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Elizabeth Warren, architect of the CFPB, the agency whose work had benefited millions of American consumers, and the agency that Republicans and later, Trump, have been trying to KILL ever since its inception, again calls them out for WHAT THEY ARE:
Elizabeth Warren Posted This Troubling Video Describing How Senate Republicans Reacted After They Voted On The "One Big Beautiful Bill" - BuzzFeed Visa Yahoo
They cheered over giving huge tax breaks to a handful of billionaires.
They cheered over running up the national debt by another three and a half trillion dollars.
You know, this bill, it's bad. It's bad economically. It's bad morally," Warren says. "This bill is just wrong."
riversedge
(81,556 posts)Grim Chieftain
(2,057 posts)With the power to harm millions.
This country will soon be beyond saving.
SleeplessinSoCal
(10,439 posts)rurallib
(64,836 posts)so those who cheered can be easily identified in the campaign ads for the dems next year
JCMach1
(29,242 posts)B.See
(8,870 posts)sheshe2
(98,468 posts)and danced to Macho Man in celebration of the deaths that will follow.
Clouds Passing
(8,200 posts)MysteriousStranger
(22 posts)cheering. USA, USA. It was disgusting to watch.
Joinfortmill
(21,679 posts)hay rick
(9,725 posts)They do not represent citizens, voters, or even Republicans. Their team is both elite and humble. They are elite because of the power they are allowed to wield. They are humble, or should be humble, because they are interchangeable and disposable. Passing the BBB means they will not be fired this week. That's the significance of their little end zone celebration.
An honest description of their job would be: mouthpiece (for reciting talking points) and proxy ( for casting votes based on instructions from superiors).
timms139
(564 posts)Love Of Filthy Lucre is exposing how non christian they truly are . The root of all evil has consumed the whole lot .
BurnDoubt
(1,909 posts)It's all part of Lib-ownership?
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