AOC voted against MTG’s amendment to strip Israel funding from the Defense Appropriations Act of 2026 : usa

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Update: AOC clarifies she supports genocide and it is not about MTG

https://lemmy.ml/post/33383345?scrollToComments=true

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Well that is certainly one interpretation of her words. Maybe not the one closest to the truth but definitely one way of thinking lol.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean I disagree I think it's absolutely closest to the truth. She's just trying to fudge what she means but that's exactly what the truth is.

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 days ago (9 children)

No, her goal is to preserve life. Israel needs defense just like any other country. They don't need the other three billion dollars that we give them for offense. Removing their money for defense is the dumbest idea. That is what AOC is pointing out.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

So you would support the USA sending billions of dollars of defensive weapons to Russia to protect them from Ukrainian attack?

Or are you a hypocritical toad?

[–] ghen@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Your ad homonym means that this conversation is over.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml -1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Ah yes, the classic reddit loser move of reading off terms from the wikipedia entry on logical fallacies like they're magic incantations that win internet arguments.

Maybe you should actually learn what ad-hominem means before trying to act like a mystical debate wizard, because nothing I said was one.

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[+] fodor@lemmy.zip -6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The post title is BS, but the content is worthwhile, lol. Singling out just one person? Come on now, don't be a doofus.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What is BS in the title?

[–] apotheotic@beehaw.org -2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The cherry picked nature of only mentioning AOC. 428 other representatives did the same thing, which is the real story.

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[+] Angelusz@lemmy.world -10 points 6 days ago (7 children)

This looks like a bad-faith AOC attack piece. I'm sure she's not perfect. I'm also sure that she's a better, more ethical politician than most in the USA (which isn't saying much, you guys have awful politicians).

One might wonder why you choose to post this, instead of focusing on the way, way, way worse things also going on over there.

Quite telling.

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[+] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml -7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

~~I’m pretty sure a large contingent of her constituency is New York Jews, many of whom are probably Orthodox… It’s not a stretch to believe that many of those voters are also Zionists~~

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

It makes no sense. It's not like there's a gazzilion jews in America and that's why the majority of US politicians support Israel unconditionally. Jews in New York or elsewhere can cast only so many votes.

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