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Diablo del sol

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28. agreed

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 10:12 PM

Mar 2022

being forced to hold rubles that devalue daily is much more impactful. Not being able to get supplies shipped in, thus rapid inflation is much bigger.

Trying to give her a benefit of the doubt that she is concerned about other humans. Thing is she identified a problem without offering any solution other than - DON'T.

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Ilhan Omar says she'll vote against a bill to ban Russian oil, citing the 'devastating impact [View all] Peacetrain Mar 2022 OP

ugh Skittles Mar 2022 #1

LOL W_HAMILTON Mar 2022 #2

It's not so funny when she's your congresswoman iemanja Mar 2022 #4

Mine, too. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #10

I agree, though iemanja Mar 2022 #13

I was on the fence but decided to give Omar another chance. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #19

If she keeps making dumb moves like these... W_HAMILTON Mar 2022 #15

I just mentioned my Ex Rep, Gabbard here.. Cha Mar 2022 #72

I'm so sorry! Don Samuels is Cha Mar 2022 #71

Thanks for the heads up! iemanja Mar 2022 #84

All I know about Don Samuels is Cha Mar 2022 #85

No joke? And she's wrong, re: the amount it's small compared with Europe's use of Russian oil/gas. elleng Mar 2022 #3

Hmm... Mike Nelson Mar 2022 #5

well put. thank you. stopdiggin Mar 2022 #24

Fucking moron. bottomofthehill Mar 2022 #6

I agree rockfordfile Mar 2022 #74

What? onecaliberal Mar 2022 #7

Sometimes I think she takes a stand for no reason other than to get attention. madaboutharry Mar 2022 #8

Or no good reason empedocles Mar 2022 #51

+3. :) Main reason for sure; she doesn't need national attention to do Hortensis Mar 2022 #97

Narcissism BeerBarrelPolka Mar 2022 #99

She is smarter than this. DURHAM D Mar 2022 #9

Are you sure? NT cinematicdiversions Mar 2022 #54

Took the words right out Cha Mar 2022 #73

I wouldn't count on it. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #55

Apparently not. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #56

IS she? LenaBaby61 Mar 2022 #64

No. betsuni Mar 2022 #94

Doubtable. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #104

Can you imagine Fox attacking her for what they support? kimbutgar Mar 2022 #11

😂😂😂 LenaBaby61 Mar 2022 #66

I just told her I oppose her position iemanja Mar 2022 #12

Tell me this is a fucking joke. boston bean Mar 2022 #14

I know.!!. I am still stunned.. what the heck?? Peacetrain Mar 2022 #16

I did the same but posted ChazII Mar 2022 #67

Dumb. honest.abe Mar 2022 #17

Maybe she has something to say James48 Mar 2022 #18

I am one of her constituents, and I don't really care what she has to say any more, Ocelot II Mar 2022 #22

Here is her tweet on the subject iemanja Mar 2022 #59

Listened to her this morning on Democracy Now CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #105

Wow!!!! MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #20

Valid point IMO Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #21

Well almost all the sanctions so far have more impact on the average Russian. honest.abe Mar 2022 #23

agreed Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #28

As opposed to the devasting impact on the average Ukrainian? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #26

See my reply above Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #35

Also questioning sending weapons to Ukraine madville Mar 2022 #25

JFC!!! MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #27

Again - valid point - up to a point Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #46

Sounds like the sort of thing I've seen from Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #57

She is not a moron or idiot. She thinks of consequences and weighs them. I may not agree Samrob Mar 2022 #88

No, "holding feet to the fire" "constructive criticism" "speaking truth to power" applies to betsuni Mar 2022 #90

Disagree. CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #106

.... MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #111

She's anti- Ukraine. Straight up. JoanofArgh Mar 2022 #98

Talk about misguided. Haggis 4 Breakfast Mar 2022 #29

On the same page with the Republican House intelligentsia? OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #30

