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111. Mahalo, lapucelle! I have a Tweet for

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Tue Jun 28, 2022, 06:49 PM

Jun 2022

those who are Dragging on Dems. over Roe V Wade..

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There's No GD Excuse for NOT Uniting Against Fascism.

Save Our Democracy in 2022 & 2024!

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Disturbing to see a young woman interviewed on MSNBC, complaining about Democrats, [View all] pnwmom Jun 2022 OP

There is a disturbing lack of knowledge about how our government works...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #1

Yes, very broad and disturbing. elleng Jun 2022 #2

and it is disturbing that MSNBC can find a person treestar Jun 2022 #51

+1,000,000!!! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #9

People don't know and they don't want to know. shrike3 Jun 2022 #17

Yep And it explains Dems crossing over to vote for trump... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #18

You're right lunatica Jun 2022 #76

My new comeback to that statement is, "Only one side stormed the capitol." shrike3 Jun 2022 #77

Good comeback! lunatica Jun 2022 #78

I live in a red area, so I can't avoid them. shrike3 Jun 2022 #79

I'm mighty lucky to live in a blue state! lunatica Jun 2022 #80

You are. n/t shrike3 Jun 2022 #91

Tuberville thinks the three branches of government are "the House, the Senate and executive." keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #22

That's about what 85% inthewind21 Jun 2022 #96

DU Skews older, we were taught Civics in Bettie Jun 2022 #107

Civics classes were jettisoned from a lot of public schools some decades back ... Hekate Jun 2022 #3

Indeed! nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #4

+1000 (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2022 #8

Huge STEM push AkFemDem Jun 2022 #10

+1 appalachiablue Jun 2022 #20

I would Rebl2 Jun 2022 #63

Typical. betsuni Jun 2022 #5

Simply parroting what she heard on Faux. lpbk2713 Jun 2022 #6

Doubt it. Probably from a supposedly left source. betsuni Jun 2022 #7

Yes. I've heard it from lefties of my acquaintance. shrike3 Jun 2022 #15

Biden, pelosi and clyburn all went and campaigned against the pro choice candidate questionseverything Jun 2022 #36

Are you talking Texas? Because if so...the pro-life candidate who won't vote on abortion can win Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #38

Too bad. Honestly I think some need to learn civics...Texas is a red state and pro-choice candidates Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #41

You do not know that she would have lost questionseverything Jun 2022 #49

I know the district. It is extremely conservative...we can never know for sure. But most pundits Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #52

and remember politics can make strange bedfellows treestar Jun 2022 #55

Unfortunately, politics is about winning. shrike3 Jun 2022 #67

It was someone else's daughter talking about the primary questionseverything Jun 2022 #69

That's understandable. shrike3 Jun 2022 #70

Cuellar can win the conservative seat maybe. It will be tough but his challenger had no shot. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #39

I understand that. shrike3 Jun 2022 #66

Years ago "they" said a black preacher and a jewish guy questionseverything Jun 2022 #73

People also said Donald Trump would never be president. shrike3 Jun 2022 #75

Much of the left including Our Revolution, Greens and the Young Turks take money from the Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #29

If memory serves me, Nader took money from the GOP. shrike3 Jun 2022 #92

Yes he did...fucking traitor. And over the years Greens have run candidates funded by the GOP Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #100

Uh-huh. They knew what they were doing. shrike3 Jun 2022 #103

This message was self-deleted by its author Emile Jun 2022 #42

I rather think it's Twitter Hav Jun 2022 #60

I wonder if she ever voted for a Democrat in her life. Beastly Boy Jun 2022 #11

I wonder if she ever voted... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #19

OUCH! keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #23

Touche! Beastly Boy Jun 2022 #44

she is affiliated with the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, not the Dems Celerity Jun 2022 #48

Oh, a revolutionary... figures. Beastly Boy Jun 2022 #58

That interview was posted on twitter by a prominent Democrat. lapucelle Jun 2022 #110

Mahalo, lapucelle! I have a Tweet for Cha Jun 2022 #111

Mahalo, Cha and thanks for posting that tweet. lapucelle Jun 2022 #112

It's Incredible that anyone can be so Be SO Cha Jun 2022 #114

TY Me. Jun 2022 #119

She certainly didn't vote for Hillary in 2016. nt. Mariana Jun 2022 #89

Aloha BB.. here's a Tweet Worth Noting.. Cha Jun 2022 #115

Mahalo Cha, Beastly Boy Jun 2022 #116

Mahalo!!💙 Cha Jun 2022 #117

... Me. Jun 2022 #120

Aloha, Me! 💙🤷‍♂️ Cha Jun 2022 #121

There was never a good time to codify Roe whenever Democrats had congressional majorities. SouthBayDem Jun 2022 #12

I keep having this argument with a lot of my progressive/left-wing friends Mad_Machine76 Jun 2022 #64

It really sucks how so many potential allies lack knowledge of basic civics. SouthBayDem Jun 2022 #65

