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He just chewed the Dem leadership a new one!!! Best rant I have heard in a long time.
Dems shit or get off the pot.
Traildogbob
(13,160 posts)Stunning and spot on. We are at fucking war here.
Babbitt gets full military honors???
Jilly_in_VA
(14,624 posts)agree with the sentiment 100%! I am so disgusted with the DNC and "leadership" that I refuse to contributee to them, only to individual candidates.
Chasstev365
(8,124 posts)Zorro
(18,878 posts)and spot on.
vapor2
(4,913 posts)They are below par on messaging period
cornball 24
(1,584 posts)Deuxcents
(27,685 posts)colorado_ufo
(6,262 posts)He is on fire!
Grim Chieftain
(2,029 posts)It's about time someone called out the Dem leadership. We have had some of the best presidents in history, and the Republicans have had the worst. Now is not the time to be weak. Our country and our democracy are being destroyed on a daily basis. Stand up - fight back!!! Our very lives depend on it.
ReRe
(12,189 posts)It is past "time'. Yeah, it'll show up on YouTube in a while. Be patient, it'll show up. Welcome to DU!
Grim Chieftain
(2,029 posts)Much appreciated!
gay texan
(3,252 posts)Did not help us one damn bit
KPN
(17,509 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 30, 2025, 01:53 PM - Edit history (1)
Americans and voters are opposed to most of what Trump and the Rs are doing, yet only 21% approve of the Democratic Party. Thats a miserable showing. Leadership is failing miserably.
SleeplessinSoCal
(10,438 posts)He should have directed it at Congressional Democrats. Turns out they needed to hear it more than anyone.
Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)Statement the other day, he shares some of this blame. I love obama, but someone with some fucking pull better start leading, and not be afraid to say what is happening
SleeplessinSoCal
(10,438 posts)Obama's gray hair leads me to forgive him his desire to be a moderate. He was dealt a horrible hand. But our me media and corporate elite do not care about our standing, laws, or the Constitution. They spend fortunes looking for loopholes on a daily basis.
I think the crash will shake some out of their complacency. But prepare for even more law breaking. The old saying that "the business of America is business" needs amending. It's actually corruption.
Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)They literally cave on everything he wants. We need to get mean, we need to start calling and telling these people who they are to their faces.
Seeing chuck post shit from accounts where it looks like he is wearing hawaiian shirts, and making snide comments does fuck all for the country. We need to start kicking these old complacent people out.
Dave says
(5,468 posts)I think he is standing up to the tsunami of fascism overrunning our country. But we need much more from other Democratic leaders.
Xavier Breath
(6,674 posts)DeeDeeNY
(3,964 posts)I didn't know how to shorten this --
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/msnbc-s-ali-velshi-smashes-the-panic-button-in-rant-about-the-collapse-of-democracy-it-s-not-where-we-re-headed-it-s-where-we-are/ar-AA1L7ZuU?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
Zorro
(18,878 posts)Good but the one from today isn't out yet.
Duppers
(28,476 posts)Response to DeeDeeNY (Reply #18)
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senseandsensibility
(25,503 posts)He singled out the ones who are fighting, but named the leadership (Schumer and Jeffries) as well Gillibrand and the DNC as MIA. Then the conversation that followed was just as passionate.
bdamomma
(69,626 posts)no donations until they get themselves together!! Or just go with people like AOC, Jasmine Crockett, Maxwell Frost and new blood to shake this up. Enough with the status quo.
Zorro
(18,878 posts)yellow dahlia
(6,453 posts)I have been waiting for the second segment to show up today - it hasn't.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,032 posts)But everything is still all the democrats fault. 🐂💩
betsuni
(29,290 posts)democrank
(12,680 posts)Our low public approval rating and our leadership loss of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives should give us a slight clue that something is wrong with what were doing and how were doing it.
And no
.Im not bashing.
GreenWave
(12,795 posts)Really WTF are Democrats supposed to do?
Pretend they control any federal branch of government and get shit done?
Hang Mike Pence?
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