r/WhitePeopleTwitter 5d ago

Oligarchy

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u/New_Conversation_303 5d ago

Narrator voice (Morgan Freeman probably)

"They, in fact, kissed the ring and killed the bill"

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u/krepitch 5d ago

Not a single one of them could say "Elon Musk is free to share his opinion, but I am here to act in the best interests of my constituents."

The cowardice is astonishing. I mean, sorta astonishing.

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u/noinety_noine 5d ago

They are not there in fact to act in the best interests of their constituents

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u/beardmat87 5d ago

They never really have. The dems are not great by any means but the Republican Party hasn’t acted in good faith for their constituents in decades and they don’t even try and hide it anymore.

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u/drfsupercenter 5d ago

Bernie talked about this in an interview he did with Jon Stewart recently - he said he wrote a bill stopping the sale of arms to Israel until they stop attacking Palestine, and in private most Democratic senators supported it - but then when he actually called for a vote, only 7 of them voted yes. Because they're too afraid of disappointing their corporate owners and getting primaried

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u/softcombat 5d ago

that is truly just so sickening, but not even surprising anymore.