Booker: “I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I’ve been inadequate to the moment. I’ve confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say ‘we will do better.’”
Quite frankly, I don’t give a f*** if they look in the mirror and say that they will do better. We’ve been calling on them to do better for many years, or decades even, depending who you are. Don’t bother f****** telling us how you’re going to f****** do better. Just start doing better already.
The real reason to have a 3 day no pooping challenge.
Shhh we’re not allowed to speculate on the reason for not wanting to poop for 3 days
I think this sentiment is good and happy to see something like this out of the Democrats for fucking once in their lives.
That said, Booker is a huge embodiment of the Democratic Party he’s criticizing here. While certainly better than a ton in the traditional centrist camp like Schumer and Pelosi, Booker still towed the line the past 10 years since the DNC has actually been screwing over genuine progressives like Sanders.
If this is a genuine recognition of a failed strategy then great, but I’m skeptical.
towed the line
*toed
First Past The post voting is the reason weak candidates run for political office. No competition.
He could always demonstrate his regret by stepping down and letting someone else take over his position LOL
He also took the time to praise Israel and defend the genocide during his filibuster.
Fuck right off.
He also put on a genocide pin and proceeded to preach some biblical Zionism quotes. Usually Democrats stick to the liberal Zionism. Apparently they have moved so far right they identify more with the MAGA crowd now.
Why are our politicians like this… Anyone with eyes can see it’s evil what’s happening there.
Because we have legalized bribery.
Simply admitting it does not mean you don’t have to correct. This was a fillibuster in name only, no bill was protested. This is theatrical at best.
It was performative nonsense, as per usual of the democrats.
The only thing it did was take the record from a segregationist.
Of course, the Dems are experts at theater.
Then do it
Words are cheap
I confess we all must look in the mirror and say ‘we will do better.’”
Spoiler: they won’t
Hey now, lets not forget that time Schumer and Pelosi led that “We will win!” chant. If it wasn’t for that, we might be in REAL trouble right now.
I thought it was kinda cool he was mad at Trump for 24 hours straight. This shit takes a lot of physical effort, especially for a 55 year old.
Highly performative though. Not saying it was useless, because it definitely was a statement. It was not yet a "step in the right direction, but at least a “slight bend of the neck to maybe someday start looking in the right direction”. Now I would like every other congressional Democrat to follow it up with something. Furiously voting against absolutely everything the MAGA terrorists propose, no matter what. Call Mike Johnson a cuck live on C-Span, every day. Lock MTG in the bathroom. Create 100 policy proposals for the docket, every day and from everyone until the .txt list is 500 Petabyte big.
Shut congress down. Completely, until Trump is gone. This is war.
I will be honest, I would have run out of things to say after one hour if I am in his position.
Kudos to Booker!
I think my body would have given out long before I ran out of things to say about Trump. I would have started with Plato, and ended with a litany of insults, everything that could possibly conceived by mankind. A 20 hour “Zaporizhian Cossack’s response to the Sultan”, but even more scathing.
Not a filibuster, there’s not a bill in question or a confirmation on the line. He’s just holding the floor. I applaud the effort and certainly the message, I’m just not sure why he’s doing it now instead of you know when it counted.
That’s really too bad. This sort of effort should be directed at something specific rather than just being performant :(
Unfortunately that seems to be the Democrat playbook these days. Make a lot of noise, but don’t suit up for the actual battles that would win the war.
Honestly the first actual sign of resistance from within the Senate chamber.
Dumbass L*dditor gets amused by jingling keys.
This guy is a fucking Zionist clown and a stooge for venture capital. I’m old enough to remember when Obama would take shots at Romney in the 2012 election for Romney’s founder status at Bain Capital. Booker, perhaps simply for love of the game, defended Bain Capital for seemingly no reason other than to get pats on the shoulders from Republicans
And what is this doofus doing now? Wagging his finger at Trump for theatrical reasons. This keeps getting called a filibuster but there’s not specific legislation Booker is trying to kill. There’s no bill he’s trying to stop.
All this fire and gusto to stand around while he eagerly votes for bills to send yet another billion dollars to the Zionist Entity. Fuck this guy. I hope he enjoys hell.
Citation needed
To what? Booker’s publicly available voting record?
That would be a helpful source, but that isnt the best because bills are stuffed with so many different things that it could be misleading
Better would be a reputable source that quotes him saying that he supports Zionism.
Translation: I made this up
You think I made up that Booker is a Zionist? I’ll cite whatever but I don’t understand what I’m being asked to cite.
Wtf. Cite every claim. This is the internet.
Why do you think you wouldn’t need to cite facts here? Gtfo if you think you can spread misinformation
I don’t owe you shit, but here you go: https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/booker-statement-on-israel-hamas-ceasefire-deal
From Cory Booker’s own website in regards to the recent ceasefire:
"The work must continue to achieve a two-state solution that affirms and protects Israel’s right to exist as a democratic Jewish state and ensures the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and a state of their own.”
Israel’s right to exist as a democratic Jewish state
He’s a Zionist. He says right there on his own website that Israel has a right to exist as specifically an ethnonationalist state. That’s what a Zionist is. It’s someone who supports the creation/maintenance of a ethnically/religiously Jewish nation-state in the region of Palestine with Palestinian Arabs either disenfranchised, made a minority, or completely removed. A Zionist supports Israel as a sovereign Jewish homeland with a Jewish identity along with a nation-state apparatus to enforce this status as homeland.
For further information, please consult CodePink’s anti-zionist website boughtbyzionism.org. Here is the page for Cory Booker:
https://www.boughtbyzionism.org/cory_booker
As you see, he’s taken $893,998 from AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is a Zionist lobbying group.
Do you want any further citations? Here is an opensecrets.org search for Zionist lobbying money to various politicians. If you are skeptical of opensecrets, it’s used as a unbiased source of information for AP, the Washington Post, Politico, NBC News, NPR, and the New York Times. Opensecrets cites Federal Election Comission data, which is public information.
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary?cycle=All&ind=Q05&recipdetail=S
The first link is sufficient, thanks. He’s a Zionist.
And, you dont owe it to me. You do owe it to this Lemmy community.
the angry sealion is a rare sight but it does exist 🦭
yeah like why is it so unbelievable that I call a Democratic politician a Zionist? Zionism is the official party line. What the fuck
“Hey these Democrats sure do give a lot of money to Israel”
“UHHH SOURCE?”
What did you want them to cite?
the literal moment his speech stunt was over, the trump appointment for NATO ambassador was unanimously confirmed with zero resistance. these spineless fucks stand for nothing, it’s all for show. props to Booker for the best April fools day prank I’ve ever seen in my life.
Well come on now, support for NATO is a bipartisan consensus! If anything, it’s now a middle finger to Trump!
Glad to see the turning of sentiment within the DNC. Perhaps Chuck Schumer got the message that people want him gone and is trying to stay wanted. Or maybe he is worried a third party will galvanize a voting bloc and take money from the Dems.
Ultimately this is a good thing as it shows a fire and regret in the same speech. Finally nice to see democracy start returning to the Democrats.
