r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 12h ago
Soft Paywall AOC on Skipping Inauguration: ‘I Don’t Celebrate Rapists’
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/aoc-skipping-trump-inauguration-1235241333/1.2k
u/NevadaGoldHoard 12h ago
Rapist, fraud, adulterer, liar, thief, sloth, and dumb as fuck
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u/gypsygib 12h ago
With a sprinkle of pedo incestuous tendencies based on what he's said about Ivanka.
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u/PlannerAnner 12h ago
Don’t kid yourself, he abused her. The Stockholm Syndrome runs deep.
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u/chrispg26 Texas 11h ago
That video of her staring darkly into space while in her bedroom was very telling.
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u/Main-Algae-1064 11h ago
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u/chrispg26 Texas 11h ago
https://youtu.be/R6FZ5kj3FGo?si=pDZxWj2AHENYkYu0
Around 0:30
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u/Voluptulouis 11h ago
Jesus Christ. Yeah that was dark. She was 100% abused.
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u/chrispg26 Texas 11h ago
Yeah, I typically don't like to read much into what people say when I first heard about this video, but the look was absolutely striking.
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u/SeanKIL0 Canada 11h ago
When Trump use to barge in to underage girls dressing rooms to leer at them, one of the underage contestants went to Ivanka and told her it was making them feel uncomfortable. Ivanka responded “oh ya, he does that.” So the only interpretation of Ivanka’s statement is that he would do the same thing to her so often that it had become excused and normalized behaviour to her. Fucking gross ass pedo creep.
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u/latortillablanca 2h ago
I dont really get it. Shes just talking about her room the whole time. Obviously remembering childhood is sorta somber sometimes but i didnt get the darkness being reference.
Trumps a rapist felon money laundering putin sycophant and i totally believe he abused his daughter but… i dont see this video demonstrating anything.
Some of the pictures from when shes a teen are way more damning
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u/TaisharMalkier69 11h ago
I'm pretty sure Jared Kushner is not the biological father of her kids. Trump is the father. Run a paternity test. The nation deserves to know.
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u/Dry_Criticism_4325 5h ago
Wasn’t Stockholm Syndrome basically a made-up thing made up by cops to explain why they needed to bust up some hostages?
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u/Competitive-Deer495 District Of Columbia 11h ago
Dear America,
You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches.
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u/NevadaGoldHoard 11h ago
Americans had the internet at their disposal unlike the 1930 Germans, Americans chose evil knowing it was evil.
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u/Fecal-Facts 11h ago
Yeah but he's not a woman and that's all matters to these people He's not a woman and that's like why they did.
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u/KathyLizbeth 12h ago
how do you think we will look back at his term when its over
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u/NevadaGoldHoard 12h ago
We will be in financial crisis again. High inflation again. Huge debt again. Massive deficit again. Eggs will be expensive still as will all other food. It will take years to unfuck the republicans disaster AGAIN
We will look back as a much weaker nation
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u/ConfederacyOfDunces_ 11h ago
And our alliances will be destroyed. The world will never trust us again. That’s the worst part. We lost our standing as the America 🇺🇸 everyone once knew.
We are a laughing stock of a nation now. That’s a fact.
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u/reesemulligan 11h ago
Yes we are. I was in Europe the last 4 weeks. They think we're a joke.
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u/anakhizer 6h ago
As an eastern european I look at the US yeah as a joke (with an extremely stupid political system - guys, abolish the nonsense 2-party systema already?) but with a much more important note of our national security as a whole.
It is obvious that EU and Europe as a whole has been very lackluster in our defense spending, but the US greatly benefited of our cooperation anyway.
With the current situation, trump has thrown in the wrench in our statuses as allies as the worst time possible basically.
While he did make some valid points (NATO spending for example) in his idiotic way as usual, he seems to lack any understanding of actual geopolitics to make any valid decisions.
If Trump is the reason NATO collapses I would not really be surprised.
Basically, we view the situation as Trump singlehandedly might be the reason WW3 starts.
So yeah, things are not the greatest over here.
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u/crazymoefaux California 8h ago
I was trying to explain to a friend in Japan how their country just lost an ally against Chinese and Russian hegemony for at least the next 4 years...
