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Celerity

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5. Dems voting to send billions upon billions of dollars in offensive military aid to Israel hurts us with our own voters,

Reply to maxrandb (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 09:41 AM

Aug 2025

who overwhelmingly do NOT want it sent.

Telling them (our Dem voters) to basically piss off hardly is a way to boost overall turnout and/or enthusiasm (it has national negative implications), and that in turn hinders us in the fight to get rid of as many Rethugs (at every level) across the board.

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The Mystery of Continuing Democratic Support for Offensive Arms to Israel [View all] Celerity Aug 2025 OP

I'm surprised the resolutions got as much support as they did fujiyamasan Aug 2025 #1

Sure, the problem is a minority of Democratic Senators maxrandb Aug 2025 #2

Apparently you missed the part about EIGHT per cent of Democrats supporting Israel's war on Gaza. Celerity Aug 2025 #3

I agree with you, to a point maxrandb Aug 2025 #4

Dems voting to send billions upon billions of dollars in offensive military aid to Israel hurts us with our own voters, Celerity Aug 2025 #5