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This is not a sit-in, and degrades what sit-ins actually were.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit-in
Democratic leadership is complacent.
I'm increasingly convinced Democratic leadership is in on it.
Honestly what do they, as individual career politicians in a now-nakedly-corrupt industry, stand to gain from fixing any of it? Their actions are primariy about advancing their careers because Congress has been broken for years and what else would they do?
The consultant's credo is, "if you can't be part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem."
Meaning the politician's credo is now the reverse "There's good money to be made in prolonging the problem, you won't be part of the solution."
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They are. They will not bite the hand that feeds and those billionaires are the ones feeding them. Citizens United and Super PACs are pure corruption.
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Feels similar to a filibuster that was actually just an extended speech.
It looks like the appearance of action, without consequence.
Yeah. You want to make it a protest, do it on the floor of the Senate and block it until they remove you.
“Extended lunch” didn’t attract any cameras so they had to workshop the name.
"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.
Problem is... They've said this same exact thing for many years now. People stop listening and this just becomes background noise.
He had plenty of engagement with his 25 hour speech. Let’s hope this generates similar awareness.
I haven't even listened to it... Did it at least sound interesting? One of the advantages Trump has is that even though he says really stupid shit he at least doesn't sound like a politician. The democratic leadership just pulls out a form-letter style speech that's been workshopped to death and sounds exactly like everything else they've ever said.
He spoke like an honest and unpolished person. He read countless letters of concern from his constituents regarding this administration, told relevant personal anecdotes of his father’s battle with Parkinson’s disease, and focused heavily on America’s previous challenges and triumphs over oppression while drawing similarities to the current state of our nation. It was actually quite moving.
That's not a sit in, that's a photo op.
Wait, I thought Booker was headed to El Salvador to bring back Garcia.
I would like to have a full update on all past stunts before we begin the next stunt.
Im impressed. This is an establishment democrat almost doing something that almost qualifies as useful. He's almost so close!
Fuck off, Jeffries. You yourself said you’re unwilling to accept or support primary challengers to the oligarch demographic in the party caucus. You can go fuck yourself. As far as I’m concerned, you’re a part of the problem.
Why the fuck aren't they sitting in the chamber of the Senate where they would be actually disrupting the business that's happening. Sitting on steps ain't stopping jack.
The chamber was closed for recess for two weeks.
There's so much randomized "it's not enough" sentiment on lemmy. We all need to focus the hell up, because responding to every single little thing with "how dare they not do more" is so counterproductive. Nobody will ever do anything.
I'm not even saying this action is progress - but shitting on it isn't progress either.
That user just suggested that the congressmen should break into an empty room, as if that would do something.
And even if congress was in session... these people are the people that are supposed to sit in congress. They literally belong there. What, exactly, would that accomplish?
I completely agree. There are a lot of comments that just seem to find a way to keep people down on Democrats, even when they do the right thing. Many of them were the ones shouting Genocide Joe last year. Plenty of them are accelationist leftists or possibly even right-wing propagandists just trying to keep people from a blue wave next November.
I think expecting Democratic Senators to vote no on things like the Laken Riley Act or Democratic Judges to not sign bogus warrants to arrest Gaza protesters should be a bare minimum expectation.
Them not even being able to do that " keeps people down on the Democrats."
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Waits until the guillotine is half way through the neck
Bro pls bro we have to stop this bro
So edgy. So reactionary. While I can't speak for Jeffries, Booker has been working: https://www.distractify.com/p/why-is-cory-booker-filibustering
From March 31 to April 1, 2025, Cory Booker, the senior Democratic senator from New Jersey, delivered the longest recorded speech in United States Senate history while protesting the second presidency of Donald Trump and the operations of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
Booker began speaking at 7 p.m. EDT on March 31 and concluded at 8:05 p.m. on April 1, 2025. The speech lasted twenty-five hours and five minutes, surpassing the previous longest recorded speech in Senate history: Strom Thurmond's twenty-four-hour and eighteen-minute-long filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Booker%27s_marathon_speech
Cory Booker is working for himself, Israel, and Big Pharm, in that order.
Please note that you and I are conspicuously absent from this list.
How is protesting cuts to Medicaid and social programs helping those you listed, and not benefiting you and me?
These are just trolls trying to continuously crush The United States by convincing people not to vote for the Democrats, creating A majority Republican voting pool.
My name is Jake Gless. Google me. I stand up straight for my positions. Nothing troll-like here from me. I am a bleeding heart.
Have you considered the possibility that I’m right and maybe you’re not? Cory Booker is NOT the answer. CORY BOOKER IS THE PROBLEM. I will not support self-serving neolibs.
Send me a face pic holding up 3 fingers to prove you are you.
wtf…I’ve been supporting you in another thread this morning about the Vancouver massacre. Cory “Spartacus Tears-of-Rage” Booker is as fake and performative as a slimy politician could ever be. I despise him.
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I'm not interested in self indulgent showmanship, I'm interested in supposed left wingers espousing left wing views and acting up on them.
Maintaining the ratchet effect for the right and insider trading your way to a comfortable retirement isn't admirable, it's pathetic.
We'll all continue to vote to slow the progression to the far right but why shouldn't we expect more than that?
I hope you have the day you voted for
I didn't vote for fascism as you're snidely implying. You know what they say about faulty conclusions.
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Big deal
Cory Booker needs to go away. He only cares when it affords him headlines so that he can feel good about himself running for president yet again. He will never be president, ever.
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