I’ve never felt fully represented.
Bernie, and never again or before.
No, you’ll vote for Hillary and like it. Now open wide and…
Should have been Bernie.
I’m done licking wounds though. Anyone can wear the mask. Run for something. If you aren’t running for something fuck up government infrastructure. Their next move is to “deport” US Citizens. They already have and we cannot allow it. This is a war on us from our own government.
I’m not from the US, but I still think it should have been Bernie. If he had become president, we wouldn’t all be in trouble now.
I am dismayed that he is “a crazy lefist” to some. I have never felt represented in our Government honestly.
Where I come from (Germany), Sanders would be a moderate left-wing politician. What scares me most is that Trump & Co. are using political pressure and economic sanctions to extend the inhumane conditions in the USA to democratic countries where there is still a halfway fair welfare state (this is a competitive disadvantage in hard-core capitalism that no longer cares about people).
This is a good one. Matt Gaetz came out for something to do with childcare costs or maternity leave, I forget, but I was stunned.
It’s because he needs the childcare for his girlfriend. She’s not old enough to be home alone.
Tim Walz during covid.
I saw that small businesses like restaurants wanted to close for the safety of their employees but the national chains wanted to stay open for profits. If individual businesses would have closed, they would lose business possibly forever. They needed the statevto mandate a closure to protect their employees and their ability to keep their customers. Walz declared a closure. I’ve spoken with almost s dozen local businesses who all feel the same.
Conversely, Walz allowed chiropractors to stay open because the state saw that they took some of the load off of the already overloaded hospitals.
Looking at all the bumper stickers and yard signs, he is quite unpopular, but I feel that he looked at the evidence (not the politics) and made a hard decision at the potential expense of his career.
Bonus, during covid, he had the best ASL interpreter on the press releases.
I only know what I saw from him on the campaign trail, including attending one of his rallies. I got such good vibes from him. He gives off the vibes of a great family sitcom dad.
Now, as with any politician, he’s made some moves that i don’t favor, like one year there was a tax surplus, so he gave it away instead of giving it back.
Danica in Virginia.
The only US politician one I truly trust, and still the one of the 4 or 5 that l like slightly less, is Bernie Sanders.
Obviously Bernie. That’s my dude, but I’ll admit to another that turned sour.
Mother fucking Fetterman.
He’s local to me, and hearing about everything he did as mayor just made him sound like an awesome guy. Living in a foreclosed car dealership, seriously improved living conditions for the poor, hoodie and jeans, tattoos honoring people he never met, he just sounded like somebody I could relate with.
Well, then he had a stroke, joined the Senate and has been embarrassing himself and me ever since. 🤦🏻♂️
Brain damage does this to a guy :<
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Tim Walz before he ran for vp and Bernie Sanders before I found out he was defending Israel’s right to “defend” themselves. AOC is alright too I guess
Hard truth: In democracy you get the politicians you deserve. It’s right in the name. If you don’t feel represented, it’s not their fault, it’s yours. The politicians are only there because you and your fellow citizens put them there. Rhetoric of “them and us” is irrelevant because they are you. It’s the “self” in “self-government”.
Sure, this won’t be popular. Lots of excuses will be offered as to why voters are responsible for nothing and this alien blob of “politicians” is to blame for everything. It’s always easier to avoid responsibility, and what simpler a target than politicians? But alas the logic is watertight.
Kevin Rudd.
Then the great backstab/overthrow calamity began.
Oh yeah, talking about Australia here.
The platform that best supports my concerns is that of the US Green Party.
Unfortunately, it has far to go to represent that platform in any effective way. No possibly effective leader that I know of has ever emerged for it. (The current, so-called leader has zero presence anytime, anywhere.) If it could become at least -somewhat- sizeable, it could outreach its size in two-party deadlocks by trading deciding votes for concessions.
Tammy Baldwin from Wisconsin, proud lesbian and represented Wisconsin well
Never.
Vermin Supreme comes close to treating the corporate state with the respect it deserves, but there’s no leadership under all that absurdity.
Ha, V.S.
There is this one guy that represented me well for the last 6 years. While he was running the party things were good. From then on things went a bit downhill. He is still there and doing a good job though.
Jeremy Corbyn, 2019 UK election. He lost due to several factors but especially sabotage from within his own party and a corrupt media. Apparently it’s all well documented in this 3 part series though I’ve never had the heart to watch it.
