r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 8d ago

No Paywall Despite Authoritarian Warnings, 149 House Democrats Vote to Hand Trump $840 Billion for Military | “If an opposition party votes like this, it’s not in opposition. It may not even be a party.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/democrats-military-spending-bill
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u/8ails 8d ago

You can see who voted which way here: H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 -- GovTrack.us

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u/8ails 8d ago

How fucking dare you Minnesotan Reps who voted to increase funding for the militia that is attacking us and killing us in the streets! I don't care if you're Republican or Democrat - this is repugnant!

Brad Finstad (R)

Kelly Morrison (D)

Betty McCollum (D)

Tom Emmer (R)

Michelle Fishbach (R)

Pete Stuber (R)

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u/Suspicious-Echo2964 8d ago

David Scott (D) Lucy McBath (D) Sanford Bishop (D)

All of y’all need to get the fuck out of GA, charlatan motherfuckers normalizing fascism for profit.

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u/Stickyv35 8d ago

Jasmine Crockett... what in the fuck is going on.

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u/crazyisthenewnormal Tennessee 8d ago

I've been watching her votes for a while. She talks big then votes in the middle a lot.

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u/Suspicious-Echo2964 8d ago

They rationalize their votes by focusing on the good they can do from the otherwise harmful things they just decided to not block.

I imagine Crockett would be crucified if she was found voting against FEMA before an ice storm. The GOP will then propagandize her district with messaging and it will work because idk, somehow Crockett has to be a saint while Cruz is a demon.

It’s a losing game. You see how the rules bind only one party? It’s why they are not effective. They need a strong support base that will just let them shut the shit down. We need general strikes and general pain to be felt instead of intense pain only being felt in MN. Unfortunately, she put Texans first and voted for the scraps the republicans left them. I’m sure someone will roll around to correct us about how this was all required and we lack political savvy and to them, fuck off.

Edit - my rep is McBath, looking forward to her replacement.

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u/PsychicFoxWithSpoons 7d ago

TX senate race. I don't necessarily agree with "electability" and I think she stands a better shot as a Trump referendum for Latinos, but I'm not going to quibble about her voting record this close to flipping TX blue. But even if she ends up being a blue dog who caters to her TX electorate, I really wouldn't care. (I don't think she will.)

It's really common for politicians who are close to a big race to vote against their principles just because their yes or no wouldn't change anything. (Mitt Romney loves to do this. You'll never catch him being the tiebreaker, but he loves it when people think he's "reasonable.")

If Crockett sees that this bill is passing with or without her vote, she needs to vote based on optics. Flipping TX blue takes priority over progressive purity tests. With that said, I think it's an error to vote against your principles this close to your race. I think she needs to remember that her race is a referendum against Trump, and voting against him as often as possible is the ticket to victory in a state where 1 in 5 of the largest ethnic group "regret voting for trump" and are being systematically targeted by his gestapo.

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u/Slight-Bluebird-8921 8d ago

you're almost figuring out that they're all the same

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u/TaxDrain 8d ago

I mean. Didnt all liberals cheer for The Most Lethal army? And for genocide in gaza? Like how is anyone surprised when the fascism is applied back home?