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FoxNewsSucks
(11,502 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,126 posts)Why is she not protesting what is happening in Gaza.
Blue Full Moon
(3,180 posts)Nixie
(17,939 posts)his plans to develop Gaza real estate and deport Palestinian college students? Who wants to hear such clueless people at a convention.
Response to Nixie (Reply #6)
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Cha
(316,900 posts)So they wanted Fucking Traitor... Why?
lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)1. Implement a ceasefire
2. Return of all hostages
3. Support for Israel's security
4. Address the humanitarian concerns in Gaza, and rebuild Gaza.
5. In addition, Hamas must surrender and lay down its arms, and the Palestinian authority would return to the negotiating table to discuss a two-state solution.
and while none of that would have been easy to achieve, at least it was a blueprint in a positive direction, unlike as you pointed out what Trump said he would do.
Cha
(316,900 posts)Don't know what they're talking about. Why is that?
Mahalo, lostincalifornia
betsuni
(28,736 posts)1hey must think Democrats are imaginary creatures from children's books, poor dears.
W_HAMILTON
(10,089 posts)Even though in their case, it's even worse, since MAGA actually got their racist dreams fulfilled by buying into rightwing propaganda, but those on the left buying into the anti-Democratic propaganda helped Trump and Netanyahu make sure Gaza as we know it is erased from existence and had a hand in them killing thousands more Palestinians and dooming those that survive to being forever-refugees.
mcar
(45,690 posts)VP Harris had a plan. Pres. Biden was putting pressure on Israel and Hamas.
It makes me so angry when some try to argue that Democrats "did nothing." Tlaib encouraged people to vote "uncommitted" rather than for VP Harris. She helped hand the election to Trump, who is letting Netanyahu do whatever he wants.
It is important that the truth gets told.
lostincalifornia
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weapons to Israel, and offered a three phase plan for release of hostages, ceasefire, and back to the negotiating table, and was harshly criticized by Tom Cotton and other rethugs for it.
https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/senator-tom-cotton-introduces-bill-force-continued-arms-sales-israel
https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-821723
President Biden, and then Candidate VP Harris worked their hearts out to try and put and end to this tragedy, and some choose to ignore it, and refused to vote for VP Harris over trump.
I have very little tolerance for idiots as I get older.
yardwork
(68,983 posts)JustAnotherGen
(37,587 posts)And I still had not forgiven her for her comments about HRC.
Nixie
(17,939 posts)to be okay with that crowd.
lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)betsuni
(28,736 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,126 posts)She chose poorly and why is she not protesting trump. Gaza is being wiped off the map. Trump and Netanyahu are guilty of, why is she not speaking up for the Palestinians. Please tell me if her wounded ego was worth the pain.
JustAnotherGen
(37,587 posts)Easier to punch down?
That's all I've got.
lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
And those that played the same game that was done in 2016 that there was no difference between the two parties frankly, are not the sharpest tacks in the box, and the only pattern they have contributed to is helping get Republicans elected, and bringing to where we are today.
We have the Supreme Court we have today because of that idiocy.
SocialDemocrat61
(6,872 posts)1. Condemn Hamas terrorist attacks
2. Endorse Kamala Harris
Everyone refused. So they blocked themselves,
JustAnotherGen
(37,587 posts)Living in Black reign.
Hat tip to Ice-T and Body Count.
You can't sit on the bus when it runs you over.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,054 posts)Response to lostincalifornia (Original post)
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lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)I, for one, place a very high level of importance on loyalty to the Democratic party (the real, genuine and actual one, without extra adjectives or modifiers) and I believe it's important to strengthen and grow the Democratic party, not divide, denigrate, or weaken it. Only by doing this can we hope to defeat the GOP and make them an irrelevant minority party.
vanessa_ca
(616 posts)HOW TONE DEAF CAN THEY BE?

JustAnotherGen
(37,587 posts)I love her!
tritsofme
(19,797 posts)Appreciate the graphic!
intelpug
(151 posts)Surprising., I have been assured more than once on this sight that their is no such thing as a ''Democratic Socialist party' That they are just a further left part of the Democratic party in whole and self described members such as AOC really should quit calling themselves that since 1. It's not accurate, and two, It implies false connotations with "Real Socialists". Well one has to be one or the other I guess, If it's true that they are really just a part of the Democratic party then why was Sanders treated differently by the convention in 16 ? And why use the term Socialist if they really are not a separate party unto themselves? I will always gladly vote for the Democratic candidate however, I will never vote for a socialist one
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)It appears that you are not alone in your strongly held values and loyalty to the Democratic party.
