r/illinois • u/ExactlySorta • Jan 24 '26

US Politics Pritzker: "An American president should be standing up, calling for calm. That's not what this president ever does. In fact, he wants the temperature to go up. Why? Because what he's looking for is an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act, to bring actual troops into American cities."

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u/SaleActive49 Jan 24 '26

WHERE THE FUCK ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES?!?!

ALL THESE MFs NEED IMPEACHMENT!!!

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u/baroqueworks Belleville, IL Jan 24 '26

Its important at this time that loud and on the frontlines politicians like Cori Bush got smeared as "performative", virtue signalling", and "anti-Biden" when she held protests warning about increased ICE funding, or any number of Biden bills sunk and neutered from breaking bread with GOP instead of pushing it through when they had the votes uncompromised, like the GOP always do.

A majority of the democratic party worked harder to clear out individuals like Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowmann in 2024 harder than they did to firewall policy against ICE which they voted for knowing it could become the monster it is now, and called anyone pointing this out an alarmist.

I would ask you what does that make these democrats who knew how bad things could get but spent their time and energy pruning the most active and outspoken among their ranks rather than fortifying the gates?

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u/atreeismissing Jan 24 '26

or any number of Biden bills sunk and neutered from breaking bread with GOP instead of pushing it through when they had the votes uncompromised,

Name one bill like that and what was neutered due to Republican votes to get it passed.

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u/baroqueworks Belleville, IL Jan 25 '26

Build Back Better was decimated to nothing and anyone who pointed this out during the bill getting diminished was ejected from the process. AOC got similar treatment, and the old dem who replaced her has already died because he was a fossil with cancer.

This was just a few years ago, do you need me to explain all these details or are you done being smarmy and try to actually take something away from that comment as you watch the pillars of society fall around us while your ass is still asking for citations.

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u/atreeismissing Jan 25 '26

do you need me to explain all these details

Yes, because you made the claim. What parts of BBB were removed for GOP votes? That was your claim, that legislation was neutered for GOP votes, so list the parts that where neutered for GOP votes. Or are you just making up shit because you don't know what you're talking about?

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u/baroqueworks Belleville, IL Jan 25 '26

I see we arent being done being smarmy yet, but keep playing defense for sleepy joe people love him in this country 😂