AOC continues her lonely pursuit of the notion that Democrats might do better politically if they looked like they actually believed or fought for anything. - ThreadSky

volts.wtf • 43 days ago

AOC continues her lonely pursuit of the notion that Democrats might do better politically if they looked like they actually believed or fought for anything.

Reposted from Dave Weigel

AOC on the Dem strategy against the trans sports bill today, where they argued it would protect "predators," and ended up losing just 2 Trump-district Dems on it:

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joeville5.bsky.social•43 days ago

that's crazzzzzzzyyyyy

dark-chocolate.bsky.social•43 days ago

To be fair, the only 2 Democrats who voted for it were:
1) Vicente Gonzalez who just *campaigned* in 2024 on support for this exact bill
2) The corrupt indicted Henry Cuellar who rightfully deserves to be expelled from the House

roxanne123.bsky.social•43 days ago

I don’t understand how words expressed by any House Democrat would have changed the outcome of this vote. The idea that any Republican would have changed their vote because Democrats vocalized their outrage is absurd. Perhaps we should stop blaming Democrats for what Republican majorities do?

webrant.bsky.social•43 days ago

Besides donor servicing.

https://bsky.app/profile/volts.wtf/post/3lfq7a4i6vs2m

kentpitman.bsky.social•43 days ago

If you really believe focus belongs elsewhere, show that by talking about the elsewhere.

Climate Change is The Issue. When you waste time on this stuff, the message you send, loud and clear, is Climate Change can wait. We have more pressing infighting to do.

lexludens.bsky.social•43 days ago

We can do multiple things at the same time and I'm not selling my trans family.

kentpitman.bsky.social•43 days ago

Not suggesting you should.

Am suggesting it does nothing but increase Right's power to egg on internal divisions on Left, and that @volts.wtf could use his voice better positively.

My new years haiku:

Stand by others' rights.
Be strong, fair, kind. Honor truth.
Guard hope with your life.

stephenschiavone.bsky.social•43 days ago

People will forgive those who try and fail but will never forgive those who standby and do nothing.

idiothuman.bsky.social•43 days ago

I'd argue democrats should focus less on an issue affecting a miniscule part of the population and focus on something that might win them an actual election some time.

Then, when they're in office, they can pass some laws that effectively say "You do you".

idiothuman.bsky.social•43 days ago

Honestly, the REAL damage the Russians and Chinese did with their troll-farms was amplifying the most extreme, annoying and aggressive parts of the left.

I'd argue nothing else has pushed America as far right as that or done as much damage to the majority of left leaning people in the U.S

idiothuman.bsky.social•43 days ago

As having good, honest values from the 90s and 2000s (feminism, anti-racism, letting men be feminine and in general just letting people be) as this frothing at the mouth insanity I see from the U.S far left online.

itp7.bsky.social•42 days ago

Did you wake up from a coma recently?

vagoo.bsky.social•43 days ago

The Democrats need to stop taking donations from lobbyists.

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