House Dem Shreds AOC and Colleagues for Playing the 'Race Card'

[Trumpocalypse]

House Dem Shreds AOC and Colleagues for Playing the ‘Race Card’: ‘Their Ignorance is Beyond Belief’

By Connor Mannion Jul 11th, 2019, 4:19 pm

A House Democrat blasted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her progressive allies for their ongoing feud with House Speak Nancy Pelosi, saying “their ignorance is beyond belief.”

Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) fumed at AOC and other House progressives for their dispute with the House speaker, and accused them of playing “the race card.”

“What a weak argument, because you can’t get your way and because you’re getting pushback you resort to using the race card? Unbelievable. That’s unbelievable to me,” Clay said according to The Hill. “I could care less. I could really care less. I agree with the Speaker. Four people, four votes out of 240 people, who cares.”

https://www.mediaite.com/election-2020/house-dem-shreds-aoc-and-colleagues-for-playing-the-race-card-their-ignorance-is-beyond-belief/

[Me.]

1. +1

[redstateblues]

2. +1

[sheshe2]

3. K&R

[Kurt V.]

4. as if only these four voted a certain way. Simply not true. weak argument

[DURHAM D]

7. What exactly are you responding to.

I don't understand your post.

[sheshe2]

8. Yep.

Scratching my head here. No clue.

[Kurt V.]

10. it isn't just their 4 votes. They've voted along the lines of plenty of other reps.

[DURHAM D]

12. This story is not about 4 votes on any particular

legislation.

[Kurt V.]

13. Exactly. so why parrot this 4 votes stuff. I'm at a loss.

[DURHAM D]

16. Did you read the article -

Clay is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus and is considered a centrist Democrat. The progressive group Justice Democrats has endorsed his primary challenger Cori Bush, and Clay took time to bash Justice Democrats as well.


“They’re missing the fact that we have a very thin margin of a majority that we’re operating under and apparently it doesn’t matter to Justice Democrats, they just want to get skins. They want to score points for whatever reason. But I find it juvenile, their tactics, I find their ignorance to be beyond belief about American history and about who are really segregationists. And so how dare they try to play the race card at this point, it shows you the weakness of their arguments.”

[Kurt V.]

17. Guilty. i didn't. i was reacting to the 4 votes thing. the sqad doesn't vote outside the norms.

as a Missourian i know clay only has his position bc of his dad and should be primaried not for reasons JD may agree with.

[lapucelle]

80. Cenk's spin machine Justice Democrats called Clay a centrist?

According to his actual record, he isn't.



William Lacy Clay is a Hard-Core Liberal

http://www.ontheissues.org/House/William_Lacy_Clay.htm

https://bit.ly/2JwqyXx

[lapucelle]

57. Because those 4 were the only Democrats who voted against the bill.

191 Republicans also voted "no".

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h414

[sheshe2]

15. They did.

WASHINGTON — As reports of migrant children being held in squalid conditions at federal facilities near the border continue to draw outrage, Democrats successfully pushed a $4.5 billion humanitarian aid package through the U.S. House late Tuesday evening with a vote of 230 to 195.

The passage of the bill marks a narrow victory for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who managed to coalesce a unified front after several days of uncertainty and division within the party. Ultimately, only four Democrats broke rank, and none of them were Texans.

https://www.texastribune.org/2019/06/25/us-house-set-vote-border-aid-bill-concerns-migrant-children-grows/

Kurt V.

10. it isn't just their 4 votes. They've voted along the lines of plenty of other reps.

Yes. Republicans. They are the only four that broke rank.

[Kurt V.]

19. bad example. they were right seeing how 3 more (unappropreated ) facilities were built.

giving a big f.u. to the house.

[sheshe2]

20. So.

Kurt V.

19. bad example. they were right seeing how 4 more (unappropreated ) facilities were built.

