SOTU

[George K]

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

[Improviso]

Biden says he'll have the backs of transgender kids.

Back in the days when Biden was in Congress, he loved his pages bent over.

[89th]

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

[George K]

@89th said in SOTU:

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

[George K]

“[W]e need to secure the Border and fix the immigration system.”

Wait...what???

[Horace]

[George K]

[89th]

Haha gotta love Musk. Almost like a movie character.

[89th]

[jon-nyc]

@89th said in SOTU:

@George-K said in SOTU:

And of course, "Defund the police" was never, ever a thing.

It was remarkable how strong of a "We must FUND the police!" statement he made, to a rowdy applause. If there has ever been a clearer case of spineless politicians, that was it. Can you imagine ANY of them (Joe, Kamala, et al) saying that 12-18 months ago?

Even in 2020 Joe said that the “defund” movement was misguided. Don’t remember his exact words.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in SOTU:

Even in 2020 Joe said that the “defund” movement was misguided. Don’t remember his exact words.

Either he didn't tell his caucus or they didn't listen.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K said in SOTU:

Either he didn't tell his caucus or they didn't listen.

They had different strategies in the primary. And it didn’t work out well for them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-biden-police/democrat-biden-opposes-push-to-defund-police-campaign-says-idINL1N2DL1CU?edition-redirect=uk

[kluurs]

Speaking of defunding, back in 2016 the big push from a certain Presidential candidate was to defund Ukraine. * Republican delegates at last week’s national security committee platform meeting in Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledge to give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States.*

[jon-nyc]

Well his campaign manager worked for Russian interests in Ukraine. Got pretty rich off of them, in fact.

[Ivorythumper]

@kluurs said in SOTU:

Speaking of defunding, back in 2016 the big push from a certain Presidential candidate was to defund Ukraine. * Republican delegates at last week’s national security committee platform meeting in Cleveland were surprised when the Trump campaign orchestrated a set of events to make sure that the GOP would not pledge to give Ukraine the weapons it has been asking for from the United States.*

Defund NATO, defund Ukraine &c was all part of MAGA, as well as the need to investigate corruption.

None of that meant "Let Russia invade a sovereign country".

Your attempted whataboutism doesn't work here -- the Dems main message was "Defund the Police" "Open the Borders" etc without any regard for the security of the US -- which is their only obligation.

[Jolly]

@jon-nyc said in SOTU:

Well his campaign manager worked for Russian interests in Ukraine. Got pretty rich off of them, in fact.

And The Big Guy got rich, too.

[Jolly]

[jon-nyc]

[Jolly]

The worst is yet to come...

https://www.dailynews.com/2022/03/01/feinstein-now-must-decide-whether-to-retire/

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in SOTU:

Awesome