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Van Hollen really laid it out for the party with this announcement:
"Now people will have to make a decision, one way or the other, and they have to decide whether they want to vote for change or whether they want to vote for the status quo."
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Hot Damn!
Okay Libs. No excuse now. It's been a week of "well nobody is running against him" but that's done. Time to put up or shut up. Who you gonna stand with? The new blood or the ancient blood? The man whose leadership has given us Trump? Or literally anything else?
Cuz I'll tell you this, the more and more you think about it the more it feels like a Chuck Schumer led Democratic Party will not only end up in massive Republican victory in 2028, it might be the end of our democracy. I don't know if democracy in the United States would survive the wave of apathy and surrender that would come from seeing this momentous Blue Wave betrayed by the Democratic corporate Old Guard. I think there's an extremely valid risk that you would kill momentum for generations of voters.
(Imma write a letter to my senator elect right this second. Do the same.)
Get fucked, Schumer!
I just got done listening to Bernie Sanders interview with Jon Stewart where and he mentioned his support for Van Hollen.
Let's fucking go!
I'm writing an email to James Talarico right fucking now.
Very important he wins. Single most important issue is government shutdown power (dec 11th deadline) where Van Hollen is dedicated to force defunding of Iran war through it. Schumer is for Iran war, and has not committed to weaponizing budget. You can't get to "affordability mandate" without it.
Just sent Van Hollen an email of support. Good to see someone take Schumer on.
For folks that are crying about Jeffries, someone needs to run against him. It's useless to hate on him if no one is going to run against him. If someone runs against him, things change. But for now, he's likely the guy. Let him know what you want from him.
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Hell yeah!
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Anyone who wants an easy way to directly tell their Dem senators to support Van Hollen can do so by signing this letter (or copy/pasting it into your senator’s contact form if you’ve already signed this specific letter):
I don't think he'd announce if he didn't think he had enough votes, or close enough to just need to sway a few more.
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Please let him win!
Hell yeah. I’m calling my senators today to encourage them to support Van Hollen.
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Didn't Schumer hold a parade and have a speech with one of the Israeli cabinet members who is unambiguously calling for genocide? It's one thing to be supportive of Israel as a state, it's another thing to openly call for genocide or publicly support someone who does. Seems like he should be disqualified from public office simply on human rights grounds.
I hope Schumer quits fr
Oust Schmuck!
Yaaaaaaaaay. I know my email didn’t do shit but I did email him my senator about not supporting Schumer
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He's not pro Israel so there's that. But I don't love
born January 10, 1959
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So, any known reason to not like the guy as a progressive?
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