So those four facilities opened instantaneously after the vote? I don't think so. Those facilities take long term planning and staffing. Unbelievable that you think they were built, staffed and filled in a nanosecond.

giving a big f.u. to the house.

So correct me if I am wrong. You, your own words, are giving a big f.u. to our Democratic congress when they tried to give some humane relief to children in cages. Damn them for trying to help the children. I guess we should just vote them all out and go back to being in the minority again. Jaysus!

[Kurt V.]

25. no. it goes back to the unbelievable bad deal in February to reopen the govt.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/ice-just-quietly-opened-three-new-detention-centers-flouting-congress-limits/

[Kurt V.]

28. also we are in the minority (majority) and there in lies the major hurdle. Understand that as a

Majority of Americans lean dem, repubs make the rules and that largely the fault of centrist leadership. and repubs of course

[sheshe2]

38. "Centlist leadership. and repubs of course"?

So they are one in the same? Seriously? You are saying some Democrats are just like repubs.

Kurt V.

28. also we are in the minority (majority) and there in lies the major hurdle. Understand that as a
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Majority of Americans lean dem, repubs make the rules and that largely the fault of centrist leadership. and repubs of course

[Kurt V.]

43. they are not the same in ideology. they aren't that different in practice. I'm a leftist.

I'm vocal. I'm against centrism. get used to it.

[sheshe2]

51. Well Kurt.

We can agree to disagree. Fact is I don't have to get use to anything. I have a brain and I use it often.

Centrists help hold the line to give us a blue representative. I am well aware of the call to primary them all, a lot of good that will do us when we lose that seat to a repuke. Purity is not what it is cracked up to be.

Kurt V.

43. they are not the same in ideology. they aren't that different in practice. I'm a leftist.

I'm vocal. I'm against centrism. get used to it.

[Kurt V.]

53. true. you don't have to get used it. i misspoke. we'll all pay the price for that.

[AncientGeezer]

77. You know...the 4 you are supporting voted with the R's

[questionseverything]

33. the money to pay the for profit prisons was that vote

geesh I find it amazing that peops here can find fault for wanting some guarantee the money would be used to take care of the kids , which we didn't get but we did get 3 new for profit prisons



why in the world would anyone trust this administration to do the right thing with the money?

[sheshe2]

60. There are no guarantees in life, now are there.

questionseverything

33. the money to pay the for profit prisons was that vote

You are wrong and you are here telling us on Democratic Underground that every Democratic member of the House voted for for profit prisons and not the children in cages.

You prefer we do nothing? You most certainly do not want more children to die. So what is your suggestion to make this right? You tell ME what we are doing wrong and can make this right.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212267589#post15

[questionseverything]

62. tie the money to oversight...that is what aoc wanted

without oversight we do not know that one cent of that money will go towards improving conditions

and I do not trust the repubs to improve conditions out of the goodness of their hearts

[sheshe2]

67. You did not answer my question.

sheshe2 (56,656 posts)

60. There are no guarantees in life, now are there.

questionseverything

33. the money to pay the for profit prisons was that vote


You are wrong and you are here telling us on Democratic Underground that every Democratic member of the House voted for for profit prisons and not the children in cages.

You prefer we do nothing? You most certainly do not want more children to die. So what is your suggestion to make this right? You tell ME what we are doing wrong and can make this right.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212267589#post15

Fact is you said EVERY DEMOCRAT that voted for that bill was VOTING FOR PROFIT PRISONS and not the children.

How can you say that on a Democratic board?

[George II]

45. If that's the case, what is it?

[Kurt V.]

50. money. the donor class overriding the republic. this isn't breaking news.

[lapucelle]

58. They were the only Democrats who voted "no".

Every other "no" vote was cast by a Republican.

Every other Democrat who voted, voted "yes". (Four Democrats did not vote.)

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h414

[Kurt V.]

9. clay's statement about 4 votes out of 240 (240?) sounds like they're actually been votes of 236-4.