Exactly Mad_Machine76 Jun 2022 #71

We have people making the same complaint here. Some are constantly Hortensis Jun 2022 #13

Yeah she wasn't wrong about this being a shit time to fundraise tho WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #14

Every single House member HAS to fundraise now, because the election is coming in November. nt pnwmom Jun 2022 #25

Of course they do. They ALWAYS have to fundraise. That doesn't mean that the first WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #28

Why wouldn't it be? You think we can win this battle without money? I sent what I could. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #32

Because it's hugely alienating. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2022 #61

These communications were scheduled before the decision was announced. pnwmom Jun 2022 #74

Fine, but then the GOP simply un-codifies it when they regain the legislature and the White House. Mister Ed Jun 2022 #16

We may have to do it again then. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #33

For sure. I'm not saying it shouldn't be done. Mister Ed Jun 2022 #47

The courts were and are so f'ing important...it just makes me sick to think about it. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #53

They would need supermajority in senate, they wont ever have that uponit7771 Jun 2022 #84

I'm not sure I understand. Mister Ed Jun 2022 #93

The filibuster crutch again? Good luck winning over the kids with that. BeyondGeography Jun 2022 #21

The filibuster issue is more than a crutch. There were a number of times they had the 51 votes, pnwmom Jun 2022 #24

I agree...not least because Democrats wouldn't have backed him up BeyondGeography Jun 2022 #27

the kids are NOT alright - MOMFUDSKI Jun 2022 #30

Well than I guess they can vote for Republicans or third parties (same thing) and find out what Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #34

And this is why I no longer watch MSNBC or CNN. We never had the votes. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #26

Fuck her MOMFUDSKI Jun 2022 #31

True that. They have to vote and if they don't...well then they earned all the bad coming their way. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #35

it appears she won't be convinced treestar Jun 2022 #56

I agree. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #59

Yes we did, first term of Obama we had a controlling share of congress for 6 months with .. uponit7771 Jun 2022 #82

We did not have 60 votes...Facts are stubborn things. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #101

Yes we did for a VERY short time, ACA would ... NOT ... have passed with 59 votes ... PERIOD uponit7771 Jun 2022 #102

Seventy-two days, in fact. shrike3 Jun 2022 #104

Biden needs to do a prime time address on this Takket Jun 2022 #37

Did they ask her how she felt about Ivanka Trump's abortion? gldstwmn Jun 2022 #40

The far left has been spewing that talking point all weekend mcar Jun 2022 #43

This was Zoe Warren who was interviewed by Yasmin Vossoughian. Warren is a communist, not a Dem Celerity Jun 2022 #45

Here is the video in question AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #46

why do they think that would help treestar Jun 2022 #50

Even a failed attempt to codify TheProle Jun 2022 #54

They are intentionally lying to help Republicans win JI7 Jun 2022 #57

People like this are on Putin's payroll maxrandb Jun 2022 #62

They are not Democrats, they are actual real communists, see this: Celerity Jun 2022 #68

Personally, I think ForgedCrank Jun 2022 #72

annoying Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #81

April 2009 Democrats had supermajority in senate (link) so yes, dems ***COULD HAVE*** voted .. uponit7771 Jun 2022 #83

Not true. You missed the fact that Franken was appointed in Jan but wasn't confirmed for 7 months. pnwmom Jun 2022 #85

Then how did the ACA pass filibuster at all? No GOP voted for it ... Thx in advance uponit7771 Jun 2022 #90

The ACA followed a complicated, torturous path, almost derailed at the end by a red state Senator pnwmom Jun 2022 #94

These women are not on Democrats side and actively work against Dems (twitter thread)... PunkinPi Jun 2022 #86

I run in leftist circles AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #87

The organization has been around for a long time. Its offshoot is known in pro-choice communities. lapucelle Jun 2022 #125

Ok I did some quick research on this group AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #88

Thanks for this info, AntivaxHunters. Maybe you should consider pnwmom Jun 2022 #97

I've begun researching them some more AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #98

FO Yasmin.. The Dem Party is on the Cha Jun 2022 #108

She's just repeating what she heard on the teevee. milestogo Jun 2022 #95

Using the term "codified" isn't a sign of intelligence Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #99

Not surprising Meowmee Jun 2022 #105

When your beloved Saints lose to the Falcons do you blame the Falcons for playing too well? Doleskki Jun 2022 #106

welcome to DU gopiscrap Jul 2022 #126

We clearly have to vote in Dem reps and senators. nt LAS14 Jun 2022 #109

That is exactly it. CottonBear Jun 2022 #123

I take it MSNBC just handed her the mic, let her say whatever she wanted, ... gulliver Jun 2022 #113

It's what the democratic socialist, justice dem teens & 20 somethings are saying... CottonBear Jun 2022 #118

NPR all week Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #122

Fuck NPR. Bush & Bush 2 destroyed NPR. CottonBear Jun 2022 #124