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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 04:09 PM Jun 2017

Senate 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 OP
Surprised she spoke at all, the GOP doesnt really like it when any woman speaks. Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #1
I'm certain she isn't deterred one iota by Republican misogny and sexism. L. Coyote Jun 2017 #2
Yeah, I wrote that wrong, should have said Eliot Rosewater Jun 2017 #3
My Senator! Still In Wisconsin Jun 2017 #4
How can they fight effectively, when they're in the minority? Honeycombe8 Jun 2017 #5

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. Surprised she spoke at all, the GOP doesnt really like it when any woman speaks.
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 04:14 PM
Jun 2017

They arent invited to the closeted get together of these scumbags.

What an entirely fucked up bunch republicans are.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
3. Yeah, I wrote that wrong, should have said
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 06:03 PM
Jun 2017

"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!
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 06:40 PM
Jun 2017

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?
Tue Jun 20, 2017, 07:00 PM
Jun 2017

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.

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