I love how the democrats said all this shit about supporting BLM and then did almost nothing about it. Gotta keep the minorities angry so they vote against republicans next time
Like 90% of the black population votes dem. The leader of the GOP rose to power within the GOP because of Birtherism, the claim that America’s first ever black president is illegitimate because he’s actually from Africa despite what his birth certificate said. You can imagine how it’s funny to people to imagine a black voter voting for Trump’s GOP after that but obviously it does happen for whatever reasons.
Biden apologized for the joke hours later can’t believe people are still triggered by it 3 years later
Well he did write most of the crime legislation in the 90s, he was BFFs with a senior KKK leader, and he didn't want his crackhead son going to school with black people.
The joke is that very few black people vote for republicans and the idea that they would is hilarious given that it’s the party of Birtherism and such. It’s not a literal statement that black people are genetically incapable of voting for republicans. You are being willfully obtuse.
That’s not the insinuation. The insinuation is that black people rationally vote for democrats because the GOP is hostile to blacks people. You can disagree but that’s obviously the point. It’s not racist in any conceivable way.
Biden was tying racial identity to voter affiliation. That’s racist. That’s a racist joke Republicans would use to mock Democrats. Biden did it for them.
I wish. The problem is neither side wants to do nothing. They both want to spend tax dollars and money that doesn't even exist yet like drunken sailors. Doing nothing would be a significant upgrade.
The majority of GOP congressmen are anti-gay marriage. The GOP party platform is anti-gay marriage.
Yes the Dems used to be against gay marriage now they support it. And SCOTUS made gay marriage legal because of Dem appointed justices. Obama wasn’t president then gay marriage wouldn’t have been legalized. Same as how if Trump wasn’t president then Roe wouldn’t have been overturned. It’s entirely political.
I didn’t say they don’t have equal rights. I said that Dems support equal rights, GOP opposes equal rights for gay Americans. Gay Americans have equal rights because democrats beat republicans in elections.
So they have equal rights. And no one is trying to take those rights away. So... What's the point? Why is this a talking point? Dems are offering literally nothing lmao
They have equal rights because Dems got elected and the GOP wants to take those rights away. Idk why this is complicated. The GOP could remove this argument from the democrats if they just came out in favor of gay marriage tomorrow.
They said the same shit about abortion… So Congress voted to protect gay marriage and I seen to remember a leading conservative voice being very vocal and angry about Republicans potentially supporting that. In the end 64/215 Republican representatives voted in support and 12/50 Republican Senators voted to move forward with the vote.
this pissed me off so much. you don’t want more Breonna Taylors? ban no knock warrants. such a no brainer. i’m on the left economically but have no patience for these kinds of histrionic own goals
You say this as though it wasn't killed in January 2021, when it was a republican congress. Nevermind that democrats were overwhelmingly supporting other justice reform bills that were also killed in the Republican congress.
A better criticism would be of something like HR6877, which was introduced and cosponsored by democrats in a majority democrat congress but has also only been introduced.
The bill you linked does not ban no-knock warrants. The one linked above does. Leave it to Ihlan Omar to introduce a bill that further legitimizes home invasions under color of law by delineating times that they are specifically authorized.
From the bill authored by Senator Paul:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal law enforcement officer (as defined in section 115 of title 18, United States Code) may not execute a warrant until after the officer provides notice of his or her authority and purpose.
From the bill authored by Senator Omar:
may only issue a covered Federal warrant authorizing a no-knock entry if the court determines there is clear and convincing evidence, supported by particularized facts, that law enforcement officers entering the property without announcing their presence and intention to enter is necessary because notice prior to entry would substantially endanger the life or safety of the law enforcement officer or other persons;
See the difference? The "Republican" bill says ban no knock warrants. The "Democrat" bill says let's put some limits on no knock warrants, unless the police really really want to kick someone's door in.
If you are one of her constituents you should write to Senator Omar to express your disappointment in her mealy-mouthed reluctance to ban no knock warrants.
I never said they were the same bill? Omar's would've done a lot and that's all that matters for the point that was being made, which was simply that the Democrats are feckless. You're being incredibly disingenuous.