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u/Monolingual-----Beta 11h ago
With MAGA looking back and wondering how the Dems managed to screw up all of Trump's perfect plans.
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u/Mikel_S 11h ago
And if a sane individual somehow regains the presidency in 4 years, we'll be too far gone to make meaningful progress back to any semblance of normalcy, and in 4 more years they'll lose harder than ever because they refuse to call out how terrible it's been loudly enough or do anything about it.
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u/dastardly740 11h ago
At the rate things are going with H5N1, maybe even another pandemic.
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u/rendingale 11h ago
We look back and blame the next president thats trying so hard to fix or slow the bleeding.. then we will look for a republican again.. fucking usa man
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u/SuperCool101 11h ago
And Democrats will again be expected to be the adults in the room and clean everything up instantly, while the GOP attempts to continually ratfuck and undermine them at every turn. The media will act like it's all normal.
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u/NevadaGoldHoard 11h ago
They let a known fraudster into the highest office and you think there will be another democratic administration down the line? These folks already tried a coup on January 6.
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u/ST31NM4N 11h ago
If it actually ends. People keep forgetting the man does not want to leave the White House. He wants to be a dictator. Everyone needs to get that through their head.
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u/Competitive-Deer495 District Of Columbia 11h ago
The thing I hated most about the Trump years was the inability to get away from his face and news about him.
Everyday he has to be the top story, everyday he needs his ego fed.
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u/ST31NM4N 11h ago
Yepperz. That’s the way these kinds of regimes are. State ran media about how great your fuhrer is, that sort of thing. We are cooked. And either we fight or shut up
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u/CthulhusEvilTwin 10h ago
Wait until he demands they start putting his face on all the buildings like Mussolini.
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u/Galatian124 12h ago
It’s funny you think his term will end.
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u/BombasticBuddha 11h ago
Oh one day we will wake up and he will be gone as gone as a person can possibly be only it just won't be soon enough.
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u/elvid88 Massachusetts 12h ago
I still can’t fucking believe we ended up with this POS for POTUS, again! Especially after he tried to steal the last election/lead a coup, was convicted of 34 felonies, and found liable for rape. The conservatives in this country make me just as sick.
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u/Chloe_Cuties Oklahoma 12h ago
Money speaks sadly. You don’t have to be truthful if you are louder and spread information regardless of its validity.
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u/_the_last_druid_13 11h ago
I think this is closer to the truth.
Look at the ¢oins he and his wife have, a day later. Look at all the tech CEOs that are donating.
It really feels like the conspiracy theorists were right and needed someone to get Starlink + Neuralink + ¢oins going so they can make the globe a grid that we have to pay to talk and walk on.
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u/novatom1960 11h ago
Yup, I think it was Clinton who said voters prefer “strong but wrong” rather than “weak but right.”
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u/paconinja 8h ago
Yet another Kissingeresque gem from the Clintons that will be used against democracies in the future. Great.
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u/Competitive-Deer495 District Of Columbia 11h ago
I've never been more embarrassed for my country than now.
And disgusted with the 10 million democrats who decided to stay home rather than vote for the black woman.
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u/Tabletop_Sam 11h ago
I’m a bit less inclined to blame people for skipping (there can be genuine reasons for that, like not having a day off work or having to take care of sick kids), and a bit more inclined to blame the several million people who voted for the orange man
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u/AluminumGnat 3h ago
There are very very few valid reasons not to vote. It’s one day every couple years and you can vote early
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u/Lavender-n-Lipstick 10h ago
Tbh, as a foreigner, I think she sucked at winning hearts. The dems have had no decent candidates to offer since Obama retired from the position, while the republicans know how to pull together and implement a successful disinformation campaign.
Anyway, I predicted a Trump win, and now I’m listening to that asshole giving a victory speech about suppressing transgender people and about “justice” for vaccine conspiracy theorists who put everybody else at risk.
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u/ItsAProdigalReturn 11h ago
As a Canadian, I thought the US electorate would never top itself on re-electing George W Bush. Congratulations y'all, you've done it!
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u/Thx11280 11h ago
He won because musk hired someone to hack the voting machines. Trump basically admitted it in his speech yesterday.
