Glad there is at least one politician that can speak frankly about the felon in chief.
Commander in thief
"Adjudicated Rapist".
https://newrepublic.com/post/174448/judge-e-jean-carroll-case-yes-donald-trump-rapist
“The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump ‘raped’ her as many people commonly understand the word ‘rape,’ indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that [rape, as ‘commonly’ understood].”
Also as federal law defines rape.
I refuse to qualify the term rape. Trump raped Carroll - there are no conditions or clarifications needed.
Adjudicated rapist is not the same as convicted rapist. That's the real issue. Trump was never charged with rape.
I don't disagree and I'd concede the point if I was talking to a lawyer or other legal expert that was having a discussion with me in good faith.
These fucks exploit the shit out of good faith and technicalities so fuck it.
You're[1] wrong, it was rape.
This is how you take the moral high ground, not by ceding ground to the far-right.
Per usual, she's probably our best hope of a high profile progressive in office (and a potential do-over of 2016 when we didn't get Bernie if Dems get some sense).
Right on the money too about social media. I think I'm more concerned about that than I am about Trump himself. I really don't want Zoomers to end up the next conservative generation; like the Boomers and Gen Xers who suck Reagan dick after the 80s because their misunderstanding of what actually happened during his presidency. Confirmation bias is strong and that'll fuck the US long after Trump dies.
Dems would rather sell us to fascism than put a progressive in office.
This assumes a progressive candidate would win, though. Given this last election, I don't think that's a particularly safe bet to make. Honestly, I don't think that anyone on the left could have won, following Biden. People were so disgusted with his performance they elected trump again, for fucks sake.
It's kind of hard to overlook 89 million eligible voters who stayed home after Kamala gladhanded war criminals on the campaign trail. The idgaf contingent is a bigger bloc than there were votes for either candidate. This is why polling shows widespread support for Dem policy, but the Dems themselves struggle to remain electable.
The issue, as I see it, isn't that they liked his policies or wanted to move right. What the public wanted was change, some drastic move away from the system we have. The Democrats explicitly campaigned on maintaining the current world order.
So when we, rightfully, said that Trump will destroy America, may who aren't engaged with politics thought that was a good thing.
Look how much the country embraced Luigi even though he was pure destruction (i.e. killing someone with no plan on how that would fix anything). We need Luigi energy with a real plan to fix the country. We need a new Roosevelt and AOC seems the best fit for the job.
They need to protect her at all costs, because they will kill her.
This isn't like a threat or a joke or something.
Look at Fred Hampton.
Look at MLK. Look at Malcolm...
Look at RFK. The original. The dad. No brain worm (that we know about). Side note, there's an HBO documentary series about RFK that's fantastic. He was one of the good ones. Things might have turned out very different if not for Sirhan^2. Fucking tragedy.
I truly fear for AOC.
Please don't mention Bernie anymore. They postponed him and now he's just too old, we need to stop with the old people. AOC is a great choice, and there needs to be full backing on that because the old corporate guard has some loser in mind, I assume.
Probably Kamala again.
Probably Kamala again.
NOW is the time to change this. Do not waste it.
I think I am done voting for liberals. They come up with endless excuses why they cannot help the working class and when finally do anything it is to fund Israel's genocide or to give massive wins to Republicans by banning Tiktok the day before Trump was sworn in just so he could unban it.
Gen X'er here... When '88 rolled around and Poppy Bush was running was my first election.
Kept asking the "greatest" and boomers: "So, wait, either he's lying about his involvement in Iran/Contra, is dirty as fuck and shouldn't be elected, or he legit had no clue, wasn't involved, and is incompetent for a former CIA director and shouldn't be elected. Which is it?"
Hold onto her, after Trump has pardoned the Jan 6 people as well as the proud boy leader he's proven that it isn't a crime if you do it in Trumps name
Serial rapist.
That's awesome! I'm happy she is staying her actual reason for not attending. Sadly, millions of Americans do celebrate rapists. Athelets, musicians, actors. Then you have priests, doctors, cops that get a free pass, and prison rape is outright celebrated.
She's right about the tiltok bullshit and social media being weaponized. Look how fucking well with worked with network television and newspapers. Most people I know, even intelligent ones, trust some form of major media like the NYT's or CNN. Facism was already here and now we've let it off it's leash to run free.
Based
Keep it up, AOC.
Or fascists.
I would say "and fascists."
Its like every politician with morals gets fucked. I'd love to see the "young" 74 year old with throat cancer bat against convictions like this.
Only if they're a Dem
I've never heard her celebrate Bill Clinton or any other Dem rapist, have you?
Biden had rape accusations against him as well from his younger years. Those never received much media attention.
To be fair, not many forms of media were invented in Biden's younger years. I think he graduated high school just as radio was becoming a thing.
Yes
I'm gonna have to insist that you provide sources for your claim that she's ever supported Bill Clinton or any other Dem rapist.
Oh wow she found her moral standards again. Luckily you can pick those up after dropping them.
What are you on?
when did she lose them? im not implying she didnt, i may just be out of the loop
Her cringe act has returned? Cry about Mexican children. Forget them when it’s Biden.
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