[lapucelle]

56. Those 4 were indeed the only Democrats who voted against the bill.

Every other "no" vote was cast by a Republican, all 191 of them.







https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h414

[Honeycombe8]

68. +1. nt

[dem4decades]

5. I'm a fan of Pelosi and not so much of AOC's tactics.

Nancy must keep the House, AOC should recognize that.

[elleng]

6. Swell, let's beat eachother up.

[bdamomma]

21. Didn't we learn from mistakes???

We should be a united front. See how the repigs stick together they don't say crap no matter how bad it is, and they are guilty as hell too.

[elleng]

30. Sadly, it appears we haven't.

[hlthe2b]

11. It sounds as though CBC (or at least most of CBC) are signaling they WILL have Pelosi's back

AOC needs to get rid of her COS. She can be provocative, blunt, and assertive but her COS can not become a flame thrower.

[barbtries]

23. i'm sorry,

what is COS? thanks

[hlthe2b]

24. Chief of Staff. He sent a lot of very controversial tweets "on AOC's behalf" that attacked other

Dems...

[barbtries]

29. ah, okay.

thanks

[George II]

46. He's sent a number of very negative tweets about Democrats.

[NurseJackie]

26. Chief of staff?

[barbtries]

27. thank you!

[lapucelle]

71. He's the Brand New Congress guy.

You know, the PAC that gave more money to Republicans than to Democrats in the 2018 cycle.



https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2018&strID=C00613810

[NurseJackie]

74. Ugh! They have a lot of people fooled...

Ugh! They have a lot of people fooled... or maybe not, who knows?

[lapucelle]

75. Indeed they do, but not WaPo.

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12271007

[dalton99a]

69. +1. The guy is a hardcore bro who called for Al Franken's ouster

"Franken must go. We do not tolerate those who abuse their power," said Justice Democrats PAC executive director Saikat Chakrabarti

[Celerity]

70. sounds like many Democrats back then

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

etc etc etc


Every single Democratic Senator, either in public or private told him to resign except for these 5

Joe Manchin (ONLY one who said he should NOT)

Bob Menendez (was under Federal corruption indictment at the time, refused to comment)

and the 3 members of the Ethic Committee (who by law, could not comment)

Chris Coons, Delaware, Vice Chairman
Brian Schatz, Hawaii
Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire

I am sure 4 of those, all but Manchin, if they had no legal reason to not comment, would have told him to resign as well.


Women senators coordinated calls for Al Franken to resign

https://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/senators-al-franken-resignation/index.html

[betsuni]

14. Ha! I agree with him.

"They're missing the fact that we have a very thin margin of a majority... ." Why why why why is it so difficult for some people to understand this?

[sheshe2]

64. They don't care.

Tear it down.

[emmaverybo]

18. +1

[Crunchy Frog]

22. It's nice to see the Democrats finally locked in combat against the real enemy.

[ripcord]

31. I'm beginning to think AOC is a hypocrite

Ever since she was elected she has been calling out and criticising other democrats and even trying to unseat some who don't meet her purity standards but she has a fit when someone calls her out and criticises her, she seems to think that is a one way street.

[Thekaspervote]

34. Agree

[George II]

48. She was doing that even before she was elected. She went out to the midwest and campaigned...

...against several incumbent Democrats in their primary. Thankfully just about all of them won and Justice Democrats' candidates lost.

[Blue_Tires]

32. Yep, just what we need now... Intra-party Civil War

[LiberalLovinLug]

35. It goes both ways

And to be clear, AOC was nothing but gracious and complimentary after she won her seat. Nancy was the one that began the disrespect and insults.

[Duppers]

36. For the sake of the Party

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For the sake of the Party and the country, they both should stfu!

[GulfCoast66]

61. Respectfully disagree. Say I'm a 30 year old Freshman in Congress.

I disagree with many in my party.

My party leader, who has been an effective legislator for longer than I have been alive. Who was the first female leader. Who kept her caucus unified against all odds in minority. Who never lost a vote as majority leader. She tells me I’m not helping. Tone it down.

