GOP leaders scheduled the vote after Democratic primary voters embraced a number of democratic socialist candidates.

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    What this is actually about:

    This is pure Republican PR. They included a poison pill in the resolution so that Democrats would vote against it, and then they can associate those Democrats with socialism. The reality is that far more than 8 Democrats would have voted in favor of the resolution of it hadn’t included that.

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      So who are the 8 democrats who are morons and thought condemning socialism was more important than protecting voter rights?

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    “They’re trying to force us all into brutal gulags, suppress dissent, torture us and kill millions of people!”

    — Says the people who support forced prison labor, solitary confinement, waterboarding, suppress dissent and the ongoing death of millions through economic imperialism.

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      How precious

      Still have millions of American children starving, yes? Tens of millions of Americans without healthcare? glad to see that this was so much more important…

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              If anything, counterrevolution, because there’s a lot of brainwashed people there that like to stay stuck in their religious delusions/cults and are anti-progress. Their “religious freedom” involves suppressing others who don’t agree with the cult of their Semitic sky wizard.

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    Okay, then disassemble your military. No more paid education, healthcare, housing and subsidized groceries. That is, after all, socialism.

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        The police and military are not socialism. Socialism is not “when the government does stuff.” Ghenghis Khan was not a socialist.

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          Never tried to define socialism like that lmao, practice that reading comprehension. Also I’d never call Genghis a socialist but honestly he was closer than most people would think, for instance look at that advanced tax system with exemptions for doctors, educators, and poor people…his empire was shockingly progressive, I highly recommend looking into it more.

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            Never tried to define socialism like that lmao, practice that reading comprehension.

            You literally said that the police are socialist.

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    The way this should be phrased is “Many Democrats join Republicans in condemning Social Security and Medicaid. Vowing to end social programs that help Americans.”

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    But two moderate Democrats — Golden [Maine] and Gluesenkamp Perez [Washington] — defected and helped the procedural vote succeed, putting some of their Democratic colleagues in a politically tricky situation.

    House Democratic leadership condemned Golden and Gluesenkamp Perez’s decision later Tuesday.

    “The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust. It is an action that necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a joint statement with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar.

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    The Democrats who supported the resolution included:

    Reps. Kathy Castor of Florida,
    Henry Cuellar of Texas,
    Don Davis of North Carolina,
    Jared Golden of Maine,
    Vicente Gonzalez of Texas,
    Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington,
    Darren Soto of Florida and
    Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico.

    Those who voted present were

    Reps. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania and
    Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire.

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      Yes, that plus it gives spineless Dems in battleground districts a chance to go “see? I condemned them! I’m one of the ‘good’ ones! Please don’t vote me out and kick me off the corporate gravy train!”

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    Voted for the resolution: Kathy Castor (FL), Henry (TX), Don Davis (NC), Jared Golden (ME), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), Darren Soto (FL) and Gabe Vasquez (NM).

    Voted present: Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (PA) and Maggie Goodlander (NH).

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      Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

      Also a staunch Zionist and a huge fan of AI. She took the seat after redistricting swung it from 60/30 R to 51/49 D.

      If you wonder why people despise Democrats, this woman is a textbook example of why.

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    The only people who can’t afford socialist policies are the wealthy. And if you are reading this, that is not you.

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      They absolutely can afford it and will still be grotesquely wealthy. The ultimate goal is the eliminate class distinctions all together, but that might not happen instantly.

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    “We’re capitalists. We believe in a capitalist system and rules and laws,” the California lawmaker said Tuesday morning Who’s we? People seriously call themselves capitalists when it’s not immediately followed by a justification for slavery with extra steps, crimes against humanity, or planet-destroying surveillance technology?

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    The Democrats who supported the resolution included Reps. Kathy Castor of Florida, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina, Jared Golden of Maine, Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, Darren Soto of Florida and Gabe Vasquez of New Mexico. Those who voted present were Reps. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire.

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      Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez’s name comes up on these “defections” with regularity. She is essentially a moderate Republican, but that’s not a thing anymore, so she’s a Democrat. Her district is historically rather red, so we are unfortunately unlikely to get anyone better there anytime soon.

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        I know some people in Vancouver, WA that hate having her as their rep, but unfortunately her district is large and otherwise pretty rural, so they’ll continue to suffer having her to “represent” them

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        Yep. Within the city limits of Vancouver WA it’s becoming more reliably blue, but as soon as you hit unincorporated Clark county…well there’s a confederate monument. And Clark County is probably less red than the other counties also in the district. I do have my frustrations with Gluesenkamp-Perez, but we were depressing close to having the clown-show that is Joe Kent as our representative.

        I think things are slowly changing, but unfortunately there’s still so many people here who’s whole schtick when it comes to politics are “HURRR DURRRR WE AREN’T PORTLAND LIBTARDS”.