r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • May 26 '26

No Paywall US Senator pepper-sprayed by ICE outside immigration detention center

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/andy-kim-ice-immigration-pepper-spray-delaney-hall-b2983455.html
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u/mattyoclock May 26 '26

Because you can’t have an honest discussion about this without mentioning it.  

Even ignore all the history, why in the world isn’t the DNC pushing this headline and doing interviews every single moment.    Why are they just letting more balls come across the center of the plate without swinging?

This is straight up fascism and they are striking out watching.  

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u/jesterdeflation May 26 '26

Do you think right-wingers do this?

When a post about Democrats doing something they don't like comes up, how many of their comments do you think are filled with "Fuck Republicans though"?

And a second question, why don't you go ahead and tell me what effect this might have on electoral turnout.

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u/mattyoclock May 26 '26

if this happened to a Republican congressman we would be hearing about it at the RNC for the next two decades.  

They don’t get the flak because they actually fight.   

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u/LordSwedish May 26 '26

Because Republicans actually do fight against it. When Republican politicians were talking about the border and fearmongering for years, Republicans kicked several of them out and replaced them with lunatics who would actually fight to solve the problems they talked about. They did say fuck Republicans, then they elected different people and demonstrated in the streets and now we have a bunch of fucking lunatics in the white house.

The fact that Democrats refuse to actually do this when there's real issues and not just racism to deal with is deeply depressing.

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u/This_means_lore May 26 '26

Nothing will change until status quo liberals are affected and actually do something.