Ana Kasparian
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a little more open-minded, you know, put ego aside, but more importantly, this is the most important thing, just make room for people to admit, I was wrong, I'm sorry, right?
Like, take the apology and don't demonize them.
Don't give people a disincentive to change or to evolve.
Anyway, but to your point about the Democrats,
I was black pilled on the Democratic Party earlier than you were.
And honestly, during I remember when Biden won, Biden wasn't my preferred candidate for the Democrats, but whatever.
I was just very relieved to see Trump gone.
And that happiness was short lived because immediately the debates over the infrastructure bill began build back better.
And when I saw the behavior of the majority of Democrats in Congress and how they would run on issues like paid family leave, they would pretend as though they understand, care about, and want to solve the economic frustrations of Americans.
Then they turn around and they do everything they can to defeat the most popular provisions in Biden's bill.
He not only allowed it to happen, he aided and abetted it.
So when you have a conservative Democrat like and by the way, one of the most corrupt Democrats, Joe Manchin from West Virginia, who luckily is not in the Senate anymore, or Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona, who luckily isn't in the Senate anymore.
When you have them fighting against
INCREASING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM INCREASING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE, DEFEATING PAID WAGE, DEFEATING PAID WAGE, DEFEATING PAID FAMILY LEAVE.
WHEN YOU SEE THEM WORKING ON WHEN YOU SEE THEM WORKING ON WHEN YOU SEE THEM WORKING ON BEHALF OF CORPORATE DONORS AS BEHALF OF CORPORATE DONORS AS BEHALF OF CORPORATE DONORS AS OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OPPOSED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO THEY PURPORTED TO WANT TO WHO THEY PURPORTED TO WANT TO WHO THEY PURPORTED TO WANT TO REPRESENT, YEAH, IT INF
Seeing what happened in Gaza under Biden's watch, just, it did it for me.