Truth is a rare event in politics. Lets cherish this gem!
I believe this is what kids these days call “Based as fuck”
Calling someone a dick doesn’t fix any problems but is an effective way to get on camera, so mission accomplished. And some people will think saying that is pro-Musk but it’s not, it’s pro “maybe actually DO something instead of just saying shit to get your face on the news!”
When in the legislative minority, getting attention on camera is one of the tools you do have. Make the media focus on what you want it to focus on and create the larger pushback to republicans
Dem US House reps like Garcia have much fewer procedural tools to slow down Republicans compared to US Senators. Without republican support, the amount dems in the house can do is rather limited.
Where house dems will have the most influence is with the budget since Republicans have historically been unable to get themselves to all agree and relied on dem votes. On that front Garcia is fairly clear that he’s not going to give into what Republicans are demanding right now
I plan to give Republicans ZERO votes for any of their budget proposals. They are raiding the social safety net and folks want to work with them? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
https://bsky.app/profile/robertgarcia.bsky.social/post/3lhwnc7r27s2n
Believe it or not, off to Guantanamo.
He’s not wrong, but I don’t know what it’s going to accomplish when the GOP and their supporters have no shame
Did you think the same thing when Tim Walz called Trump “weird”?
It annoyed them a bit but it didn’t really dissuade people from supporting Trump and Vance, and I think they’d mind the label “dick” even less than that, so again I don’t really know what it’s going to accomplish. People were told they’re fascists, told they’re weird, they didn’t care then, they won’t care now.
This isn’t for Trump supporters, though. It’s for Democrats. If you think that the goal is to win over Trump voters, then you’ve already lost. Mocking and demoralizing your opponents is one of the tools from the Trump tool kit, and it’s one that most Democrats are too nice to use.
Calling the schoolyard bully a dick is a small step, but at least it’s in the right direction.
You can mock them, but it won’t demoralize them, certainly not with this specific insult. They celebrate being dickish. What Democrats don’t already know that Trump and his cronies are dicks and bullies? How does it benefit Democrats? It’s not like they haven’t tried insults before. Weird, rapist, Mango Mussolini (and all other variations riffing on Trump’s orangeness), couch fucker, etc. were all thrown around plentifully.
PLEASE tell me this is real!!
