Van Hollen and Booker showing how representatives in government should be working for their constituents. I hope their aim is to be as annoying as possible until something good comes of it, but I worry Bukele will just arrest them and further erode the numbers we have in Congress.

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    2 days ago

    Well Booker is doing a hell of a lot more than most other reps when it comes to this, no need to shit on the dude.

    Like, I’d take him over the GOP candidate that ran against him.

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      so would I, but why is our yardstick always “is he better than a republican”. Thats exactly how we lose campaigns.

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        It’s not but party unity is also important and we won’t find perfection. Working within the confines of our real world is important but I agree that we need better representatives. Booker is just what our system gave us and he’s a lot better than many alternatives and worse than others.

        Mostly I think having a unified message and party is important but hard when you’re dealing with people who actually care.