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The libs are angry and democrats don't like it (hexbear.net)

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https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/democrats-trump-resistance-violence-congress

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (14 children)

"What I have seen is a demand that we get ourselves arrested intentionally or allow ourselves to be victims of violence, and ... a lot of times that's coming from economically very secure white people," said an eighth House Democrat.
"Not only would that be a gift to Donald Trump, not only would it make the job of Republicans in Congress easier if we were all mired in legal troubles ... [we are] a group that is disproportionately people of color, women, LGBTQ people — people who do not fare very well in prison."

ALL THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY GETTING ARRESTED TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU COULD TELL YOU AS MUCH, DIPSHIT

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

a demand that we... allow ourselves to be victims of violence

Yes. It's me folks. I'm the one that's demanding this. The rest of the quote confirms why I will continue demanding it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's like if a firefighter complained like "they want me to run in to a burning building? Pfft as if!"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

“Not only would that be a gift to the fire, not only would it make the fire’s job easier if we were all mired in emergency response… [we are] a group that is disproportionately harmed by fire.”

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