16 Democrats Just Voted to Confirm Another Trump Appointee

No shit it was. He wants to run for president and he knows that stunt will make headlines but this will be buried in comments where the headline is “16 democrats vote for trump nominee” (aka exactly what is happening here)

Booker is classic neoliberal, no ethics or morals, guided by money and power. 10-15 years ago he was deeply in the pocket of the pharmaceutical industry because they are huge in NJ. Then his aspirations went higher and he realized that association was harmful, at that point he had connections that made him no longer reliant on their cash, so he shed them. It’s not growth, it’s a calculated move

Of course it was performative, it all is.

Of course it was. It was just a political stunt to pump up his street cred as a warrior, in advance of an eventual announcement for a presidential campaign.

Then he votes for the MAGA Nazis.

He's a collaborator.

Yes it was! And please look in folks' comment histories, the tankies were the first ones to call this out.

Keep that energy, know your enemies, all of them.

Never forget, next time they do a performance remember!

so blocking the appointment of the U.S. ambassador to China, in a vote they can't win looking at the numbers, helps the revolution how?

We're still counting fetterman as a Democrat? Aight.

Also wasn't everyone fawning over Booker for the sit in DAYS AGO??

Primary every one of them.

Now I'm guessing they are part of the plan.

Dems are bought that's why.

God damn, how many more failed pillow company execs does he have left?

Donate harder and maybe they'll consider doing something!

Democracy needs capitalism.

Capitalism does not need Democracy.

Edit: some context because this triggered a few people: it's a quote from Robert Reich.

I agree. I have stepped away from party activity. They are on their own. There are other better avenues for organizing right now.

Or, hear me out, make sure people like Trump always lose in the future so they can't initiate any appointments ever again.

They are republicans in disguise..

People realized it over a decade ago.

So what shall we do about it?

If we all showed up to vote blue then thwre would be no Trump appointments to be mad at.

Rhoeri is gonna rest their case so hard when they get here. Then we will all be sorry!

This is the time for third parties. I get why people were saying not to talk about them during the election but now is the time because it’s obvious that the Dems continue to not have a spine.

Yep! Lemmy loves to complain about the Democratic party, but as soon as ya mention third-party, you're banned from everywhere for being a troll. Or Lemmy's other fav insults: Nazi and Fascist. They'll even say we're paid to talk about third parties.

At this point, Lemmy is getting what they deserve. They'll lost next presidential election to if they don't wake the fuck up. :)

Guillotine Party. A Democratic version of the Tea Party. Don't promote a third party; replace the current one from the inside out.

When have people (outside isolated trolls) accused 3rd-party advocates of being shills? If the "Tanky Triad" only supported an end to "first-past-the-post" voting, that would be one thing. But when I visit, I'm inundated with propaganda championing fascists who want to ignore reality and bend the population to their will. That's not liberalism, and it's certainly not Progressive Politics...

The Republicans are the Sword, and the Democrats are the Shield.

Democrats reject this guy, a worse candidate is put forward next. Seems like a stupid hill to die on. They're going to appoint somebody.

Edit: I didn't know he'd be confirmed anyway. If true, then I agree a Democratic rejection out of principle would have been a better statement.

This is what primaries are for. If you vote up or don't vote, it's a vote for fascism.

Unironically that would have prevented all of this, yes.

Trump ran as a Democrat at one point. Just vote for him, the rules are the rules.

dems are as crooked as the rest. nancy does insider trade since decades and chuck schumer is just evil ignoring what israel does. or remember the black fig leaf obama? nobody has ever ordered more deadly airstrikes in countries you are not at war with. i think this entire "american dream" thing was just metaphoric for a modern form of slaves and kings. just think of it: who were those that left europe for the new world? sleezebags, greedy goldsearchers...just ppl who were bad anyways. and thats what their entire fake culture is built on.

And the Rich have convinced the Poor that Harris, the Tax-the-Rich Candidate, was the corrupt one.

I mean.. It is until it isn't. I wonder how many rich people were either tossed aside, or killed by Hitler.

But the blue ones say they are my friend and the red ones do not.

The Democrats fix the economic damage after every Republican administration. Reagan, W. Bush, Trump... going all the way back to Nixon and before.

America chose Trump

The dems are the centrists. We need an actual left party.

Where is this "far left" you speak of?

Like where is any party saying to abolish private property, arrest the billionaires, and give the entire means of production to the working class?

Nancy Pelosi queen democrat literally said we live in a free market after making her 200 million playing stock market games.

The US only has a far-right party and a further right party. When has the Democrats ever advocated for anything at all left of center, other than Bernie's Medicare for All, which since most nations on earth have some government provided healthcare, is more centrist, than center-left.

What far left? You mean the “far left” that continues to support the surveillance state in the US or the “far left” that continues to support the total destruction of Gaza? I can keep going, those are only the first two that came to mind.

Only way to get reforms like that is to vote blue.