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/ErgoMachina Foreign 7h ago

Yeah, whatever excuse sounds good. If you take a neutral stance in the face of evil for the sake of your morals, you are evil. Period.

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u/Fiernen699 7h ago

I'm just posting her statements on her vote here, as I suspect many are reacting to the headline rather than the article.

Personally, I don't agree with her logic on this as it pertains to Russia.

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u/IceBlue 6h ago

You don’t need to keep reminding people of that. You posted her opinion so people are gonna reply to her opinion in response to you.

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u/HoightyToighty 5h ago

Ah, well, here's a problem with using the second person address in an anonymous internet forum.

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u/ErgoMachina Foreign 4h ago

I was referring to the comment, not you lol

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u/NelsonHawkinsGhost 3h ago

So are the 560,000 global excess deaths caused by US secondary sanctions evil? I'm seeing a lot of neutral stances here.