No wonder ROTUS wants to return to the 1800s when rich white men could rape whoever they wanted.

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    People sure do seem to enjoy accusing him of shit while doing absolutely nothing about it. I wonder how long it will before everyone realizes that constantly saying he does bad shit isn’t the same thing as holding him accountable.

    As long as it placates, right?

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      What you expect AOC to do about it? She’s not a police officer, she can’t arrest him. He’s already been found guilty of sexual assault and faced zero consequences for it.

      She could call for his impeachment, which she has done several times.

      I’m sure she would love nothing more than to see him held accountable, and if you know of something more that she could be doing that she hasn’t already done I’m sure she would love to hear your idea.

      Acting like she is just saying shit to placate people but not ‘holding him accountable’ as if she has the power to do so but refuses is gross. There are PLENTY of do-nothing Democrats not fighting against Trump, and you want to cast shade on one of the only people in government with the guts to actually try.

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        Just because she’s more vocal about him being a pos, doesn’t mean she’s done any more than the “do nothing democrats” have.

        It’s hilarious how many people are so up her ass when she’s done little more than those you all hate- aside from a few scathing speeches.

        Face reality- no one is doing shit about any of it. We are on our own. And masking this fact behind a bunch of “We Need to Stop This Madness” speeches, while doing nothing to stop the madness, seems to only placate the ignorant.

        Sadly, at the end of the day, nothing will continue to happen.

        And don’t mistake my words for some anti-AOC rhetoric. I think she’s amazing. However, I’m not dumb enough to believe there’s anything more to it than just that: words.

        But by all means. Keep rallying for more Stop the Madness speeches if they help you cope and deny reality.

        Nothing is going to change. Not anytime soon, and not by any means AOC has control over.

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          “Conveniently” you ignored the question of what more do you want her to do about it.

          You also ignored the fact that she’s done as much as in her power to do about it.

          Simply repeating your verifiably false claim that she has done nothing proves nothing.

          If there IS something that you think she COULD do but ISN’T doing, spit it out. Be very plain and clear what you are accusing her of. These vague ‘she isn’t really doing anything’ claims are ridiculous and not at all convincing.

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            I didn’t ignore the question. I saw it. I just chose to dismiss it.

            What more can she do is irrelevant to the statement that simply saying something is bad does nothing at all.

            There’s probably nothing she can do. Which is fine. My problem isn’t with her and what she can or can’t do, it’s with all the idiots that think that simply saying “he’s a bad man!” Is somehow going to move the needle.

            Words aren’t action. And when we get around to accepting this- maybe things will start actually start happening. Until then. I suppose pretending that calling a spade by its name is actionable.

            Trump bad!

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              I didn’t ignore the question. I saw it. I just chose to dismiss it.

              “Dismissing it” is the exact same thing as “ignoring it”. You “Dismissed” it because you know she has actually done as much as is within her power to do. She’s certainly done more than you have.

              What was that again? What have you personally done about it other than whinging online? Not a god damn thing.

              My problem is… with all the idiots that think that simply saying “he’s a bad man!” Is somehow going to move the needle.

              Literally no one here made the claim that it would ‘move the needle’ whatever the fuck that is supposed to mean- so who’s the idiot?

              Words aren’t action.

              No shit Sherlock. You know what is ‘action’? Calling for and then voting for the man to be impeached. You know who has done that on numerous occasions? I’ll give you two guesses.

              And when we get around to accepting this- maybe things will start actually start happening.

              We aren’t idiots. WE know words aren’t actions. Now that we are all on the same page things things are going to actually start happening right? Like what exactly?

              What are YOU going to do about it?

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      She is doing something about it. She’s doing her job. Which is to represent her constituents, vote against his policies, and hinder his agenda.

      What else would you have her do?

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        So… go ahead and list what she’s doing about it.

        EDIT: yeah. I thought as much:

        Words, words, words.

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          She’s doing her job. Which is to represent her constituents, vote against his policies, and hinder his agenda.

          What else would you have her do?

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            There’s nothing she can do. That’s my point. I don’t have issue with her saying what she says. She’s a politician.

            The problem is with the idiots that think that what she says actually means anything. Given enough time, she’ll be labeled as another “do nothing” politician along with the rest of them.

            The Democrats are hated because they’re not doing shit to stop trump, meanwhile AOC is incapable of doing wrong- while ALSO not doing shit to stop trump.

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      I honestly think it’s worse.

      When you keep calling somone a rapist / Nazi and you do absolutely nothing nothing about it, at some point people just assume you’re full of shit.

      That’s what Trump was able to weaponized.

      We called him a traitor staging a coup yet NOTHING happened to him, so the average moron that doesn’t pay attention assumed it’s bullshit.

      Same with the constant impeachment calls that go nowhere, the average idiot just assumes Trump won.

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        When you keep calling somone a rapist / Nazi and you do absolutely nothing nothing about it, at some point people just assume you’re full of shit.

        Plenty of people did and are trying to do something about it, including AOC. The fact that the Supreme court and other incompetent judges have made this human turd untouchable his not her fault. Saying ‘absolutely nothing’ was done about it is a lie.

        We called him a traitor staging a coup yet NOTHING happened to him,

        He was impeached for it. AOC voted to impeach him. That was literally all that is actually within her power to do. The cowards in the Senate who voted to let him off are to blame for NOTHING happening to him, not the people who actually tried to hold him accountable.

        Credit where it’s due, blame where it’s warranted.

        so the average moron that doesn’t pay attention assumed it’s bullshit.

        The average moron probably thinks drinking your own piss is as good as a vaccine. You can’t force people to educate themselves, all you can do is all you can do.