Live Stream Sources
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBejfVOUmBs
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjr7VvL9/
Titled “An Urgent Conversation with the American People,” the livestreamed discussion comes ahead of Congress’ return to session on Monday.
A statement released by both officials’ offices said in part, “Republican leaders have made clear their intention to use the coming weeks to advance a reckless budget scheme to President Trump’s desk that seeks to gut Medicaid, food assistance and basic needs programs that help people, all to give tax breaks to billionaires. Given what’s at stake, these could be some of the most consequential weeks for seniors, kids and families in generations.”
According to the statement, Rep. Jeffries and Sen. Booker plan to speak to shared American values and the nation’s religious and moral underpinnings, and how the budget bill opposes these beliefs. They also plan to affirm to Americans watching the livestream that their voices matter, especially in this moment in time.
Why the fuck aren’t they sitting in the chamber of the Senate where they would be actually disrupting the business that’s happening. Sitting on steps ain’t stopping jack.
The chamber was closed for recess for two weeks.
There’s so much randomized “it’s not enough” sentiment on lemmy. We all need to focus the hell up, because responding to every single little thing with “how dare they not do more” is so counterproductive. Nobody will ever do anything.
I’m not even saying this action is progress - but shitting on it isn’t progress either.
That user just suggested that the congressmen should break into an empty room, as if that would so something.
And even if congress was in session… these people are the people that are supposed to sit in congress. They literally belong there. What, exactly, would that accomplish?
I completely agree. There are a lot of comments that just seem to find a way to keep people down on Democrats, even when they do the right thing. Many of them were the ones shouting Genocide Joe last year. Plenty of them are accelationist leftists or possibly even right-wing propagandists just trying to keep people from a blue wave next November.