I fucking tone it down. For 2 reasons:

1. She probably has more knowledge about governing in her left pinky than my few months of experience gives me.

2. If I don’t tone it down the Hammer of Thor is soon going to hit me.


I’m afraid we are at option number 2.

We need one voice in the House. The elected speaker. If we have a caucus than can vote her out, then I would support that caucus. But we don’t.

One final thought I have not read here, but don’t read all threads. And this is how things work...

If and when the a progressive or any member is seen as a drag on the party, do you doubt Pelosi would hesitate to publicly cut ties with them? I hope we are not there. But can see it happening.

Our victory in the house was really a victory of moderate democrats winning in previously republican districts running on healthcare. It actually made our caucus more moderate. Pelosi is not going to risk that.

[Vdizzle]

39. He lost all credibility with me when he said:

“Could care less”. The saying is correctly stated as: “couldn’t care less”. Call me a grammar nazi, but it bugs me.

[Mariana]

47. He's lying, too. He obviously cares a great deal

to be so angry about it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

40. God, I HATE people who say "I could care less"

When they mean the exact opposite

[nsd]

44. +1

That's a pet peeve of mine.

[GulfCoast66]

65. Wow! I usually save hate for things like blatant racism,

Lying, cheating and stealing. Well, even then, hate doesn’t come into play.

But to each their own.

Hope I typed that grammatically correctly.

[Ferrets are Cool]

73. Damn, I never realized that I was limited to hating just one thing

well, now I know. Thank you so much for illuminating me.

[warmfeet]

41. Well, just ignore that race card and

see how it plays out in the long run.

I am with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

The way to keep losing to republicant's is to keep moving closer to their positions.

Give the people an actual choice and they will make the right one - they will vote left.

[Trumpocalypse]

52. Will they?

And if pigs had wings they could fly!

[qazplm135]

54. gotta love the everyone's a secret socialist argument

that they vote for republicans because Dems aren't LEFT enough, because that's the logical and natural reaction of course.

[GulfCoast66]

66. Excellent. Secret Socialist!

There are probably not 30 districts where AOC could win.

Certainly not the moderate seats we switched last election to give us the majority.

It’s like people don’t understand. The house, now in majority, is way more moderate than when in the minority.

[McKim]

42. Just Stop It!

This will get us nowhere. It must stop now!

[aeromanKC]

49. Thank You!!

[Lordquinton]

55. Who?

Some no name representative trying to make his name off someone popular. This will backfire.

[Celerity]

72. Clay is pissed that AOC supported Cori Bush (A-A woman) against him in the primary

He and his father have had that seat (MO-1) for literally 50 years.

[riversedge]

78. Thanks for the information.

[aikoaiko]

59. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Ilhan Omar (MN), Rashida Tlaib (MI), and Ayanna Pressley (MA)

will outlive Speaker Pelosi and be our future.

And many other women like them.

I say that as someone whose respect for Peliso has grown over the last 2 years.

[AncientGeezer]

76. I'll bet it's still Speaker of The House Pelosi...Aoc a 1 trem rep

[Celerity]

79. probably the only way to get AOC out is via a redistrict action post 2020 census

I go into detail on all 4 of the Squad's primary challenger chances here


https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212271054#post14

[AncientGeezer]

81. Might be...but I think it won't take that much. I think she's done .

[Celerity]

82. Based off what? She has a MASSIVE national and local presence, she will be able to crush anyone

via fundraising, the demographics of her district aid her to a large degree, and she will have a huge ground game again.

I doubt Joe Crowley tries to regain his seat, although some other members of his circle may try.

I do not see it happening based off an impartial reconnoitre of the situation.

I do see a possible attempt to redistrict her out post 2020, IF Schumer presses for it.

[aikoaiko]

83. And that matters very little if AOC is one term because there will be more.

The future is female...of brown complexion.