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[–] match@pawb.social 14 points 5 hours ago

God grant every Democrat the bravery of the ones not running for reelection

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Pelosi is a armchair quarterback. She can be all tough because she didn't have a part to play this time.

If she had been involved she'd have rolled over like a thing that rolls over a lot.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 hours ago

Ooo, that's gooood

[–] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 118 points 10 hours ago

If Pelosi is against you capitulating to Republicans, you know you fucked up.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 60 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

PELOSI‽‽ PELOSI GREW A SPINE‽‽

WHAT TIMELINE ARE WE IN

[–] Fiction@lemm.ee 30 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Pelosi didn’t grow a spine. She probably sees some way of increasing her net worth.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 18 points 9 hours ago

Or she sees it as bad politics, because it is bad politics.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Isn’t she retiring soon?

[–] Sirus@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

No before she goes to the Republican side because schumer made a bad decision. Wouldn't that be hilarious?

[–] sndmn@lemmy.ca 34 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks to Chuck, Amy isn't even the worst Schumer any more.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 hours ago

I laughed and cried when I read this.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 42 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Feel it is more like "You eeeeeeediot" a la Ren and Stimpy.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 3 points 8 hours ago

Having grown up with that show, pretty sure I was unconsciously channeling that energy. xD

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Pelosi is just as ineffectual and needs to go just as bad...

Her coming out against Schumer is just her self preservation instinct.

We can't afford to let geriatric neoliberals lead the only other alternative to fascism. Even if they wanted to fight, they're not capable of it.

So if they really gave a fuck about the country, we wouldn't have to waste this time screaming at them to get out of the fucking way.

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't call her ineffectual, she still holds massive sway in dc. That being said, she is one of the many reasons the democrats are so ineffectual.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

She's great at picking which stock to buy...

She ineffectual at what she's in office to be doing.

I didn't think I'd need to make that distinction though.

[–] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly. She's very good at keeping the party ineffective because it benefits the big corporations. Look at how hard she pushed to keep AOC off the oversight committee. I think pelosi knows exactly what she's doing. I'm glad she's coming out against the bill, but she still sucks.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 9 hours ago

Pelosi hated AOC because AOC primaried one of her lieutenants.

[–] AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 21 points 10 hours ago

Schumer don't be an impotent bitch

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 9 hours ago

Pelosi is just as spineless. More than likely, the instant backlash was probably surprising to these folks since they're so amazingly out of touch. If it starts to look like trouble for reelection/pocketbook, then they pretend to be activists.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago

Haven't clicked on the article, not sure yet. Based on these comments though, if i had literally no other information, either Pelosi or Schumer is super old and bad and needs to retire.

I do have some information though. Both of them need to go away. They still have Bernie Sanders so we should avoid the Jan 6 strategy.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

That's because Chuck Schumer is a punk ass bitch.