity religion of their Bible beliefs.
I’m 41 and I have been right with you! It sounds like we both know why they’re trying to change our political system to a theocracy, too!
They’re scared of this diversity.
Also, 71!?! 😱🤯 You look amazing, if I may compliment you!
Your kind words I do appreciate. I wish, too, that more people who do see this would speak up and boldly stand on the freedom of religion talking point. They will be very sorry for not doing so when it is slapped harder in their faces -- literally slapping them into loyal obedience.
Literally, is the scariest part. Finding like-minded people like yourself, while exchanging and exploring different ideas, is one of the things that gives me some hope. I have to believe there’s a loud minority w/money galvanizing their ideas, but voices like ours can be powerful, too! 💞
Ty 4 your kind compliment. Yep. It amazes me how the Republicans have been very open about their Theocracy objectives and goals. BUT we run from Republican's Aristocratic Theocracy Dictatorship tyranny beliefs/acts 4 NO freedom of religion. We failed the fight 4 USA democracy's religious freedom!
You’re so welcome! Yes, that’s exactly what they do. They talk about religious freedom, but mention adding the Torah, Quran or any other religious books in schools and they’d flip! It proves it’s just their way of oppressing others with their beliefs. I say this as a Christ-follower.
Dems get over it! Unite behind your President! This is the problem with Democrats they are too afraid of their own shadows. This pardon is extremely justified and necessary. Trump has pardoned real true criminals and I didn’t see too much outcry from the Dems then!
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Democrats are dangerous. I'd even say sometimes evil.
Pointing out the hypocrisy of the Left (although it's ubiquitous and doesn't really need highlighting.)
Sick of violent Leftists. Learn to use words & ideas instead of violence and threats.
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They seem to lack a kill or be killed instinct.
With the way the Billionaires and media are playing us all for fools, it’s long passed time for the soft cotton gloves to come off and put on some knuckle dusters.
DO not buy anything you do not need. Nothing.
If you are not sure you need it, you don’t need it, whatever it is.
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Anderson: These people crawled out of the SEWER, MR. WARD! Maybe the gutter's where we should be!
Gabe changed to:
Ya come out punching and only apologize IF you mean it.
How about, instead of worrying about their careers, they do what they were fucking elected to do!!!
HB was made a political target to get at his father (what did the GOP impeachment inquiry of the “Biden crime family” find? Zippo.)
While Trump gets ready to feast again with the power.
Hypocrites & crooks criticize the pardon.
Doesn't don have registered companies at 1209?
I'm not saying JB is perfect, but he typically stands by what he says/does.
It does seem like don is held to different standards and lacks integrity.
TIA for answering my questions.
We are on day 3 of wall to wall coverage but notice how there wasn’t outrage over Trump firing an FBI director that is not able to be fired.
https://open.substack.com/pub/demodirge/p/new-deal-to-raw-deal?r=9gmmo&utm_medium=ios
https://open.substack.com/pub/demodirge/p/i-did-not-come-to-praise-richard?r=9gmmo&utm_medium=ios
How do we make this happen (it's in the tax code now)
Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Yes, I've been posting stuff like that for a while now, step up or bend the knee thier silence I's deafening... In case you Dem politicians are delusional, the high road was a fail... step up or bend the knee...
So tired of the not fighting back.
Hunter Biden's pardon.
the pearl clutching and the hand wringing about people not trusting the system over biden pardoning his son
meanwhile trump given full immunity via badly corrupted SCOTUS who just pulled that one out of their arses - no mention of how many crooks trump pardoned, incl. son-in-law's father
We are sick of it!!!
Have those Dems forgotten who Trump pardoned, and why different standards?
I haven't actually heard any democrats fuming.
We have more important things to do...like getting out the vote for '26 and '28
We know our values and will stick up for them.
Opportunity for all Americans!
He just used the new toy of expressing absolute power that Donald paid cash💲 for before Trump could play with it.
Let's please realize the call is coming from inside the house and get outside
One has to lie to the feds before lying to the state when filing taxes.
No doubt that brainless twit will try it.
It matters not, some patriot is going take terrorist Trump off the board.
Four years occupying our White House and the boy still cannot name the three branches of government.
Dems need to stand by the President. He did the right thing.
His son wouldn’t even be in this position if his name wasn’t Biden.
I know millions didn’t vote for Harris because they were thoroughly pissed off that President Biden did not prosecute Donald Trump. The prosecution of Trump was their reason for electing Biden, which he stubbornly refused.
People felt “what’s the point?”
Why would you vote for the offender, because you weren’t satisfied that they have been adequately punished?
That’s not clarified in my post.
What else could Biden do?
Biden DID fail in not firing Garland who has proven himself not up to the task AT ALL.
The average American’s ambivalence towards racism and misogyny is probably also the real reason so many Americans worship Trump.
I don’t know how their comment got so many likes.
It’s just blaming democrats for the failure of republicans. Something I see way too much of in U.S. politics.
Why are our Dems acting the way they are?!
They better start stepping up to the plate, or there will be a huge number of ex-democrats!!
"We found some democrats who still don't understand the stakes and are unhappy with Biden's pardon."
That is not a democratic system.
Just made him ambassador somewhere.
No more normative procedure loving Democrats. No! If you have any freaking power USE IT FOR THE PEOPLE and fight for them. Your procedures are ponderous from another century. So…Go for the outcome. Find the way.
They’re scared of this diversity.
Also, 71!?! 😱🤯 You look amazing, if I may compliment you!
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