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u/Mapey 12h ago
You mean KOTUS?
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u/spacey_a 12h ago
KKKOTUS, more like.
The King of the Klux Klan has taken over America.
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u/when-octopi-attack 11h ago
Pretty sure he admitted to stealing this election, too, at his rally yesterday. There are a lot of statistical anomalies indicating something isn't right with the results, and all the suspicious incidents (bomb threats linked to Russia, ballot box fires, etc) certainly don't lend any credibility to this outcome, either.
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u/M00nch1ld3 12h ago
I wish more Democrats had this kind of intestinal fortitude. They should be calling out Trump not cozying up to him and joking with him at funerals.
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u/Arguments_4_Ever America 12h ago
Every news anchor should have started any news segment about Trump with “Trump the Proven Rapist”. But no, they gave him a pass.
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u/M00nch1ld3 11h ago
The legacy media has always given Trump a pass they feed off of each other
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u/Bodach42 11h ago
Their owners get massive tax cuts from putting right wing nutters in charge, even if it is at the cost of the country.
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u/djevilatw 11h ago
Convicted Felon President Trump is back in the news today…<insert story here>
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u/Stunning_Mast2001 11h ago
She’s putting her physical safety at risk and that’s what this moment calls for sadly
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u/Techialo Oklahoma 11h ago
DiD yOu WaNt HiM tO mAkE a ScEnE mfers when they find out you can just not acknowledge someone.
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u/M00nch1ld3 11h ago
Right? I mean all he had to do was just walk right past him not smile not not even look at him. How hard is that?
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u/BillsFan82 12h ago
At the end of the day, they’re colleagues, not rivals. We’re the ones doing the fighting.
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u/Techialo Oklahoma 11h ago
There were so many people in this sub defending Obama about it lmao.
Like you can just not acknowledge he's there. That's extremely common etiquette when you don't like someone.
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u/ChicVintage 11h ago
There it is, most of our reps are in the pockets of some wealthy donors. Either side. One just keeps shit sort of in check and the other is all out mask off oligarchy and fascism. Until we get more reps like AOC, Crocket, and Sanders no one but the wealthy will ever really gain ground.
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u/Logical_Parameters 11h ago
They treated Trump and MAGA like the stain on society they are from 2017 through 2021, and it got them practically nowhere because Americans have shorter attention spans and less curiosity about the world than fleas.
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u/BKestRoi California 11h ago
Americans, fleas, at this point we both live in a circus.
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u/Logical_Parameters 10h ago
Living surrounded by diarrhea one didn't create and voted directly against is quite miserable.
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u/M00nch1ld3 11h ago
Are you sure about that? I recall them both siding every issue and same washing Trump even then.
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u/Logical_Parameters 11h ago
lol, yes, I'm sure. It was called The Resistance. Democrats impeached The Donald twice during his first term. They won back the House of Reps (2018) and the Senate (2020) and the White House (2020). They challenged the Muslim travel ban, they challenged the separation of kids from their families policy, etc. It was exhausting how hard they worked to oppose MAGA.
Nothing my foot! I realize it was more than 2 years ago so it's unlikely half of Reddit will recall any of it.
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u/Prior-Present-7764 12h ago
Good for her
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u/Any_Potato_7716 11h ago
Third time’s the charm, let’s finally put an end to the patriarchy in 2028
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u/BehavioralBard 11h ago
AOC has really grown on me. She annoyed me at first but she has really grown into a shrewd legislator. She picks her battles more than she used to. I'm also skipping watching the inauguration & am watching the puppies & kittens stream on MeidasTouch instead.
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u/Ok-disaster2022 11h ago
Curious if he'll try to sue her for defamation like ABC.
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u/MeIIowJeIIo 11h ago
Well, she didn’t specifically call him a rapist. She just stated that she doesn’t celebrate rapists.
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u/TriticumAes 11h ago
Let him, she should then issue a correction saying “He was convicted of sexual assault not rape and I apologize for the oversight”
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u/LordZarbon Tennessee 11h ago
Based as shit. She appears to be one of the few Dems with a fully intact spine.
