Only 34 Democrats Sign Letter on ICE Making Students Disappear : academia

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 138 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Between the House and the Senate, there are currently 258 Democrats in Congress.

And 224 of them are fascist collaborators.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 21 points 8 months ago

same-as-it-ever-was

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 74 points 8 months ago (51 children)

The Democratic party is a party of cowards.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 15 points 8 months ago

Most politicians are cowards.

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[+] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 66 points 8 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

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[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We've been doing pretty good at that in Oregon in the Portland area especially, we got a fair few DSA people elected to the city council and to the state house in the last election. Although I doubt that will ever really convert the Dems into an actual progressive party, it's a lot more likely that the Democratic party dies with the rise of new progressive candidates and new progressive parties winning.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You'll have to throw Chuck Schumer into a retirement home (or a volcano) first.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

And until we get people willing to talk about who is controlling the dnc and why (the zionist) then the dnc will remain trapped in other peoples pockets fwith no conceivable end in sight.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 8 months ago

"No way to prevent this, say the Democrats who are actively collaborating with the fascists"

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 41 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Start a new Party jfc

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Lots of people are trying but it's not so easy to do. Our voting system is geared to only allow two parties and any actual third party that starts to gain traction gets shut down by the people with money and existing power. I don't think it's strictly impossible but I also don't think we can realistically pull it off. We need a solution outside the existing hierarchy imo

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Starting a new party is going to require current elected Democrats to leave the party and start a new one. It probably can't be done by just "lots of people" and has to be done with people who have serious clout.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Why would people who have power and wealth under the current system try to change it?

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well supposedly some of them are "progressives" and want to actually enact progressive change in politics.

🙃

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

Supposedly.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 30 points 8 months ago

Here is the letter.

https://pressley.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rumeysa-Ozturk-Letter.pdf

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

now it's on the voters to make some democrats disappear.

[–] amorpheus@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, not the letter!!

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 43 points 8 months ago

Just shows how cowardly the Democrats are now. Most of them were afraid to sign a piece of paper that means literally nothing.

[–] derryt@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Sigh, I see I can't trust my senator to do the right thing anymore. Edit: meaning he didn't sign it. POS trader.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 17 points 8 months ago

Pathetic.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago

And to think, 2 months ago, 46 Dems signed, along with most republicans, the Laken-Riley act.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

I assume the usual suspects are nowhere to be found on this letter

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They didn't used to be this way, for some reason under Biden they went super anti-immigration

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

What a load of shit. What time period are you referring to when you believed Democrats were pro-immigrant? Let’s factcheck that shit.

Even Obama deported way more people than Trump, built the immigrant cages, and vastly expanded ICE. Clinton was equally anti-immigrant.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 8 months ago

sad as fuck.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago

Only?

I know we talk a lot of shit about Dems but I'm genuinely shocked that many signed off.

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