• PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auEnglish
    638·
    2 days ago

    You fucking morons

    This is never going to die, is it

    For the uninitiated: MTG’s amendment left intact the funding for offensive weapons, but cut the funding for defensive weapons for Israel. So there is literally no way AOC could win. Leaving aside the fact that it was a kooky MTG amendment that was never going to pass in the first place… If she voted for the amendment, then everyone who is currently screaming that she’s a fake leftist who supports genocide could say “See? SHE VOTED FOR KEEPING ISRAEL’S FUNDING INTACT, SHE SUPPORTS GENOCIDE!” Since she voted against it, they are currently screaming “See? SHE VOTED AGAINST DEFUNDING ISRAEL, SHE SUPPORTS GENOCIDE!”

    It’s just more can’t-win, let’s-eat-the-leftest-person-because-we’re-super-leftist-I-promise horseshit.

    Edit: Here’s AOC voting against funding for Israel, in bills that were actually non-Hobson’s-choice opportunities to vote against aid for Israel:

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/biden-meets-with-aoc-in-wake-of-her-vote-against-military-aid-for-israel/

    And her voting against the actual funding bill providing aid to Israel (both offensive and defensive): https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025212

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 days ago

      As always, bills are packed full of shit so trying to catch a win in one aspect is always tied to agreeing with something else entirely against your ideology. Fuck this ferrying, coat-tail tugging, crosslinked system.

  • Tempus Fugit@midwest.socialEnglish
    292·
    2 days ago

    Here we go not letting perfect be the enemy of good. Fucking morons, you get what you deserve. We’re so cooked it’s not even funny.

    • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auEnglish
      121·
      2 days ago

      We’re so cooked it’s not even funny.

      We’ve been through worse than this. You’re not wrong, but also, this is not the end of the story, never has been.

      • PhilipTheBucket@quokk.auEnglish
        81·
        2 days ago

        So, we’re far shy of “good” when it comes to her voting record, and there’s plenty of issues to be legitimately upset over.

        Can you name two or three, without changing the subject and getting all aggressive and pivoting to some other argument instead?

        (Not this vote, this is horseshit as I’ve explained elsewhere in the comments.)

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          2 days ago

          Can you name two or three

          Ocasio-Cortez publicly castigated the railway companies and demanded better conditions for workers — then voted to forbid them from striking.

          During the 2021 American Rescue Plan COVID relief bill, she advocated in favor of raising the minimum wage as part of the legislation. Ocasio-Cortez was quoted as saying. “If we as a party decide to stand down on our promise of elevating the minimum wage, I think that’s extraordinarily spurious and it’s something that as a party we could have a further conversation about how to fight for it.” With her Squad caucus - and Republican intransigence - they had the ability to hold the bill hostage until minimum wage was included. But she caved and supported the bill anyway.

          And she voted for the CHIPS Act without including language to curb climate emissions from data centers, and now we’ve got a flood of new data centers that are polluting at an unprecedented rate.

          (Not this vote, this is horseshit as I’ve explained elsewhere in the comments.)

          It was “horseshit” that seemed to win support from Al Green and Ilhan Omar. Perhaps AOC simply had too much beef with MTG to stomach a vote. But it’s a bad look to her constituents, regardless.

      • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        14·
        2 days ago

        Could very easily be a false-flag.

        I love how every partisan hack always pulls out “false flag” the instant anything paints their side in a bad light. 🤣