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In reply to the discussion: Dear Mr. HOGG, Please educate yourself first. Who has stood with you? [View all]FlightRN
(194 posts)152. November is very close
We are in a place where we cannot afford anymore infighting. Period. This young man is seven years my junior, I know how much my mind and critical thinking skills have grown and changed in those seven years. And I was not a victim of a school shooting.
The republicans are pulling out all the stops to try to divide us, we honestly have to put some of these things aside and not conflate them any further.
If we are not on the same page, we need to let that stand and remember we are still all reading from the same book.
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Really? I dont know any Democrats who know anything about anything who do.
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#5
How about the 50-something D candidates who either won't vote for her as Speaker
BeyondGeography
Aug 2018
#6
All of us Dems, including that candidate, should not fall for repug framing of who our House...
brush
Aug 2018
#11
YOu wont like my answer to that question, but the attempt to destroy the D party from within
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#19
Pre-election promises are not the same as post election promises. Whose running for Speaker now?
haele
Aug 2018
#20
How about not falling for Republican character assassination campaigns and inadvertently helping
emulatorloo
Aug 2018
#55
It's not often when a Representative is elected Speaker of the House unanimously.
George II
Aug 2018
#121
+100000000! The people who don't support Nancy Pelosi generally do not have a clue
skylucy
Aug 2018
#76
I know who doesnt like her and WHY. Sadly, there are some who dont like her on our side
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2018
#153
I gather he was saying she was old, Hatch is old, Trump is old. There is a time...
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#110
If you wish to be ageist against Pelosi, be consistent & be ageist against Carter & Hillary
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#43
2003? Hillary has been active at the highest levels of government since 1993.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#58
His point is a 70 year old woman shouldn't be the Democratic Speaker of the House.
lark
Aug 2018
#136
Give him a break? No. He needs to educate himself as to who has fought as he does for gun control
Wwcd
Aug 2018
#15
Tbh, this education approach sounds like something a schoolyard bully would do
Politicub
Aug 2018
#149
She isn't targeted by GOP b/c she's in the leadership position, she's targeted b/c she's EFFECTIVE
RockRaven
Aug 2018
#13
He's asking the right question. Age often equals more net worth in Congress.
MadDAsHell
Aug 2018
#21
He may have a point about considering someone else as Speaker, though not because of her age
renate
Aug 2018
#34
Let's not be ageist. Let's not condemn Hogg's youth & inexperience, only his ill-considered content.
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2018
#38
Thank you. Of all OLD Congress people to name, he chooses his best anti-gun rights ally!
Wwcd
Aug 2018
#67
When I jump into the middle of a discussion in which I wasn't participating, I make a practice....
George II
Aug 2018
#119
What did he tweet, and why did you not put that? Leave the kid alone, will ya.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#105
Republicans fear Pelosi because she is such an effective leader and because she is female.
Cassidy
Aug 2018
#145
Let's not have hissy fits over word usage, when his general gist was that she's out of touch
Tarc
Aug 2018
#150