Justice Democrats criticizes Biden appointments

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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The progressive organization Justice Democrats in a statement Tuesday criticized President-elect Joe Biden's reported plans to make "corporate-friendly appointments" to his administration.

"If Joe Biden continues making corporate-friendly appointments to his White House, he will risk quickly fracturing the hard-earned goodwill his team built with progressives to defeat Donald Trump," Justice Democrats Executive Director Alexandra Rojas said in a statement.

"A Biden administration dominated by corporate-friendly insiders like [former Biden chief of staff] Steve Ricchetti and [Rep.] Cedric Richmond [D-La.] will not help the President-elect usher in the most progressive Democratic administration in generations," she added.

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The statement goes on to outline Ricchetti's history as a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry and the donations Richmond has received from the fossil fuel industry.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/progressive-group-justice-democrats-criticizes-biden-appointments/ar-BB1b68Wr?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

So the head of the Congressional Black Caucus is too corporate-friendly? Did these people ever stop and think that the fact that Richmond gets donations from the fossil fuel industry is because Louisiana's an oil producing state?

[DURHAM D]

1. Stop and think... not an option. nt

[Karma13612]

2. Justice Democrats:

May I introduce you to Mitch McConnell, the gate keeper of America’s future prosperity/ and lack thereof.

Nothing remotely progressive is getting passed and Biden (much to my heart break) will be lucky if he gets a decent cabinet appointed.

I am so steaming upset by the continued BS.

We need to do better in 2022 by a long shot. Maybe since it will be a midterm election, we can steer all the attention to House and Senate races and make some inroads. We need Congress in our corner in order to turn this continued obstruction around.

[Thekaspervote]

3. Biden made it VERY clear he would be an American president, not just one group

Like it or not justice Dems...this is how democracy and fairness work

[Midnight Writer]

4. Didn't take long for the sniping to begin.

We wouldn't want to give Joe a chance to even take the Oath of Office before we start criticizing.

Just because his picks so far are already the most diverse and inclusive in our history is no reason to cut him some slack.

Joe is a good man and I trust him to make good choices.

[Peacetrain]

5. Oh for the love of God.. already..

[wryter2000]

8. I'll see your facepalm

And add three more.

[Peacetrain]

10. Like the sun coming up in the morning and setting in the evening

you can count on them... exactly 2 weeks since the election..

[treestar]

12. +1 million zillion

Some people just refuse to be satisfied with anything.

[Peacetrain]

29. Amen to that treestar

[spooky3]

6. So, if two of his nine announced appointees are not progressive enough, then

are the Justice Democrats saying that all NINE must meet whatever progressive standards they impose? If so, that is NOT appropriate for a big tent party and it is NOT representative of the views of the Democratic electorate. It is GOOD to have diversity of views within the range of those that can reasonably fit within the Democratic party.

I hate to see groups marginalizing themselves or attempting to dominate majority views -- if that is their position -- especially at a time when it is essential to first rid ourselves of the orange menace AND his enablers.

[helpisontheway]

7. Some people on twitter were upset about the Cedric Richmond...not much

about the others..🤷🏽‍♀️

[Gothmog]

9. Why should anyone care about this?

[Cha]

11. I Don't Give A SHIT. ETA This is Directed

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@ JD not the OP poster!

[George II]

13. Yes, and those contributions from "the fossil fuel industry" are truck drivers, maintenance people..

...gas station attendants, clerical workers, etc.

Just like the New York Senators take money from "Wall Street" and "Financial Industry", because New York is the center of the financial world and there are tens of thousands of clerical workers working in the financial district institutions.

[Laelth]

14. Biden has a LOT more appointments to make.

This is just a reminder from the Justice Democrats that they are paying close attention.

-Laelth

[Demsrule86]

15. Justice Democrats...can't stand them.

[Laelth]

17. They're Democrats. n/t

-Laelth

[MineralMan]

23. Are they?

I'm not so sure.

[Cha]

25. So What? JD are Always Insulting the Dem

Party. I don't care what they have to say.

[Cha]

16. oh &.. TLP Exponentially Helped Biden Get Elected

More than the cenk jds.

[GemDigger]

18. I wonder how many voters the Justice Democrats scare off from the party. nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. I don't have a problem with constituents holding public servants' feet to the fire. Nt

[MineralMan]

27. That was a medieval torture technique, you know.

Do you think Biden should be tortured until he confesses that he is a heretic? Please think about what you write.

[Hortensis]

20. Of course. That's what they are. I supposed if Biden appointed THEM

they'd be temporarily bumfuzzled, but it wouldn't take them long to find their own butts and attack.

[StarfishSaver]

21. Oh, good Lord

[MineralMan]

22. Waaaah...

They're not all that, really...

[11 Bravo]

24. And THIS is why we can't have nice things!

President-elect Biden hasn't even assumed office, and the crowd who watches from the bleachers is complaining.

I cast my first presidential vote for George McGovern. I'm pretty sure I'm on the side of the angels.
But if it wouldn't buy me a granite pizza, I would tell a whole bunch of posters her to fuck all the way off.

[Autumn]

26. Maybe they've decided to hold his feet to the fire.

I loved my governor, his only problem was that the oil and gas industry here donated to him a lot and he was very much for fracking, still is. I imagine now that he's a Senator that won't change and it's a shame. Oil and gas and fracking is not the way to go. Tick Tock. We are running out of time.

[MineralMan]

28. Until he confesses to being a heretic?

Torture sucks.

[Autumn]

31. You've heard that expression. Biden is the president all Americans, them included. nt

[MineralMan]

35. Not quite yet. I suggest that all Americans leave him

alone to figure out his administration's makeup, and hold off on attacking him until after the inauguration, at least.

Holding a person's feet to the fire is a torture technique. I think we shouldn't do that at all. None of us.

Wouldn't you agree?

[Autumn]

36. Holding a person's feet to the fire is an old saying about politicians. No one is talking torture,

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as you are well aware. I don't happen to agree with you at all. I have absolutely no problem with people expecting a politician that voted and supported to do the right thing. No problem with that at all. Biden is putting his team together NOW, not after the inauguration I think complaining after a deed is done is useless, the JD's seem smart enough to see that.

[MineralMan]

37. It is an old saying, yes. That old saying has its origin in the use

of that torture technique to elicit confessions during the Inquisition. That's where the phrase came from, you see. Language has meaning, based on its origins. The phrase would not exist except for the use of holding someone's feet to a fire as a means of forcing them to confess wrongdoings, truthfully or not.

So, please excuse me if I recount the origins of the phrase and condemn its use because of those origins. I will not stop doing so.

[Autumn]

38. Condemn whatever you don't like I will continue to use it. I would think the Democratic

party may want to secure the loyalty of these younger voters and toss them a bone once in a while. There are many old political expressions, like Yellow Dog Democrats. And of course my favorite from Bill Clinton talking about another Arkansas politician, "he's one of those politicians that I wouldn't walk across the street to piss in his ear if his brain was on fire." I don't see that as torture either but it does express perfect contempt.

[JI7]

30. Fuck these people. I would bet most of them voted for Trump

bunch of fucking grifters

[JI7]

32. More slogans

[betsuni]

33. Someone called them the "artisanal tea party" in a tweet.

Juicebox revolutionaries at an artisanal tea party.

[LiberalFighter]

34. Justice Democrats? I don't have anything good to say about them when...

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks is part of it.