House Minority Leader Jeffries, NJ Sen. Booker hold sit-in protest on Capitol steps
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Titled "An Urgent Conversation with the American People," the multi-hour, livestreamed discussion came ahead of Congress' return to session on Monday.

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBejfVOUmBs

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjr7VvL9/

Titled “An Urgent Conversation with the American People,” the livestreamed discussion comes ahead of Congress’ return to session on Monday.

A statement released by both officials’ offices said in part, “Republican leaders have made clear their intention to use the coming weeks to advance a reckless budget scheme to President Trump’s desk that seeks to gut Medicaid, food assistance and basic needs programs that help people, all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Given what’s at stake, these could be some of the most consequential weeks for seniors, kids and families in generations.”

According to the statement, Rep. Jeffries and Sen. Booker plan to speak to shared American values and the nation’s religious and moral underpinnings, and how the budget bill opposes these beliefs. They also plan to affirm to Americans watching the livestream that their voices matter, especially in this moment in time.

  • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    20 hours ago

    Then what is the point of you quipping a line that has been almost universally targeted at Trump voters to me?

    As walkbacks go, this is particularly cringe.

    • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
      44·
      20 hours ago

      Actually the line has always meant people who also did not vote, or voted for a third party knowing that it was just a vote that didn’t go against Trump.

      I’m not walking back anything.

      • killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        20 hours ago

        First, no it hasn’t. No-one would say “have the day you voted for” to someone who didn’t vote as it’s a ridiculous non sequitur.

        Second, I didn’t do any of those things. You still not walking it back? Sticking to your guns when you’re dead wrong?

      • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
        31·
        20 hours ago

        The line has always been used to silence and bully into coerced obedience the people who most wanted progressive change. The people who have been calling for the party of Fascism Lite to step up their game.

        Let me speak plainly: unconditional support for the Democratic Party from people like you is the mechanism by which we’ve landed where we are today. You refused to hold your party accountable so they put Trump into a position to win 2016. And I mean that quite literally, they did everything they could to make sure he won the primary because they knew they were putting a loser candidate up.

        So get off your fucking high horse. I blame you for where we are. And before you come at me: I voted for Bernie in the 2016 & 2020 primaries. I voted for Hillary, Biden, and Kamala in the generals. I’ve voted in the way that would maximize opposition to fascism at every step. My conscience is clean. You continue to spew insults to people to your left to blame them for your Party’s failures. I blame only people to my right who want to keep running in that direction.

          • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
            41·
            20 hours ago

            I hope you don’t, because yours is today. Maybe actually read my comment to see what day I voted for, jackass.

            • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
              16·
              20 hours ago

              I read it all. I hope you have the day you voted for. So, I hope you have a good day. I don’t disagree with you. The two party system is shit. I voted Bernie in the primary too.

              • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
                51·
                20 hours ago

                Then stop blaming the left. You’re sewing discord and serving fascism. Hold the Democratic Party accountable for always doing the bare minimum they think they have to and nothing more. That’s what’s gotten us to where we are, not voters that are fed up with the bullshit.

                Give the people something to vote for, don’t blame them when all of the options are evil. No more “lesser of two evils,” it’s clearly not working.

                • Rhoeri@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  13·
                  16 hours ago

                  It’s fucking hilarious how you all try to change the meaning of “the left.”

                  The left has always been the Democratic Party, bud. And while it can be inclusive to other sociological and political ideologies, at its core, the democrats have been at its epicenter.

                  Maybe look up when the term originated from?

                  To me, all attempts to co-opt the term appear to only be accepted by those that like to misuse it, constantly.

                  • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
                    21·
                    9 hours ago

                    Uh, no? The Democratic Party doesn’t define the left. The Democratic Party left the left. Here’s a bit right from Wikipedia.

                    The left seeks social justice through redistributive social and economic policies, while the right defends private property and capitalism. The nature of the conflict depends on existing social and political cleavages and on the level of economic development.

                    I haven’t seen the Democratic Party pay anything but lip service to the definition of the left in a long time. Neoliberalism, which is the party line right now, is a right wing ideology.

                • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
                  24·
                  20 hours ago

                  I’m not blaming the left or sewing discord serving fascism. Trump is the fascism. Anyone who didn’t actively fight against him is the problem.

                  • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
                    3·
                    20 hours ago

                    So let me get this straight. Someone says

                    Waits until the guillotine is half way through the neck

                    Bro pls bro we have to stop this bro

                    clearly blaming the past inaction of the Democratic Party for the state of affairs today, and you chime in with:

                    I hope you have the day you voted for

                    And go on to double down that you are blaming this person for fascism. And all of this is you not sewing discord or blaming the left? You know who I hate worse than sycophants? Sycophants who constantly lie to rile people up. I don’t care or believe who you voted for. You behaving like this only serves fascism.