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The libs are angry and democrats don't like it (hexbear.net)
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https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/democrats-trump-resistance-violence-congress

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[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 73 points 1 day ago (14 children)

"What I have seen is a demand that we get ourselves arrested intentionally or allow ourselves to be victims of violence, and ... a lot of times that's coming from economically very secure white people," said an eighth House Democrat.
"Not only would that be a gift to Donald Trump, not only would it make the job of Republicans in Congress easier if we were all mired in legal troubles ... [we are] a group that is disproportionately people of color, women, LGBTQ people — people who do not fare very well in prison."

ALL THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY GETTING ARRESTED TRYING TO DO YOUR JOB FOR YOU COULD TELL YOU AS MUCH, DIPSHIT

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 21 points 1 day ago

anakin-padme-2 So you've spent your political career trying to fix the known problems in American prisons, right?

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