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orleans

(36,545 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 02:55 AM 22 hrs ago

jamie raskin on MTG and the democratic party

Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.

Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2025-11-17T04:40:03.078Z


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jamie raskin on MTG and the democratic party (Original Post) orleans 22 hrs ago OP
Oh, HELL NO! Shipwack 19 hrs ago #1
I second the Hell No! Emile 19 hrs ago #2
It's one thing to attract the fickle. taxi 18 hrs ago #3
I'd welcome her WITH OPEN ARMS!! An extra seat is an extra seat... and that puts us closer to a majority. QueerDuck 18 hrs ago #4
I don't have one iota of trust for Greene. Prof. Toru Tanaka 18 hrs ago #5
She doesn't have to jump parties. intheflow 17 hrs ago #6
I like JR....but this is a bad idea democratsruletheday 14 hrs ago #7
lol. No ismnotwasm 14 hrs ago #8
wake up call ScubaDave 14 hrs ago #9
Grade A trolling... NT Happy Hoosier 14 hrs ago #10
Raskin deserves an award for that one Jersey Devil 13 hrs ago #12
I don't know about "In the tent" but Maybe she could go Independent-and then Caucus with the Dems! Ars Longa 13 hrs ago #11
Fuck no. I don't want her in my tent. Autumn 13 hrs ago #13
It's not a circus tent! leftstreet 13 hrs ago #14
that made me smile. i agree-- it is NOT a circus tent. nt orleans 2 hrs ago #15
There's an old proverb about allowing a camel to put its nose in your tent. LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #16
Fine, but.... Mz Pip 54 min ago #17

Shipwack

(2,918 posts)
1. Oh, HELL NO!
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 05:48 AM
19 hrs ago

We can welcome allies of convenience. We do not have to set a place at the table for someone that opposes every one of our core values.

If you pour a cup of sewage into a pot of soup, you don’t get more soup; you just now have a pot of sewage.

taxi

(2,644 posts)
3. It's one thing to attract the fickle.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:20 AM
18 hrs ago

It's another to think they won't abandon us at the drop of a hat. We would or could see a temporary increase in the number of registered Democrats, giving us a false sense of accomplishment. Accepting any high profile Republican into the party can have the same result of looking good on paper while still having no chance of a positive outcome.

QueerDuck

(629 posts)
4. I'd welcome her WITH OPEN ARMS!! An extra seat is an extra seat... and that puts us closer to a majority.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:28 AM
18 hrs ago

It would be nice if she voted with us on important issues, but even if she didn't vote with us... we would be closer to (or actually IN the majority) and Johnson would be out... Jeffries would be in.

Rather than focusing on how she'd vote or whether she'd be a good ally for the Democratic party is secondary right now. We need to get control of the House... and if she switched to become a Democrat, that would put is closer to that VERY important and VERY meaningful change.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,873 posts)
5. I don't have one iota of trust for Greene.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 06:54 AM
18 hrs ago

She is a shameless opportunist and a backstabber who is not to be trusted. The Democratic Party would have another Fetterman or Sinema on their hands if they brought her into the fold. And she would never win her ruby red district as a Democratic candidate anyway.

I like Jamie Raskin and I think he does a good job in Congress. But I am sending an email to his office today expressing my dismay over his statement.

intheflow

(29,877 posts)
6. She doesn't have to jump parties.
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 08:12 AM
17 hrs ago

And we shouldn’t invite her and her ilk into our party. We can still work with her on common goals while she’s a Republican, that’s called bipartisanship. WTF, Raskin?

ScubaDave

(7 posts)
9. wake up call
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 10:20 AM
14 hrs ago

MTG or Chuck Schumer. Who is leading an effective and bols opposition to Trump? Who is currently demonstrating moral courage? I'm as disgusted as anyone with MTG's past and positions. Maybe its entirely for MTG's selfish reasons but as mind twisting as it is....she could be helping to end Trump!

Ars Longa

(355 posts)
11. I don't know about "In the tent" but Maybe she could go Independent-and then Caucus with the Dems!
Mon Nov 17, 2025, 11:27 AM
13 hrs ago

I would want to see some good deeds......

LudwigPastorius

(13,823 posts)
16. There's an old proverb about allowing a camel to put its nose in your tent.
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:00 AM
1 hr ago

The upshot is, "Don't do it!".

Mz Pip

(28,285 posts)
17. Fine, but....
Tue Nov 18, 2025, 12:22 AM
54 min ago

She needs to explain herself and all those idiotic conspiracy theories she pushed. Denounce all that 2020 election hoax and Jewish space laser crap first. She did a lot of damage and simple apology is a start but not enough.

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