Every single Democratic Senator needs to condemn that racist shit from

[malaise]

Shady Vance.
Further they need to cease and desist from referring to ReTHUGs senators as friends and colleagues. They are neither.

This racist attack on an elected Democrat must be the exclamation mark following Lee’s sick posts after the assassination of Democrats in Minnesota .
Fuck this shit.

[SheltieLover]

1. Agreed

[surfered]

2. Hey Couchf****r, Sen Padilla's name is Alex, not Jose.

J D Vance in LA:

"Well, I wish Jose Padilla would be here to ask a question, but unfortunately, I think he decided not to show up because there wasn't a theatre," Vance retorted, referring to the instance when Padilla was handcuffed at a news conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

JD claims Sen Padilla’s appearance at Kristi Noems’ presser was performance politics, which is JD’s actual day job.

[Walleye]

3. He very well knows Senator Padilla's first name. He served in the Senate with him for four years.

There are only 100 senators altogether. I think you’d learn their first names. that is really sickening regressive racist bullshit. Trump supporters love it.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. He is nothing more than racist white trash pretending to be a smart guy.

And not doing a very good job of the pretending part.

[Walleye]

9. Really, he seems pretty stupid to me. The guys who look up to him are not very smart either.

[Paladin]

11. Never ever equate a Yale Law degree with intellect or decency. (nt)

[Diamond_Dog]

12. He *pretends* to be smart.

He’s a very unlikable person as well. But then I think Trump defines unlikable yet here we are.

[Paladin]

16. I hope that trump kneecaps Vance's political career, forever.

Pretty safe bet it'll happen---just not nearly fast enough to suit me...

[David__77]

19. I think it's basically the opposite.

Bring “smart” doesn’t make someone have a good worldview. His performative backwardness is the act, which is not better than if it was authentic.

[Magoo48]

4. The more "reserved" Dem Senators and Reps may be working hard behind the scenes.

Fantastic. But, we need you to work hard, and, beat the drums of freedom publicly, as a unit, as well as individually.
How about joining in with your constituents on July 17?, how about publicly condemning ice efforts to sweep public venues like Dodger Stadium as well as farms, factories, neighborhoods, individuals on the street, and every other fucking place these masked marauders are showing up. Do it in unison on the steps of Congress, with strongly worded verbal responses, consistently.

[malaise]

5. They also need to individually and collectively condemn

this vulgar divisive racism.

[Magoo48]

8. Yes, yes, and yes again.

[Magoo48]

24. Yup, like a mantra.

[Walleye]

10. How about digging into who these so-called "ICE agents" really are

[malaise]

15. Yeeeees

Rec

[Magoo48]

23. Good idea

[spanone]

7. K&R

[timms139]

13. Who knows what

the so called VP's name is as it has been changed more times than a 6 month olds diaper .

[dlk]

14. That would require every Senator to have a moral compass and a backbone

Sadly, not all of them do.

[poozwah]

17. exactly

did churchill ever refer to hitler as a friend or colleague? did anne frank?
playing nice with these people only buttresses their view that democrats are weak.
btw, it is the DEMOCRATIC PARTY not the democrat party.

[malaise]

18. Where did you see Democrat party in my OP

😀

[poozwah]

25. i didn't

i did not see it. i was just commenting on the republicans making a big deal out of the term “democratic” as it pertains to the democrats. sorry for the misunderstanding i caused. my bad!

[malaise]

26. Cool - like you it pisses me off big time

[poozwah]

28. thanks

glad you accepted my apology.
in my 76 yrs. on this increasingly messed up world, i have never seen anything as sick as this maga bullshit. there are crazies on both sides of the political spectrum. there always have been, but this group is the most radical of the bunch. however, in order for them to have gotten to this point they needed to win elections and that is where the problem lies. there always have electorate for 40 years has sat by and watched as the republican party has chipped away at our basic rights and, more importantly, our national decency. wedge issues decide elections. they have replaced more importantly issues such as debt and education. we are going to hell in a handbasket.

[malaise]

29. As I told a good friend last night

I am glad I am not five years old at this time, I worry for the young ones.

[Orrex]

20. And of course it's not even simple racism that's driving it.

It's possible that Shitstain Vance went with José because it's "just some Hispanic name," but I'm betting that Vance deliberately chose it to liken Senator Padilla to convicted terrorist Abdullah al-Muhajir aka José Padilla.

So rather than the casual, default racism endemic among MAGAts and KKKonservatives in general, it seems like a straightforward attempt to smear by name association.


(Sorry if this is obvious and if others have already pointed it out, but I haven't really seen it explicitly stated yet.)

[malaise]

21. Very important point

Rec

[malaise]

22. Adding this thread - it's perfect

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220418690

[BoRaGard]

27. Agreed