Walleye
(43,845 posts)JoseBalow
(9,182 posts)dpibel
(3,787 posts)Really.
So what?
One representative did something.
The end of the world is at hand!!1!1!!!
Keepthesoulalive
(2,126 posts)Not the world ,Gaza
RandiFan1290
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She must be doing it right.
A hit dog will holler!
lol Fuck off trumpers!
tritsofme
(19,797 posts)By refusing to endorse Kamala Harris?
betsuni
(28,736 posts)luvallpeeps
(1,267 posts)and her pretzel logic.
calguy
(6,068 posts)Her foolhardiness during the last election was one of many factors that contributed to our partys defeat. She means well, Im sure, but her lack political sense and discipline makes her a liability to her constituents and to the Democratic Party.
MineralMan
(150,655 posts)You can see the correct spelling in the Link you provided. It is important to get people's names right. Thanks.
lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)LexVegas
(6,951 posts)JustAnotherGen
(37,587 posts)tritsofme
(19,797 posts)lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)endorse a candidate for New York Mayor, some start throwing around how Booker "needs to be primaried", yet it seems that these same folks have no problem with someone who publicly refused to endorse VP Harris.
Just an observation.
tritsofme
(19,797 posts)the presidential nominee of the party she ostensibly belongs to.
But irrational fury when an incredible Democratic senator declines to involve himself in a mayoral race taking place in a different state.
Quite curious indeed.
yardwork
(68,983 posts)She actively told her constituents NOT to vote for the Democratic candidate for president. When the alternative was Trump.
sarisataka
(22,239 posts)It seems an exception has been found
lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)BannonsLiver
(20,282 posts)Imagine wasting a perfectly good day sitting through that din. Oof. 😬
yardwork
(68,983 posts)And with that, I'm signing off DU for the day. Thank you!
lostincalifornia
(4,916 posts)sarisataka
(22,239 posts)LONDON: Rashida Tlaib, the first Palestinian American woman in the US Congress, chose not to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris at a recent United Auto Workers rally in Detroit.
The conflict in Gaza has become a major issue for the large Arab American voter base in Michigan, and Tlaibs non-endorsement on Friday marked a notable departure in her progressive circle, known as the Squad.
The other members Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Harris in July, making Tlaib the sole holdout.
Addressing the rally, Tlaib encouraged those attending to mobilize against corporate interests.
The article is from November 3, 2024. We know who won Michigan.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,054 posts)Muslim voters should have never voted for TFG. TFG was always going to side with Bibi and never gave a darn about Gaza or Muslims. Now these voters are realizing their mistake
Trump-backing Muslim voters finally realize they 'made a big mistake': expert: James Zogby, the president of the Arab American Institute, told CNN's Brianna Keilar on Wednesday that many Muslim voters are regretting the decisions they made in the 2024 presidential election.
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T20:08:05Z
As Keilar noted whileâ¦
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-muslim-voters/
As Keilar noted while interviewing Zogby, Trump received a major boost from Muslim voters in 2024 due to anger against the Biden administration for its role in helping the Israeli government's war in Gaza that has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians and that Zogby described to CNN as a "genocide.".....
When asked by Keilar if he'd spoken with any of these voters since the election, he replied that he had and they were firmly against Trump's recently stated desire to ethnically cleanse Gaza by removing all Palestinians from their land.
"Many of [the voters] stayed home, and some of them voted for Donald Trump," he said. "But they are now feeling very clearly that they made a big mistake. And, you know, sort of like the kid who gets in trouble and his parents send him to his room and he goes out there and starts throwing stuff around... in a pique of anger. All he's got is a mess and that's what we've got here.
"People didn't vote for Kamala Harris. They voted for Donald Trump. They had their tantrum. And now look what we got. We got a crazy man in the White House who's doing and projecting things that are really, really problematic."
RandomNumbers
(19,070 posts)Apt description here (from your excerpt)
sarisataka
(22,239 posts)When asked about trump's previous anti muslim stance the reply was- we survived four years of his administration, we can survive another four years
The buyer's remorse didn't even take one year before it's set in
JustAnotherGen
(37,587 posts)Little kids in Gaza cannot survive years of this Presidency.
The guy at top takes the blame for everything. Magapub, non-voters, and uncommitted voters?
It's on them. Democratic Underground members all did the right thing last November.