Ah yes, the tough politician's greatest nemesis: being called mean names by kids one third their age. Big Manchin' Joe was rightfully scared for his life.
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we humiliated him...
Yeah, I highly doubt that.
He lacks the capacity for shame needed to experience humiliation.
"His conscience was clear, he never used it."
I hope the protestor can sue the crap out of him. Police should be arresting what is clearly battery
It was an enlightened centrist lobbyist that threw the guy: https://capitolcounsel.com/team/jonathan-kott/
You can just call him a lobbyist. Pretty sure that overrides all political positions.
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It certainly outranks them.
Sounds a lot like assault.
This is much worse than just assault, because it's also an intentional act of battery, which is a potential felony charge in Massachusetts.
They should throw the book at this person. (Period)
Where are all the front page stories about all the people threatened by Trump supporters. People are leaving congress. People are threatening court workers.
It gets mentioned, but not nearly commensurate with the frequency.
This is not whataboutism. Put all the bastards in jail. Quickly.
Yeah, the protester will probably get charged lol
What is this?
You can absolutely call a politician a fuckface to their god damn face. Thats what being an American is about.
Fucking pigs.
Maybe you missed the don't taze me bro video where the guy is tackled and tazed for asking John Kerry a question.
Seems to happen to Kerry often. I remember when he was rightly called a warmonger in Germany and the police tackled the guy and when Code Pink protesters were beaten for calling out his lies about Syria.
worth it. i hope he hears it every day for the rest of his life
It's not like he cares. He knows what he is.
This is why Biden stopped announcing public appearances...
Always a good sign when elected officials hide from their constituents rather than, you know, stop doing awful things that said constituents rightfully abhor..
I agree, but also you can't win everyone and some people are nuts.
you can't win everyone and some people are nuts
Sure, but the people who are nuts tend to be the cops and right wing agitator counter-protesters, not pro-palestinian protesters who just don't want their government to sponsor and provide political cover for genocide.
I agree Biden is 99% wrong on Gaza. It was disgusting months ago. I don't have words for the immorality at this point.
But, independently, what does he have to gain from public appearances?
Biden's unwillingness to use the bully pulpit is why his supporters have occasion to lament that he doesn't get credit for all the good things he's done.
what does he have to gain from public appearances?
Well since he's technically a public figure running to retain a public-facing job and his fascist opponent already has a whole propaganda schpiel ready about him being out of the limelight to hide how he's literally crumbling to incoherent dust from age, not being seen in public would seem inherently problematic if you ask me..
You have to ask yourself: why does the alternative seem disadvantageous to him? He knows more than we do about his costs/benefits than we do. Again, not defending anything about him besides his self-serving calculus.
why does the alternative seem disadvantageous to him?
Because he doesn't want to face any tough questions or people who don't worship him.
He knows more than we do about his costs/benefits.
Not really, no. Dishonesty and a lack of transparency is not the same as superior knowledge.
Again, not defending anything about him besides his self-serving calculus.
It's sounding more and more like that's EXACTLY what you're doing 🙄
The Biden campaign is back to its winning strategy of hiding in the basement.
I feel sorry for whichever harvard minion had to invite joe machin to speak without also calling him a sick fuck.
How could anyone stand near that professional bribee without at least calling him a sick fuck?