If Omar has a solution, let's hear it. There are no perfect choices here. Raven123 Mar 2022 #31

She would have voted against Lincoln's blockade on the South Luizy Mar 2022 #32

+1 dalton99a Mar 2022 #33

Hitler is murdering everyone, but, what about the German people? Oneironaut Mar 2022 #41

Seriously misplaced priorities. Tell Ukraine about "devastating impact". nt Cognitive_Resonance Mar 2022 #34

I'm going to assume for 24 hours that this story in inaccurate. TomSlick Mar 2022 #36

If after 24 hours, it turns out that she does take such a position...than perhaps a primary is in Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #45

Surely, the story is inaccurate and will be promptly denied - right? TomSlick Mar 2022 #49

She has voted against Biden before. I really don't know what she is thinking. Time will tell. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #63

Nope heard her say these things this morning CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #107

No, she posted about it on her twitter account. iemanja Mar 2022 #58

Surely she will reconsider - right? TomSlick Mar 2022 #60

I've never seen her reconsider iemanja Mar 2022 #61

Neither have I. I have also never seen her so fundamentally wrong. TomSlick Mar 2022 #62

You must consider the possibility that she doesn't think she is making an error DFW Mar 2022 #91

+1 betsuni Mar 2022 #92

Indeed. Not an appealing prospect to consider. TomSlick Mar 2022 #113

Not to mention it might hurt Putin's feelings dalton99a Mar 2022 #37

Isn't she one of the ones who want to sanction Israel? nt BlueLucy Mar 2022 #38

lol wut Oneironaut Mar 2022 #39

Ugh! Owl Mar 2022 #40

Omar voted "present" on sanctions against Turkey lapucelle Mar 2022 #42

Exactly, lapucelle. sheshe2 Mar 2022 #68

Voted ""no" on a House resolution to recognize the century-old mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Cha Mar 2022 #75

It seems that the only foreign country she will oppose is Israel Jose Garcia Mar 2022 #109

Sounds like a Rand Paul position somehow. Bristlecone Mar 2022 #43

Very interesting indeed. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #44

She is a civil war survivor from Somalia Deuxcents Mar 2022 #47

I was hoping she would use the final 2 minutes of her 15 more wisely. oasis Mar 2022 #48

Wow MustLoveBeagles Mar 2022 #50

Well, there goes my support for her. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #52

fuck jcgoldie Mar 2022 #53

SHUN! KG Mar 2022 #65

Are you suggesting iemanja Mar 2022 #83

Except for children, I have no sympathy for Russians right now. Goodheart Mar 2022 #69

She's trying to make this (as usual) about morals, to be morally righteous. betsuni Mar 2022 #70

Imo.. The most Moral thing to do Cha Mar 2022 #77

Populist purist morals. betsuni Mar 2022 #78

Viva Ukraine! Cha Mar 2022 #79

How about showing some Morality Cha Mar 2022 #81

Oh, that's different. Fundraising. betsuni Mar 2022 #96

I don't find her position moral iemanja Mar 2022 #82

It's Justice Democrats fake morals. betsuni Mar 2022 #93

+1. As fake as the Green Party dalton99a Mar 2022 #108

The Squad JI7 Mar 2022 #86

Exactly. betsuni Mar 2022 #87

WTF Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #76

What a shocker. N/t LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #80

Stupid stance. She gets no pass from me on this one. Celerity Mar 2022 #89

Utterly BeerBarrelPolka Mar 2022 #95

I suppose this puts the Republican House in a real bind... Hugin Mar 2022 #100

So that was Omar's plan? Absolutely brilliant! oasis Mar 2022 #101

I don't know if it was her plan or if she has any plan... Hugin Mar 2022 #102

As a Minnesotan I am done with her CrackityJones75 Mar 2022 #103

Between this and the DSA pro-russia stuff, I'm really wondering what is going on Amishman Mar 2022 #110

Awesome... this will make for great optics. Chakaconcarne Mar 2022 #112