In their first interview since President Trump launched an all-out Twitter assault on Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), the four congresswomen called out Republicans who chose not to vote to condemn Trump’s racist commentary.
Racism is the “is,” like which Rump lovers love Rump for telling it.
They chose tRump over country a LONG time ago.
Minority women rank somewhere on the scale with divorce lawyers and mob hit men in terms of the respect and reverance accorded them by the male, caucasian power structure running this nation into the ground. Until there are 51 of them in the Senate (and all of those are Dems) and a similar majority in the House I doubt their ability to steer the ship of state away from the rocks. Even their own leader, Pelosi, has signaled to everyone they’re an irrelevant thorn in everyone’s side.
Given Fred Upton’s district, this was no small vote for him.
Liars … Cheats … Thieves …
donnie’s the tarp that gives 'em all cover —
He’s their wet dream —
These women are at the beginning of what I trust will be a fulfilling journey. We attained the House because of the people they are trying to reach
Credit where it’s due. I think it’s inaccurate to say “not a single Republican” when there were four of them who voted with Dems.
I’m not sure why she would have said that, either.
It was in the TPM article. I didn’t watch the video though.
It’s not in the video I watched.
And the CBS article says this:
Shortly after the interview on Tuesday, the House voted to approve a resolution condemning Mr. Trump’s tweets, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in voting to denounce the statements.
Amen.
For academic reasons, I’ve recently been reading thinkers who were/are involved in the Latin American liberation theology movement. The a priori starting point for them is that it starts with the material facts of lives of marginalized people, from which place they (laity as well as clergy) can critique the complacency or complicity of the center (the wealthy, the government, the Church) in maintaining that marginalization. Only then can it speak with the necessary moral clarity needed to not just save souls but improve people’s lives in the here and now. Long story short, it’s been a heady experience to read these writers and then read/listen to the rhetoric of The Squad and people like Rev. William Barber. A few days ago, I remember thinking, “Man: being a Latinx bartender from Queens is a pretty good example of the periphery.”
Not that these people are Jesus, but it’s hard not to think about them and hear Paul saying, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone.”
Time for another “pussy hat” rally just like the one right after Trumpalthinskin’s installation as president.
Good for them. I hope they start pointing out that the GOP used to stand for something, and now it doesn’t. I hope they start pointing out that the country was built on, and that it doesn’t mean that the speaker should have to leave the country. I hope they point out that if criticism was unpatriotic, the Constitution would not have arranged for changes in the law. I hope they ask if this means that Republicans will never again criticize a Democratic president. I hope they ask if there are any other first amendment rights the GOP would like to eliminate. Would they like to pass a bill requiring people to worship a statue of Caesar (oops, Trump), for example?
About 25 years ago, Oklahoma had a GOP Congressman named J.C. Watts, an African American who had played football for OU. Watts used to say that “character is who you are when no one’s looking.” I guess the GOP has decided to show us who they are when no one’s looking, but it isn’t the look they thought it was going to be.
Absolutely correct. Their journey (and ours through theirs) is just beginning. However, i predict a long and very rough journey for all of them. We all know that T rumpp loves to hate, but more than that, he fears. He fears minorities. He fears women. He’s petrified of minority women who are smarter and more articulate than him, and who also have an ax to grind specifically about him. We’re also all too familiar with the words the Dotard uses when he’s on a twitter rampage, and when it comes to The Squad, expect the absolute worst from him that you can imagine. These four women haven’t come close to biting off more than they can chew. Far from it, but their mission is against a black hole of decency and humanity. This upcoming campaign season, he’ll waste no opportunity to be the most grotesque human this planet has ever seen. That is what appeals to his base.
Absolutely. They are showing disillusioned millennials and younger that you can make a difference, that it matters to try. I admire all of them although I don’t always agree with them. They are inspirational.
Truth will out.
Then the masses ignore the truth. Thus truth loses.