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Montauk6

(9,034 posts) Sun Apr 27, 2025, 11:23 AM Yesterday

There goes those "lazy," "cowardly," "meek" Dems doing nothing again...

Bicameral sit-in going on RIGHT NOW at the Capitol led by Cory & Hakeem

#goodtrouble

https://www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90lihX8?si=G2PAticlOzSDpI4c

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There goes those "lazy," "cowardly," "meek" Dems doing nothing again... (Original Post) Montauk6 Yesterday OP

Thanks for you ironic sarcasm 😀 Mblaze Yesterday #1

Thank you Mblaze!! They have been doing town halls across the country, and doing everything they BComplex Yesterday #2

I watched the sit in. Very good. I was not aware Jefferies had been doing town halls. Autumn Yesterday #4

I was replying to the "Dems" doing nothing...I don't know if Jefferies has done a town hall, but BComplex Yesterday #5

Live video embedded JoseBalow Yesterday #3

Thank-you! BlueKentuckyGirl 21 hrs ago #6

Dems have now been sitting on the steps of the Capitol for 10 hours straight LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #7

a sit-in Skittles 19 hrs ago #8

This isn't a sit-in HereForTheParty 18 hrs ago #9

what's next Skittles 17 hrs ago #10

I'm confused orangecrush 12 hrs ago #11

no fucking clue Skittles 11 hrs ago #12

Thanks orangecrush 7 hrs ago #15

Well, God is on the throne. Celerity 6 hrs ago #16

and the point is???? Raine 11 hrs ago #13

Exactly orangecrush 7 hrs ago #14

It reminds me of the tree that falls in the forest... kentuck 6 hrs ago #17

Mblaze

(545 posts)

1. Thanks for you ironic sarcasm 😀

Reply to Montauk6 (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:07 PM

Yesterday

I'm tired of people saying that Dems are doing nothing. They are working hard.

BComplex

(9,390 posts)

2. Thank you Mblaze!! They have been doing town halls across the country, and doing everything they

Reply to Mblaze (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:20 PM

Yesterday

can to get our message out, since the 96% republican owned media/social media won't hammer our message out to the public, the way they do the right wing messages.

Autumn

(47,729 posts)

4. I watched the sit in. Very good. I was not aware Jefferies had been doing town halls.

Reply to BComplex (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:32 PM

Yesterday

Got a link to one?

BComplex

(9,390 posts)

5. I was replying to the "Dems" doing nothing...I don't know if Jefferies has done a town hall, but

Reply to Autumn (Reply #4)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:49 PM

Yesterday

a lot of other Democrats have been doing them, especially in red districts.

JoseBalow

(7,280 posts)

3. Live video embedded

Reply to Montauk6 (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 02:26 PM

Yesterday

BlueKentuckyGirl

(458 posts)

6. Thank-you!

Reply to Montauk6 (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:40 PM

21 hrs ago

Thanks for the link! I've been watching most of the day. That was awsome!

LetMyPeopleVote

(162,149 posts)

7. Dems have now been sitting on the steps of the Capitol for 10 hours straight

Reply to Montauk6 (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 06:57 PM

20 hrs ago

Link to tweet

Skittles

(163,656 posts)

8. a sit-in

Reply to Montauk6 (Original post)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 08:13 PM

19 hrs ago

yeah OK - oh, and a moment of PRAYER! YAY. Whatever.

HereForTheParty

(856 posts)

9. This isn't a sit-in

Reply to Skittles (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:40 PM

18 hrs ago

They aren't disrupting anything.

Skittles

(163,656 posts)

10. what's next

Reply to HereForTheParty (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 27, 2025, 09:51 PM

17 hrs ago

hunger strike?

orangecrush

(24,327 posts)

11. I'm confused

Reply to Skittles (Reply #8)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 02:54 AM

12 hrs ago

Are they disrupting business as usual in some way?

I always thought that's what a real sit in does.

Skittles

(163,656 posts)

12. no fucking clue

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:56 AM

11 hrs ago

when I went to check on it they were spouting fucking prayer nonsense so I bailed

orangecrush

(24,327 posts)

15. Thanks

Reply to Skittles (Reply #12)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:20 AM

7 hrs ago

.
that answers my question.

No risk of arrest

A sit in is, IIRC, an act of civil disobedience.

If you aren't disobeying anything, well...

Celerity

(49,496 posts)

16. Well, God is on the throne.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #12)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:05 AM

6 hrs ago

Raine

(30,773 posts)

13. and the point is????

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #11)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 04:30 AM

11 hrs ago

orangecrush

(24,327 posts)

14. Exactly

Reply to Raine (Reply #13)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:19 AM

7 hrs ago

kentuck

(113,583 posts)

17. It reminds me of the tree that falls in the forest...

Reply to Montauk6 (Original post)

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 09:06 AM

6 hrs ago

If no one hears it, does it make a sound when it falls?

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