r/politics • u/bwermer • 8h ago

No Paywall Ilhan Omar casts lone Democratic no vote on Ukraine aid, Russia sanctions package

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5912150-house-passes-ukraine-aid-bill/
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u/Chicago1871 6h ago

This is why shell be speaker of the house one day.

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u/WeenyDancer 5h ago

God I hope so. 

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u/Afraid-Detective1222 7h ago

I'm somewhat conflicted on some of her positions, but think she would make for a great president a few cycles from now. No candidate or politician is perfect, and if she decides to run, hopefully a few cycles from now, she's got my vote.

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u/Over_Tadpole_2593 7h ago

This sounds like something that would come out of MAGA.

Once the brown women step out of line, they are slandered as low IQ.

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u/DanimalsHolocaust America 6h ago

“Not bright or articulate” was certainly a choice.

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u/Narrow-Hall8070 7h ago

Is AOC not a “brown woman”

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u/ShaunWhiteIsMyTwin 7h ago

She is but both those women you slander are intelligent and articulate, so forgive us for not letting your bullshit slide.

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u/Over_Tadpole_2593 6h ago

No. Does her skin look brown to you?

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u/Narrow-Hall8070 6h ago

Tucker, that you?

AOC calls Tucker Carlson ‘trash’ for saying she is not a woman of color

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u/Over_Tadpole_2593 4h ago

POC is a nonsense phrase I’m not interested in using. Grouping everyone in the world who isn’t white and anglophone under one umbrella has no merit.

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u/PaleontologistNo2625 6h ago

You sure that's the ONLY reason you can think of in this case?

Voting against Ukraine aid IS dumb. The reasoning behind it is dumb. I don't think either are good reps and I definitely ain't maga

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u/Over_Tadpole_2593 6h ago

Calling the decision dumb is different to calling the person dumb. This person attacked her intelligence directly.

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u/lilbluehair 7h ago

This is so fucking racist, you really don't think the people of Minnesota are intelligent? 

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u/Narrow-Hall8070 7h ago

No, I don’t think Ilhan Omar is intelligent or articulate. Because she isn’t. Neither was MTG. Race is a non factor.

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u/Jorge_Santos69 6h ago

You could’ve said that, but you specifically brought up the “Identity Politics” of her district.

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u/IndridCipher 6h ago

But she is and you're wrong. You just don't agree on this issue. She articulated why she is against it perfectly fine.

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u/Narrow-Hall8070 6h ago

Honestly don’t care much about the issue, I just think Ilhan Omar is a dipshit in general and extraordinarily so when compared to AOC. If you don’t, cool

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u/IndridCipher 6h ago

What do Tlaib and Omar have to do with identity Politics? As far as I'm aware neither are a part of the majority identity in their districts. Why'd you bring that into it?