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AOC voted against MTG’s amendment to strip Israel funding from the Defense Appropriations Act of 2026 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/usa@lemmy.ml
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

MTG's problematic aspect isn't her being a Republican. It's not even that she's a particularly bad person (she is). The perceived motivation for this messaging bill is antisemitism. This is Jewish space lasers lady.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    So? Her bill is about cutting off money for weapons to Israel not Jewish space lasers.

    4 real progressives voted yes.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I suppose you could pretend that context and pretext simply don't exist. Poll taxes were just about raising money and English only laws are about government standardization.

    I'm also not of the opinion that the people voting for it made a heinous choice either. They were just willing to take questions about MTG's antisemitism in exchange for a minor messaging vote. Nothing anyone did here is important. AOC has put out statements much more critical of Israel than being vote 7 on a muddled messaging bill.

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