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tecolote42's avatar

Of course not. The other people can suffer, but I'm Yertle the Turtle, king of all I survey.

Watch out for that mud landing, Yertle. Nothing lasts forever

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Shahid Buttar's avatar

The hypocrisy observed in this post is unfortunately par for the course in Washington, and enjoys entirely too many bipartisan reflections.

Consider the Democratic Party's leadership in the House, which has long denied even a public debate over healthcare policy while Members of Congress enjoy some of the best healthcare available. It pains me personally, having dedicated years to trying to force a long overdue debate that never happened. https://shahidbuttar.substack.com/i/151523320/how-far-weve-fallen

The party's longstanding corruption is much of why it fared so poorly in November's election. Of course, the active complicity of leading Democrats who put Trump back in office didn't help. https://shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/7-ways-democrats-made-donald-trump

Ultimately, observing the shameless hypocrisy of the White House might risk the same pattern, by insinuating that Democrats aren't guilty of the same patterns. The most glaring example that comes to mind is Biden's presidential pardon of his son, Hunter, while any number of more worthy subjects were never granted pardons. Democrats are no less corrupt—or beholden to white supremacy—than Republicans. https://shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/local-corruption-enabling-corporate

I wish these circumstances were different, but they demand observation however inconvenient they may be. And I share these reflections not as an armchair quarterback, but only after having run for Congress myself in three election cycles, winning a top-two primary to face a quintessential dynasty Democrat, and then securing over 80,000 votes in the 2020 general election despite enduring the most racist experience of my life at the hands of her supporters—in the bluest city in America, at that.

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