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Related: About this forumSenate Dem: 'We've Got A Big Fight Ahead Of Us' On Health Care
Jun 19, 2017
Democrats held the Senate floor late on Monday to protest the GOP's health care bill which is being written behind closed doors. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joins MSNBC's Brian Williams.
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Senate Dem: 'We've Got A Big Fight Ahead Of Us' On Health Care (Original Post)
L. Coyote
Jun 2017
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Surprised she spoke at all, the GOP doesnt really like it when any woman speaks.
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2017
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)1. Surprised she spoke at all, the GOP doesnt really like it when any woman speaks.
They arent invited to the closeted get together of these scumbags.
What an entirely fucked up bunch republicans are.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. I'm certain she isn't deterred one iota by Republican misogny and sexism.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)3. Yeah, I wrote that wrong, should have said
"surprised she was allowed to speak without being talked down to or knocked around a little"
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)4. My Senator!
It's rare that a Wisconsinite has anything to be proud of in the political realm these days, but Tammy is a great Senator and a strong progressive.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)5. How can they fight effectively, when they're in the minority?
I want them to go down fighting, for sure. But I don't see how they can be effective. Maybe there's something they can do, though.