Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
Bullshit. The begging, pleading lies of those caught in the act and facing down a 20 year sentence, promising now that things have come to a head they'll change the way they've been all their life if just once more they're let off the hook for their actions.
It reminds me so much of the Saddam bit from the South Park movie where Saddam is in an abusive relationship with Satan and keeps winning him back by promising to change and then doing something performative before going back to his old ways. "I can change, I can change!" he sings and it's the same tune these Democrats are singing. They've been singing it off and on for decades every time they lose the base too much then immediately putting away that number as soon as they get the base back and berating them for demanding better, for 'purity testing' and so on and brow-beat with accusations that demands for change help Republicans win.
So excuse us if we're a little skeptical because this song and dance is very worn.
How about actually defending trans people and trans rights instead of getting mealy-mouthed? How about making impassioned speeches in defense of trans kids right to affirming care and transitioning? No they won't do that.
Or condemning the genocide in Palestine and calling out the elements in their own party supporting it? No they won't do that either.
I'm with you, but fixing income inequality and reversing climate change are way higher on my list than either of the issues you mentioned.
Neither of which they're going to do or address.
This is Lucy with the football and Dem voters are Charlie Brown sure this time she won't pull it away. Well she will. And if she doesn't they have the Republicans who magically have the power to break laws, rules, ignore the parliamentarian and Senate decorum and so on and do whatever they need to put a stop to this to which Dems put up feeble resistance then shrug and say they tried but oh well. They didn't really try. They never will. And they'll never break rules, never stack the supreme court, never play ball.
They will let their most rightward members split to sabotage a vote, they won't try party discipline, they won't whip members, they won't threaten, they won't do old politics stuff of if you fuck with the party on major things you get shut out of everything, your district doesn't even get $5000 for a new sign for its park because you get nothing, not assignments, no allowing your bills, no riders, nothing. Play ball or get shut down. Play ball or the party supports a primary challenger on top of those things and does everything it can to push you out. But they won't do that because they don't want any of this and are happy to have spoilers derail it so they can pretend they wanted it and pretend they listened to their base and pretend they tried.
More so than the destruction of Palestine, which Booker supports?
Also the US military is one of the world's biggest polluters, so that one isn't unrelated.
You’re right; Addressing the financial pain-points, and securing the future of the children of the bottom ~90% should be the US’s primary concern.
Successfully doing so is what buys a political party sufficient goodwill to be able to address social concerns for minorities in need.
It is literally the “why are we sending aid overseas when we have starving children here” meme, but unironic.
Performative bullshit from a zionazi genocide supporter.
Do better, but don't ever consider what it means to actually do better, also don't actually do it.
Thank you for saying this Cory. All other democrats who don't take up this message can bite my balls. At least this guy seems ok or at least conscious.
zionist POS
Honestly the first actual sign of resistance from within the Senate chamber.
Resistance seems like a bit much, can we compromise and agree it's the first sign that a Democratic senator has a pulse?
Credit should be given where due: Sen. Booker is about to make history in less than an hour, breaking the record for the longest filibuster in US history.
Edit: He did it! Now it's on every American and person around the world to resist the Trump administration.
Booker and every other Senator voted unanimously for all of Trump's political appointees. Booker is full of shit.
Not a filibuster, there's not a bill in question or a confirmation on the line. He's just holding the floor. I applaud the effort and certainly the message, I'm just not sure why he's doing it now instead of you know when it counted.
He also took the time to praise Israel and defend the genocide during his filibuster.
Fuck right off.
I regret cheering him on now. Fuck this dude.
He also put on a genocide pin and proceeded to preach some biblical Zionism quotes. Usually Democrats stick to the liberal Zionism. Apparently they have moved so far right they identify more with the MAGA crowd now.
I thought it was kinda cool he was mad at Trump for 24 hours straight. This shit takes a lot of physical effort, especially for a 55 year old.
Highly performative though. Not saying it was useless, because it definitely was a statement. It was not yet a "step in the right direction, but at least a "slight bend of the neck to maybe someday start looking in the right direction". Now I would like every other congressional Democrat to follow it up with something. Furiously voting against absolutely everything the MAGA terrorists propose, no matter what. Call Mike Johnson a cuck live on C-Span, every day. Lock MTG in the bathroom. Create 100 policy proposals for the docket, every day and from everyone until the .txt list is 500 Petabyte big.
Shut congress down. Completely, until Trump is gone. This is war.
Where was this motion when the continued resolution was on the floor? Fucking clowns.
If the Democrats actually wanted to be an opposition party he wouldn't need to be speaking right now. At least some are supporting him.
Feels like too little too late.
He's applying for the Democratic nomination.
I confess we all must look in the mirror and say ‘we will do better.’”
Spoiler: they won't
Simply admitting it does not mean you don't have to correct. This was a fillibuster in name only, no bill was protested. This is theatrical at best.
It was performative nonsense, as per usual of the democrats.
The only thing it did was take the record from a segregationist.
Then do it
Words are cheap
Booker a day later: let’s give Israel more money
"My job is to keep the left pro Israel" - ~~Chuck Shumer~~ Cory Booker
A lot of words and no actions.. until Schumer steps down Democrats have learned nothing and have nothing new to offer. If you want us to believe you have changed show us don't tell us.
We need more words! We need to drown out the republican message.
Would it turn the GOP? No, but it would certainly drown out their insane rhetoric.