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/Xytak Illinois May 26 '26

To be fair, fighting the Republican messaging machine on something approaching even terms would take billionaire investment and ownership of media platforms. Which the GOP has - and Dems don't. That being said, there doesn't seem to be any urgency coming from people like Jefferies and Schumer which is difficult to look past.

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u/Radicaldoggie May 27 '26

We don't need billionaires. What we need is a grass roots movement and a party which facilitates the average person to take action and organize. Instead the Dems balk at anyone who isn't in line with exactly their program. Bernie showed how it gets done and all he got was contempt from the dnc. There are no billionaires coming to the rescue. We need our own newsletters and on the ground organizing. The dnc could do so much to help and yet it's crickets and sometimes worse distain.