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No, I don't consider myself a Democrat. I think just like Bernie Sanders says, he finds himself coxing with the Democrats quite frequently because that's the only game in town. But I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a Democrat. I mean, it is a duopoly. They're the only game in town. They're the only counterbalance towards the growing rightward shift in this country.
And I oftentimes find myself at odds with the Democrats because I feel that they also make way for this growing rightward shift in this country rather than oppose it.
And I oftentimes find myself at odds with the Democrats because I feel that they also make way for this growing rightward shift in this country rather than oppose it.
And I oftentimes find myself at odds with the Democrats because I feel that they also make way for this growing rightward shift in this country rather than oppose it.
Whether it be under the Trump administration, as we've seen so far, with Chuck Schumer refusing to fight back against the quote-unquote clean continued resolution bill, and maybe even pushing for a government shutdown in an effort to use the only minority party power position that they have.
Whether it be under the Trump administration, as we've seen so far, with Chuck Schumer refusing to fight back against the quote-unquote clean continued resolution bill, and maybe even pushing for a government shutdown in an effort to use the only minority party power position that they have.
Whether it be under the Trump administration, as we've seen so far, with Chuck Schumer refusing to fight back against the quote-unquote clean continued resolution bill, and maybe even pushing for a government shutdown in an effort to use the only minority party power position that they have.
or whether it be completely caving in, capitulating to right-wing framing when the Democrats were in charge, when it came down to accelerating America's foreign policy, like the continuation of the Abraham Accords from the Trump administration, refusing to go back to the table with Iran, which was Obama's signature foreign policy accomplishment that Biden did not revert back to,
or whether it be completely caving in, capitulating to right-wing framing when the Democrats were in charge, when it came down to accelerating America's foreign policy, like the continuation of the Abraham Accords from the Trump administration, refusing to go back to the table with Iran, which was Obama's signature foreign policy accomplishment that Biden did not revert back to,
or whether it be completely caving in, capitulating to right-wing framing when the Democrats were in charge, when it came down to accelerating America's foreign policy, like the continuation of the Abraham Accords from the Trump administration, refusing to go back to the table with Iran, which was Obama's signature foreign policy accomplishment that Biden did not revert back to,
when he came into power, or most significantly, I think, the rhetoric around immigration and immigrant crime, a concept that is entirely made up. This isn't to say that immigrants are not, you know, immigrants are never doing any crimes. Of course, everyone does crime, but...
when he came into power, or most significantly, I think, the rhetoric around immigration and immigrant crime, a concept that is entirely made up. This isn't to say that immigrants are not, you know, immigrants are never doing any crimes. Of course, everyone does crime, but...
when he came into power, or most significantly, I think, the rhetoric around immigration and immigrant crime, a concept that is entirely made up. This isn't to say that immigrants are not, you know, immigrants are never doing any crimes. Of course, everyone does crime, but...
When you look at the data, immigrants are responsible for a far smaller share, both in per capita and also in totality, of crime than natural-born U.S. citizens are. So the notion that undocumented migrants are doing tens of thousands of murders a year in the way that Trump has suggested is ridiculous. It's just completely made up. And the fact that the Democrats did not actually...
When you look at the data, immigrants are responsible for a far smaller share, both in per capita and also in totality, of crime than natural-born U.S. citizens are. So the notion that undocumented migrants are doing tens of thousands of murders a year in the way that Trump has suggested is ridiculous. It's just completely made up. And the fact that the Democrats did not actually...
When you look at the data, immigrants are responsible for a far smaller share, both in per capita and also in totality, of crime than natural-born U.S. citizens are. So the notion that undocumented migrants are doing tens of thousands of murders a year in the way that Trump has suggested is ridiculous. It's just completely made up. And the fact that the Democrats did not actually...
actively combat this very dangerous, very right-wing, very scary narrative that was built around lying was very frustrating for someone like myself.
actively combat this very dangerous, very right-wing, very scary narrative that was built around lying was very frustrating for someone like myself.
actively combat this very dangerous, very right-wing, very scary narrative that was built around lying was very frustrating for someone like myself.
No, I think that there's a difference between growing your tent and then... I guess like what kind of message you're putting out? Because the Democrats didn't really need to do too much to get Liz Cheney on board because they were basically regurgitating neocon policies in general, right? Both Biden and also Kamala Harris with her interest in continuing the Biden agenda.