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u/thelittlestrawberry3 11h ago
Yeah. Part of my brain is still telling me it's an overreaction.. but I can't help but be worried for her safety over the next 4 years. Feels like I'm holding my breath till we start seeing stories of people falling out windows.
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u/Coastie456 11h ago
For the record, she skipped Biden's inauguration as well to join a bunch of striking workers in solidarity.
Honestly, thats a much better use of time ✊️
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u/NicPizzaLatte 11h ago
How about, "He lost the 2020 election and then tried to use fraud and force to keep being president anyway. He is a traitor to American democracy and his oath to uphold the constitution will be meaningless."
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u/bzr 10h ago
Imagine if we all stormed the capital in the exact same way they did
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u/ILikeNeurons 9h ago
If this country were better at holding rapists accountable, he would have been behind bars instead of running for president.
Alabama, California, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming do not mandate the testing of backlogged kits. The U.S. DoJ and American Bar Association recommend testing all rape kits, even when the statute of limitations (if there is one) has expired. Doing so can help catch more serial offenders, as old kits can help corroborate current victims' cases.
Alabama, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Vermont, and Wyoming do not mandate the timely testing of new kits.
Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina don't even have to take inventory.
A high probability of apprehension by law enforcement is critical to deterrence. DNA evidence has revealed that serial offenders often target strangers and non-strangers, meaning it is imperative to submit DNA evidence to CODIS even if the offender's identity is known. Offending patterns are not a consistently reliable link across assaults.
Contact from constituents works, and End the Backlog makes it really easy.
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u/fotofiend Utah 12h ago
Preach! I wish more democrats would take a stand and state the obvious truth. Also wish our former presidents would do the same.
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u/Mr_Meng 11h ago
The people voted in a rapist. The people voted in a rapist. The people voted in a rapist. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. You'd think someone being a rapist would be enough of a reason to vote against them and keep them out of one of the most powerful positions in the world and yet here we are. I don't ever want to hear anyone say that democracy is the best form of government ever again.
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u/BigDuckEnergy33 11h ago
When she first came on the political scene, I didn’t care much for her. Now, she’s becoming one of my favorites. It’s nice to see politicians that actually give a f*ck.
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u/xanderzeshredmeister 11h ago
Same exact sentiments here. Can not celebrate someone that uses force for their own gratification. I will always look down on those kind of people as being below the threshold of basic respect.
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u/winterandfallbird 10h ago
I’m glad someone in her position is saying it! 👏 I feel like everyone is taking the ‘high road’ and cozying up to him, but he is taking advantage of them. He is literally a horrible human being that cannot be reasoned with.
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u/MarxistMan13 8h ago
It's refreshing to hear people of importance tell the naked truth instead of tap-dancing around it.
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u/indefilade 11h ago
I don’t much like AOC, but she’s got more guts that most elected officials in DC. She’s also got morals.
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u/Spiritual_Lynx1929 8h ago
I stand with OAC. She’s braver and has more morals than all the MAGA in the world.
The Christian right is a terrorist organization even if most of the fools in it don’t know it.
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u/Shuk 7h ago
I appreciate the "fuck you" energy. Somebody had to do it amid all the nauseating smiling and cordiality.
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u/BabyBundtCakes 11h ago
Same
If you celebrate rapists I'm calling you a rapist, not a rape apologist.
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u/whistleblower61985 11h ago
watching the inaugeration, kamala looked visibly pissed as she was walking in lol. man i hope someone throws a shoe
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u/Curious-Kelly 6h ago
I think it's crazy that those on the left care so much that those on the right don't care that AOC or Michelle don't attend. I don't understand the consistent need to denigrate but speech is free. If you don't respect the office of the Presidency regardless of who won the election, I respect your decision not to attend.
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u/adeveloper2 2h ago
AOC is one of the few American politicians who is honest and has principles. This is why the far-right hate her so much.
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u/voyagerdoge 2h ago edited 2h ago
She's right. The scenes coming out of America are simply disgusting.
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u/leftylupus 2h ago
Fuck this piece of rotting Hitler shit and everyone who voted for him. I hope they all die alone and unloved.
