I reached out to spokespeople for all 22 Democrats Monday morning with a simple inquiry: I wanted to know if they planned to make a statement or take any sort of action—like a censure—against Rep. Walberg for his call for the destruction of Gaza.
Only three offices responded.
“Deranged and depraved,” Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York said through his press secretary, which was surprising given Torres’ aggressive and unapologeticsupport for Israel. (He’s literally in Israel right now.) I followed up, pointing out Torres’ vote to censure Tlaib and asking if he thought Rep. Walberg’s comments were on the same level. His press secretary said yes. When I pressed further, asking if Torres planned to call for a vote to censure, I received no reply.
They oppose progressives but not republicans. This is nothing even remotely new.
It’s the only “both sides” I subscribe to.
All Republicans and most Democrats are “conservative” so in that respect they’re the same. We have like a handful of actual “left leaning” individuals in the democratic party and the rest of them hate that fact because what we really have is a plutocracy.
Right. Progressives would enact meaningful campaign finance reform, and maybe even put an end to their insider training. It would completely upend their little apple cart, so the establishment politicians will always have “bipartisan cooperation” when it comes to silencing progressive voices.
Censuring a Dem passes. Censuring a Republican doesn’t. It’s pretty simple. He doesn’t want to call for a failed vote.
His office should have just said that.
And I said why this is the case. There is no other reason.
Because Republicans exist.
I didn’t ask for the centrist excuse for opposing progressives and not republicans.
She said, “from the river to the sea”. That’s a phrase calling for genocide and explicitly calling for genocide deserves censure.
Republicans will vote against censure for a Republican. Both Dems and Republicans will vote for censuring a Democrat.
Generally holding our own accountable and not being in lockstep like the Republicans is something to be proud of, not ashamed of.
When a progressive does it. And under no other circumstances.
She should have called to purchase a sqadron or two of F-16s
You mean like this?
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/netanyahu-from-river-sea-israel-control-1234949408/
Yeah. Israel is actively committing genocide.