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Beyer’s Remorse? Privileged Politicians Gaslight US While Neglecting Our Concerns

Post by teodroseIII » 09 Mar 2022, 19:45

This very same phenomenon was evident last night at Makeda restaurant where Representative Don Beyer, the incumbent I am running against, paid a visit to the Ethiopian community. He said all the right things as he stood against Biden’s shortsighted decision to collectively punish a developing country and side with an extremist faction that terrorized Ethiopia for more than 27 years. He noted his opposition to HR6600 but what he did not tell the crowd is that his one vote means nothing because the final disposition of that legislation resides not with him but with party insiders who whip the vote.

This dog and pony show mixed with a Kabuki dance is the precise reason I am running for Congress. If we actually want authentic change to come to DC and reclaim power as a people, we cannot hope to do so by doing the same thing election cycle after election cycle and expecting a different result. Words are cheap, actions mean everything. We have seen their movies one too many times to realize that Democrat and Republican campaign pledges will always turn into broken promises the minute the last vote is counted in November...continued...

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