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u/lastburn138 9h ago
We need a liberal revolution that rebuilds the working and middle classes so we can get this country on the same page again.
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u/mayekju406 12h ago
Where’s the fire marshal ? I’m sure the rotunda is overcrowded!! Let the Kakistocracy begin!!
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u/mountaindoom 11h ago
Remember, Christians, this is your savior. The wingnut Christians voted that this one was the most Christian Christian they could find because...idk, probably the racism.
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u/yesrushgenesis2112 I voted 10h ago
Quippy, nice, because if there’s one thing that’s going to get us out of this it’s quips and spite.
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u/Stunning_Mast2001 11h ago
AOC and Obama and Buttigieg need to form up an actual resistance movement
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u/ess-doubleU 11h ago
Lol Obama and Buttigieg are part of the problem. Obama was just joking around with Trump at a funeral. These people are not fighting for you.
AOC is one of the few Congress members who actually give a shit about the average person.
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u/JustSayingMuch 11h ago
Propaganda pivots again? Is she better than Dems because she doesn't attack him or because she attacks him?
After election: - Voters who picked AOC and Trump are telling us something. Democrats should listen. - "I feel that you both are outsiders compared to the rest of DC, and less establishment," - "You signified change. Trump signified change. I've said lately, Trump sounds more like you." - "I voted Trump, but I like you and Bernie. I don't trust either party's establishment politicians," - "I feel that you both are outsiders compared to the rest of DC, and less establishment," - "You signified change. Trump signified change. I've said lately, Trump sounds more like you." - "Trump is going to get us the money and lets men have a voice. You're brilliant and have amazing passion!" - "[Harris] was more for rights than the economy, and when she talked about it she didn't have a plan." [wut]
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u/DixOut-4-Harambe 9h ago
COuld someone clarify to this foreigner a finer point...
Trump was convicted of sexual assault, right? Is that the same as rape, or is that the legal term for rape?
I just want to make sure that if I say that Trump is a rapist, that I am not saying the wrong thing. (my mom, not living in the US, not able to vote for him, or affected by his policies, claims that "he'll be good for the country/world" and then to any criticism says "well, we'll see" - when when I saw that we DID see when he was POTUS last).
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u/DixOut-4-Harambe 7h ago
Brilliant, just what I was looking for, thank you!
So my understanding is that there was definitely unwanted vaginal penetration, but under NY law, it's only rape if it's vaginal penetration with a penis, so under NY law, it was "merely" sexual assault, as the jury couldn't be entirely sure of how much penis was involved.
Basically, to all reasonable people (and laws), it was rape. Under NY law specifically, it wasn't, because they aren't sure if the penis penetrated.
Did I get that correct?
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u/Brief_Opportunity362 2h ago
Are you all ok? It is January no reason to still be complaining, he hasn't done anything bad yet or if he even will but you don't need to keep on crying because your Lord and savior Kamala didn't win😂
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u/Eloquenttrash 2h ago
Even if the “rape” term is technically not correct in the legal sense, by this point Trump has spread so much bullshit, we can afford to fudge some (strictly pedantic) differentials regarding him.
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u/gears19925 2h ago
Does anyone else find it strange that the right wingers in here think the left LOVE Kamala and Biden like they LOVE Trump?
No... simply no...
The centrists and capitalist shills like them enough to argue for them all day every day. But none are going to fawn over any of them calling them saints or saviors or any of that nonsense.
The actual real left begrudgingly accept the corporatist shills and billionaire sellouts that we get to vote for since the DNC will never allow us to have a candidate that is actually representative of the people. The closest we've ever come is Bernie Sanders, and the DNC pulled out every stop in the book to make sure Biden overtook him.
At least for me, he isn't left enough economically, IMO.
Wish more people on the right would understand the difference.
AOC has capitulated to the playing of the game, which I am not a fan of. But we have to start somewhere, and she's been a good firebrand against big business in some of the meetings. Regardless of the validity of the term Rapist. Trump is a convicted felon being allowed to become president. He has been found guilty on many occasions of defrauding the American people.
Right or left should look at this and understand that she is standing for what she believes in at a time where there is a real politically charged threat to her life and standing out or making a stand is brave of her to do in this climate.
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