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Couldn't have done this like six months ago? Maybe it would have prompted Harris to actually say she'd be different.
She was calling it a genocide and for Congress to block arms sales 7 months ago.
Those are bigger publications, its an issue I have so many upvoted and am so wrong, and that a lot of people including myself dont remember this. Outrage fatigue? The information hose? Am I dumb? Probably more than one of these.
I don't think you're dumb, there's certainly a lot of information flowing through our feeds and it's easy to miss statements and actions when in the end Warren isn't the person who's making decisions and the only real power she has is making a statement of principles that establishment figures very much do not want to talk about.
If I recall correctly back then she also used a few empty words so people can bring them up later to whitewash her. Remember that was 4 months into the genocide and everybody knew what was going on. A little lip service was needed. Second paragraph of the posted article states this was the first time she took action on disapproval.
For the first time on the issue, Warren threw her weight behind a joint resolution of disapproval,
That's referring to a specific type of senate maneuver, which we all know isn't likely to even come up for a vote, not the first time she expressed disapproval or called for action. She was the first senator to call it a genocide, which I agree was way later than it should have been, but notable nonetheless, and with other progressives was critical of the invasion within the first month.
She did pay more lip-service than most Democrats. Did she do anything actionable before like she does now?
What actionable step would you expect her to do other than publicly call it bad and for congress to halt weapons transfers? Her only real power is in the senate and step one is rallying support with social influence.
Six months ago any criticism of the Biden administration would just be accused of helping support Trump.
Can't criticize the Dems before the election, can't criticize them after the election.
Nah criticize them now. They need it. Before they were attempting to lose to a fascist. Now that they’ve succeeded they’re fair game
Definitely criticized them during the election but always made sure to say who I am voting for. As the only thing I really didn't like was genocide (obv) and parading the Chaneys like that was going to help. But I remember arguing with a certain monk who seems to have disappeared about third parties being bad in our system.
Oh shit, you're right. Monk hasn't posted in 20 days. How convenient lmfao
He was instanced banned, thats why he does not post, says it right at top of his profile.
Ah, much appreciated; that doesn't show up on my app. Man, I wish the experience weren't so inconsistent between desktop and mobile. (Also good riddance.)
Can't criticize them after the election
Huh? That's all anyone has been doing the past week. What are you on? You're acting like this is some sort of catch-22, but it so obviously isn't: hold the line before the election to minimize the chances of a fascist getting into office (like in 2020 with Biden), then immediately thereafter regardless of the results completely shit all over them for how they aren't where they should be.
Edit: I still haven't heard how the complete avalanche of massive, basically unabated criticisms of the DNC over the last nine-ish days is being suppressed.
This is actually a criticism that was often levied at Trump and it's apt. Putting down a nebulous red line and then ignoring it even when the other party can't do the bare minimum of pretending to follow it results in everyone acknowledging your country is a joke. That said, we already knew this whole thing was a joke.
Warren's been calling it a genocide and to ban arms sales since April.
Oh fuck off please.
Lol, better get "genocide joe" to give the last shipment of humanitarian aid to gaza, because genocide trump thinks palestinians shouldn't exist.
Butcher Biden earned the nickname. This is him in 1982 making the war criminal Menachim Begin seem decent:
Begin said he was shocked at how passionately Biden supported Israel’s invasion when Biden “said he would go even further than Israel, adding that he’d forcefully fend off anyone who sought to invade his country, even if that meant killing women or children.” Begin said, “I disassociated myself from these remarks,” adding: “I said to him: No, sir; attention must be paid. According to our values, it is forbidden to hurt women and children, even in war.
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/27/biden-israeli-invasion-lebanon/
Huckabee: What Palestinians? This was always a desert.
In 1986, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden said, “[Supporting Israel] is the best $3 billion investment we make. Were there not an Israel, the United States of America would have to invent an Israel to protect her interests in the region.”