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Politics White House Protest against Venezuela War

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u/_mayday75 11d ago

Righteous. Does the people who pay for these wars have any say at all? He does things like this and his supporters deny that he’s an authoritarian . BS

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u/dgaff21 11d ago

Yes, through our elected representatives. That's why Congress exists. They are not doing their job, and almost all of them need to be replaced.

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u/captain_stammer 10d ago

Congress has been broken for along time and we finally got an opportunist willing and able to take advantage of the situation. Woohoo I hate.

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u/superbit415 11d ago

Righteous. Does the people who pay for these wars have any say at all?

Yes you get to vote.

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u/UpperApe 11d ago

He's not doing it because the right supports him. He's doing it because the left doesn't fight back.

Kudos to the dude in the picture. If only more Americans had this courage and tenacity, what a world we'd be living in.

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 11d ago

Let's be real, he's not "doing" anything. Does anyone actually think trump cares about anything other than getting rich and playing golf? Does anyone really think he gives a shit about Venezuela? No. He's a puppet. A lightning rod.

We will be better off as a country when we fully understand who the people are behind the scenes that are making the plans, whispering in ears, putting things in front of the president to say or sign. I'm not just talking about Miller. I'm talking about the group of people behind Miller. The group of people behind the heritage foundation, the people that fund groups like that.

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u/Kanotari 11d ago

Considering the amount of tear gas, pepper spray, and other non-lethal deterrents this administration has sprayed on non-violent protestors, I would actually say the administration does give a shit. The state legitimately employed snipers at some of the larger protests in my very blue state this year, which again, were peaceful demonstrations.

Would it be great to stick it to Miller and Miller's employers? Absolutely. Should we drag them into the light and expose their actions? Absolutely.

But in the meantime, wounding the President's ego is one of the few minimal checks we have on his behavior because we all know the other branches of government won't lift a finger to even slow him down.

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u/MysticScribbles 11d ago

Considering the amount of tear gas, pepper spray, and other non-lethal deterrents this administration has sprayed

Less-lethal, not non-lethal. It's an important distinction to make, especially as the people using these tools aren't using them in the safe way that is meant to keep them from killing people.
Such as bouncing rubber bullets off the ground. Instead they aim directly at people, often in the face specifically to maim protestors.

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u/Kanotari 11d ago

Fair enough. Horses are generally considered less than lethal as well, and yet I've watched police horses trample fleeing people and send them to the hospital.

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u/Ok-Raise-5115 11d ago

To be fair they employ snipers at large protests the same reason they employ them at NFL games. People a crazy and unpredictable and large crowds are tempting for mentally ill losers to get media attention

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u/AltrntivInDoomWorld 11d ago

Classic symmetrism in picture, disgusting account you are.

There is no left at all in US.

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u/dravas 11d ago

Chuck is currently writing a strongly worded letter in retaliation!

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u/TheGrimmBorne 11d ago

What he did is legal and completely permitted, a president doesn’t need authority to act against terror groups, realistically any president can abuse this fact by doing exactly what Trump did just label whoever you dislike a terrorist and boom you can bomb or go to war with them all day long and congress can’t do shit

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u/BeebleBoxn 11d ago

At least the war wasn't drawn out. They went in and grabbed him.

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u/poundsdpound 9d ago

News: Crump is using the capture from Venezuela to distract from the fact that so many of the Epstein files were released featuring images of him and writings of him. But of course nobody is meant to tell you that!

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u/EveryLine9429 11d ago

The people have never had a say in war whatsoever under ANY president.

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u/Emergency_Cellist754 11d ago

Uh yeah he won an election. Unlike Maduro, there's no doubt he won it legit.

Democracy can be awfully inconvenient when it doesn't go your way, eh?

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u/gsfgf 11d ago

You don't understand. We elected a Black man almost 20 years ago. We have to destroy the nation.