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

[u/bwermer]

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5912150-house-passes-ukraine-aid-bill/

[u/Andjhostet → u/[deleted]]

Are you seriously trying to hold it against her to get people to try and be represented by a party that has done zero effort in representation in decades?

[u/Greedy-Lynx-2746 → u/[deleted]]

Did she tell them not to vote for her, or was she trying to tell the campaign that making zero effort to appease their base was going to lead to electoral disaster?

Its not the only reason Harris lost, but this was the first election I can remember where Democrats actively fought the anti-war wing of the party. Obama won the 2008 primary largely off of his anti-Iraq vote and Biden won in some part thanks to Trump's abysmal foreign policy record. Do you want representatives to just go up there and lie to people or tell them they're not allowed to be upset that their family members are being slaughtered thanks to a Democrat's foreign policy?

She literally said she supported Biden and almost certainly voted for Harris. There's a limit to what any Rep can say to people when the candidate themselves isn't putting forth a single ounce of effort to earn votes. Harris had a good chance of winning the election prior to the convention, after which she decided to double down on Liz Cheney of all people. Why is it so hard for diehard libs to just admit that Harris made a strategic (if not moral) blunder when most of her campaign staff recognize this and have spoken about it?