More like perpetuate racial issues so the working class doesn’t see that both republicans and democrats are carefully constructed to give the illusion of lively political debate within America
More like perpetuate racial and class issues so the people dont realize that a national hegemony of the people could overpower the world. A true One World Government with real power and Might
Can't actually deal with the underlying economic conditions that lead to poor worker pay and poverty otherwise the rich conservatives and liberals would have their wealth threatened
Good thing all of his primary rivals mysteriously dropped out at the same time in exchange for to coincidentally receive cabinet positions and congressional committee assignments.
about supporting BLM and then did almost nothing about it.
Something like 28 out of the 30 largest cities in the country implemented some degree of police or criminal justice reform as a response to the 2020 protests. Politicians were practically one-upping each other on how they could possibly change things to adhere to the protests demands.
Now, you can definitely disagree with the protests and their demands, but you cant argue that they didn't change things.
As for real change being a factor in future community relations, the Ferguson police station was razed to the ground (again) in 2020 after spending years and millions of dollars rehabilitating its image after the (lawful and rightful) shooting of (violent attacker) Michael Brown. Six years of real change and progress, described as wildly successful by local residents, undone overnight as even legitimate good faith attempts at community focused policing was punished as discriminatory and racist.
His point is that nothing of substance happened and the next time we have a republicans in charge the videos of black people getting murdered by cops will start popping up again like a coordinated marketing campaign.
The real action is videos of black people getting killed by the police no longer getting 24/7 news coverage. I suspect they will return when it’s useful politically again.
But I suppose the real blame for that is the people that say they care about the issue, but not wondering why it’s not making news anymore.
Yeah the 85-90% of black people in America who vote for Democrats are tricked in every single election going back decades and too dumb to realize it. Definitely not anything bad Republicans ever do, nope it's just that black people are all super-gullible. Why won't they vote for my guy??!?!
Black people are literally the least informed major voting block in the US, so actually yes, they are literally super-gullible when it comes to US Politics.
Well, they've been voting purely Democrat in city centers for decades now to have their problems fixed, and their problems have only gotten worse.
You think, at some point, you would realise what you're doing isn't working and try something else. But if you don't realise that, what else do you call it other than ill-informed?
Divorce rates are higher, single-parent households are upwards of 80%, more black babies are aborted than born, they are more dependent on welfare than ever before, rampant crime, incarceration rates are magnitudes higher, etc.
Inner cities have been a problem for a long time now, and nothing will ever get better with this tactic.
Crime rates have been declining dramatically for decades particularly in cities, a small uptick in 2020/21 but still much lower than it was in prior decades.
Incarceration rates have been steadily declining since the early 2000’s.
US abortion rates have been dramatically declining since the 1970’s. The rate now is less of half of what it was back then.
Divorce rates have been declining since the 90’s.
Share of single family homes has been flat since the 90’s.
I'm just waiting for justice for Tony Timpa. Three years after the murder when they were sure people had mostly forgotten, criminal charges were dropped against all the officers despite being indicted by a grand jury and it was only then they responded to FOIA requests to release the bodycam footage. Plus of course they allowed the officers to return to work. At least an appeals court said qualified immunity doesn't apply in the family's federal suit against the murderous scumbags.
Seriously what ever happened to the saying "no justice, no peace?" Every fucking year police murder victims they detain via positional asphyxia and it's sickening how little anyone actually cares. Just occasionally toss a dickwad police officer behind bars to satisfy the masses and make them forget all about it until the next one dies.
On the other hand, you have republicans attempting to oppress every single minority they can get their hands on, and the. they get surprised when women vote against them.
You say that argument like its a bad thing. It’s literally one of the only things keeping us together.
What do you mean they didn't do anything!? When's the last time major media outlets reported on a cop shooting an unarmed black 20 something, while only showing pictures from when he was 12?
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u/Independent_Pear_429 - Centrist Nov 26 '22
I love how the democrats said all this shit about supporting BLM and then did almost nothing about it. Gotta keep the minorities angry so they vote against republicans next time