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    1. forthewatch39 on

      I want a little more than meaningless pageantry. Our nation is burning, start acting like it. The time for feel good demonstrations is long over, we need action from our leaders.

    2. BigDaddyBain on

      Besides being disruptive like this, ultimately, Dems need to have the House and Senate.

    3. Necessary-Analyst156 on

      So they’re out, not in. They say it’s a protest, but they’re not clearly protesting any one thing. Not an iota of this action is interrupting anything soooo

      Dem leadership, once again we ask what is the fucking point except self aggrandization?

    4. jarena009 on

      Wow, Jeffries in his off time is actually doing something other than go out to California to try to court big tech billionaires.

    5. CouchCorrespondent on

      Ugh.

      This doesn’t rally people. It’s low energy and it’s easy.

      My mom commanded more attention and action getting us up for school in the morning.

    6. ShadeBeing on

      I’m really worried about what’s happening with the deporting of Americans and small children. An administration that acts like this will have no qualms about doing it to anyone, irregardless of who it is. This isn’t pride in one country or its countrymen.

    7. CouchCorrespondent on

      This thread feels like the inner fighting when Biden was saying he was staying in as the candidate.

      We’re not in a cult, so being critical of how our representatives are working is okay……at least at the moment.

    8. ResponsibleSalad8059 on

      They are just sitting on public steps. At least chain yourselves to the doors or do *anything* that would at least cause an inconvenience/bigger scene. We need actual action (yes, that includes spectacles) from politicians. This isn’t a disagreement about taxes. They’re arresting judges and deporting citizens, for fuck’s sake.

    9. Internal_Swing_2743 on

      Ok, so when exactly are the Dems going to replace Schumer with Booker as minority leader?

    13. dasmarian on

      I applaud the sentiment but we are all aware of the problems. Do something useful fellas. You know, do your job or the public will find someone else.

    14. farmerjoee on

      Who are they protesting?!? They’re literally the opposition to Trump in Congress. We protest so that they do their jobs.

    16. LawGroundbreaking221 on

      Are we supposed to come join them or is this a photo op?

      Gee, I wonder.

    17. MNcatfan on

      This isn’t a „sit-in protest,“ it’s congress people sitting on their ass and livestreaming a virtue signal to their pissed-off constituents for a few hours.

      I suppose, though: Jeffries would need a brain, a heart, AND courage in order to actually fight back, and there’s no wizard to give it to him, so…

    18. shiva14b on

      Just wild. Dems do nothing? People complain (as they should). Dems do something? People complain. 

      These types of optics aren’t useless. They keep the spotlight on the issues instead of letting Trump suck up all the oxygen. They let people know „hey we realize this isn’t normal, you’re not alone.“

      It’s going to be a long, arduous fight against fascism, and every foot drag, every scream, every refusal to go quietly *matters.*

      Stop reinforcing the bots and brigaders. Take your nothing-is-good-enough negativity elsewhere

    19. mildlymangled on

      If this doesn’t say we need new Dem leaders, then we’re truly doomed.

    23. PissNBiscuits on

      We’ll see how long they last. Jeffries, in particular, is nothing more than a virtue signaling establishment Dem who caters to the billionaire donors like Schumer, Pelosi, etc. Props to Booker for his fillabustering, but we need to see more actual action. If they can make this sit in mean something, then credit where it’s due, but if they just end up getting up at the end of the day (a Sunday, by the way), then this is just performance theater.

    25. Dranchela on

      Standing and talking for 24+ hours.

      Sitting on the steps of the Capitol.

      A strongly worded letter with eight questions.

      Maybe they could try charging into the halls that theyre supposed be be the Legislative power behind and make shit happen because so far what they’ve done has just come across as lazy and inept.

    28. bradass42 on

      Nice, so now they can book it to the floor to give billions in military aid to Israel whenever it’s asked for!

    29. plateglass1 on

      Ah yes. Who could forget the SNCC staging sit-ins at the parks down the street from the lunch counters?

    31. The-M0untain on

      Some people on this sub will never be happy no matter what the Democrats do. They complain about the Democrats not doing anything and then they complain when the Democrats do something. It seems there are a lot of professional malcontents in here who just want to demonize the Democrats regardless of what they do.

    32. Rock-n-roll-Kevin on

      Every single moment, statement, or action against authoritarianism is a good one.

      I get it, the social media class who dominate online politics discourse demand at all times a „knock-out punch“ but that’s not how things happen in real life.

      Read history, read a book about pre-civil rights leaders, there is never „one thing“, it’s always death by a 1000 cuts and no one during those times knew what would work and what wouldn’t work but they did it anyway.

    35. sassafrass14 on

      Sitting still. Yep. There you go. Literally sitting this one out. And I don’t know who consults them or if the party dreams these ‚actions“ up on it’s own, but it seems based on a fictional, stereotypical version of Liberal voters. They do not know us. They do not care to know us.

    39. Unctuous_Robot on

      If Dems really need to buy a full page ad in the NYT like some sort of UAE real estate company to get the NYT to report on the erosion of American democracy, maybe, just maybe, the issue is the NYT.

    40. uhvarlly_BigMouth on

      Idgaf about this shit. Get the judges to sanction people defying the constitution. Arrest them. Stop performing, we’re beyond that.

      Edit: Like this shit would’ve been nice during the elections and after Harris lost. But now?? It’s nice, but too little too late.

    41. TheFastPush on

      Trump administration is pushing through their agenda without much resistance on the domestic stage. The tariff stuff/things that affect the world stage are getting a lot more pushback because trump has less control over what the other world leaders do. Other countries are taking real and swift action to bypass the US in business and political dealings.

      Meanwhile, I see most democrats in power doing things like making signs, discussing, sitting, speaking which is all effectively useless. The rules have changed—not because we’ve all agreed to rule changes, but because now some people are playing by their own rules.

      Politicians used to challenge one another to duels and while I don’t want our leaders running around shooting guns at each other, I wouldn’t mind seeing a little more of that “risking something personal” energy. Maybe I’d be okay with some slapping.

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