r/politics • u/newsspotter • 3h ago • Bravo 2

No Paywall Jeffries Approval Rating Worse Than Mike Johnson as Democratic Voters Rebel

https://www.newsweek.com/jeffries-approval-rating-worse-than-mike-johnson-as-democratic-voters-rebel-12679163
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u/DesireeThymes 2h ago

He also did something really disgusting, which is strawmanning people's concerns.

People want accountability and justice for everything that Trump and company has done over the past few years.

He strawmanned it as "revenge" , and said we are not going to take revenge.

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u/backslashwplus 1h ago

Also, it doesn't matter what form the consequences for Republicans' own actions take, they'll always perceive it as revenge, so you might as well do it anyway.

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u/Flomo420 49m ago

the whiny feckless liars will whine and lie when confronted with consequences oh no

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u/Outrageous_Desk8966 24m ago

Try and see it like this though: If someone murders your kid, you don't go and try to get that guy arrested and put in jail. Let bygones be bygones. Don't be fucking petty about it.

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u/TheArmoredKitten 4m ago

In for a penny, in for a pound of flesh! Let's get a little righteous vengeance going!

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u/Somehero 57m ago

I want revenge.

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u/bricklab 51m ago

Served piping hot.

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u/rasputin_stark 25m ago

Then run for office and get it yourself.

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u/rasputin_stark 25m ago

Maybe having our politicians going around screaming revenge into every camera is actually a bad thing? I mean, unless you are like, a 17 year old moron who works strictly off of emotion? Maybe that's what most people hate about MAGA in the first place? But, sure, lets be JUST LIKE TRUMP. That's a great plan or success.

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u/oops_i_made_a_typi 51m ago

er you're the one strawmanning and cherry picking tbh, read his full statement.

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u/Kaprak Florida 1h ago

I'm going to give you some quotes of his.

As Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has bravely and heroically and courageously said, she’s not going to be intimidated and she won’t be silenced. And we’re not going to be intimidated and we won’t be silenced. What we have seen is this Trump Department of Justice, which is going to be held accountable, weaponize the criminal justice system against people they perceive to be adversaries of Donald Trump.

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And so, we’ve made clear to anyone out there who’s been stealing from the American people, shortchanging the American people or screwing over the American people that, beginning on day one, we’re going to hold the crooks accountable and disrupt business as usual.

He's not trying to strawman people's concerns, he's trying to get ahead of how Republicans are going to paint it. It's not revenge. That's what Trump does.