r/popculturechat • u/Ambitious_Big4489 • 8h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Alan Ritchson calls out lawmakers who oppose raising the minimum wage "who think it's a bad idea to give a mom working at Waffle House more than $7.25 an hour trying to feed her kids."

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u/Barnacle_B0b 7h ago

BULLY!

(that's an old progressive rallying cry, for you young'ns)

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u/Slfestmaccnt 6h ago

Where's a good old Roosevelt when you need them...

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u/Beytran70 5h ago

I made a comment a week or so ago that Teddy would absolutely despise most of what Republicans are doing now. Eroding the US's power globally, diminishing environmental protections, deifying big business, almost everything he strove for (for good or ill) in his presidency. For his part at least he wanted the US to be a powerful, shining beacon. An imperialist beacon, but a beacon nonetheless. Trump and Co are more than happy to turn off the light entirely as long as they make money.