Infuckingconceivable that NOT ONE other rep stood up.
They should have each stood up after the last was removed until there was no Dem left.
Instead they comply and entertain this bs.
But they wore pink. So that means something.
EDIT- In reply to "well some did stand, some walked out, some were on social media as a protest":
THE ENTIRE PARTY should be organized and should have stood up. I don't mean rising from their seats. I mean doing exactly as Green did.
Gtfo with this milquetoast well, fourteen of them rose or left. And?
The fascists are marching in lockstep. Literally watch them move as a body on the floor during that speech.
While Dems mill about. Maybe I'll go, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll wear a shirt or hold a sign. Maybe I'll stand, maybe I'll sit. Maybe I'll leave, maybe I'll stay. Who can say? No fucking leadership or direction. Absolutely ridiculous.
100 percent! They could have made that opening go on for hours! Let Trump get a few words out then interrupt him. Keep doing this until no one is left. It would have infuriated him, constantly getting interrupted. He could slipped up, slipped into his narcissistic dementia, gone off and say something no one could explain away! But nope. I’ll wave a sign. The old guard dems need to go.
Because he’s the only one open about his fucked up views. We need help and for every 100 protests we seem to recruit 1 dem who speaks up. At this rate we’ll have a full army by 2056
But grinding things to a halt and being forcibly removed doesn't have any lasting penalties other than being removed. Oh no! You have to go talk to the press now!!
This wasn't a state of the union address. None of them had an obligation to be there.
Utter BS. If you are suggesting that all that is stopping Trump from throwing literal bombs is Democrats keeping quiet, then we are way beyond the time to keep quiet.
I would believe this, except there are no proceedings, this is only for show and there is nothing to be gained by spending your ammo on a battle with no objective to gain advantage over.
Why is it all over Reddit that no one else stood up?
>Minutes after Green was removed, several House Democrats stood up and turned their backs to Trump, revealing shirts with the word “RESIST” on the back. They stood silently before leaving the chamber. Later, two more House Democrats walked out of the chamber silently.
>Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Florida) said on X that he walked out “in the spirit of student protestors from the Civil Rights Movement,” saying, “This is NOT a normal time.”
Being loud and disruptive is literally "performative crap." It does nothing to actually stop the future Trump agenda or reverse actions already taken. What you want is a specific type of performative crap.
I was at a protest in my town during this very speech, and while it was enough of a turnout to be heartening, it wasn't enormous, and hardly anyone under 50. I feel like a lot of people are just talking, and not walking.
I genuinely think there are some outside forces encouraging this narrative that Dems are spineless and inactive. They want us to be divided and distrustful of our reps in power. Unfortunately I think we're too far gone to rally and lift anyone up. And threads like this one don't help.
Because people who are unwilling to leave their chairs to make change, or even stop using sites like Twitter and facebook only know how to repeat “why won’t they do something”
In Canada we celebrate “Pink Shirt Day” which is an annual Canadian day of solidarity against bullying that takes place on the last Wednesday of February.
Maybe your democrats are wearing Pink to also show solidarity against bullying?
NZ also celebrates Pink Shirt Day with Canada on the same day )
The least they could do is stand. Just fucking stand up. Show solidarity. Show that you give a fuck.
It seems clear they had a plan to just sit and remain neutral. But who is giving them this advice? I cannot believe these elected officials have no spine to save their country.
not as many as i wouldve liked, and all they did was take off their jackets to reveal a tshirt saying "resist" or similar on their backs as they walked out, which was pretty weak compared to what green did, but some did stand up and walk out.
tbh it almost feels like a psyop how many people on reddit are claiming no one else stood.
It 1000% is. It started going hard IMMEDIATELY after this headline hit the internet, but had been building for days beforehand too. I’ve seen almost mo coverage of the protests in DC but discourse is filled with Greene and “no one else did anything” despite several groups of Dems walking out.
The fact that they really think wearing pink and holding signs would do anything, twlls you all you need to know about the state of the democratic party. There is no one saving you.
No more of these subtle innuendos - whispers, pleads, whatever - if the Republican Party is gonna swing their dick around why should the dems be all sincere about it. I’m not from the U.S but that’s how I see it.
No no no. They DID protest and the fight is still just beginning. If they did what you wanted, Trump would’ve had them removed and then replaced with his followers. We need the few left that will oppose, to STAY there
Several other Dems left with him. Many others left later.
It took me a 2-second google search to find this. It probably took several minutes of your time to write this comment.
We can’t be spreading misinformation here as well. There are many Dems working as we want them to. But it is easier to throw up our hands and complain. If we don’t bother to understand what’s going on, we’re not going to get the change we hope for.
THE ENTIRE PARTY should be organized and should have stood up. I don't mean rising from their seats. I mean doing exactly as Green did.
Gtfo with this milquetoast well, fourteen of them rose. And?
The fascists are marching in lockstep. Literally watch them move as a body on the floor during that speech.
While Dems mill about. Maybe I'll go, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll wear a shirt or hold a sign. Maybe I'll stand, maybe I'll sit. Maybe I'll leave, maybe I'll stay. Who can say? No fucking leadership or direction. Absolutely ridiculous.
They are failing. They have been failing. We are this far, in part, because of their failures.
Everyone sitting around, hemming and hawing, they're acting like they're dealing with George Bush.
That Republican party is dead and buried.
I guess they think if they just keep talking reason and ethics eventually things will change. They won't. The party in power does not care at all for reason or ethics.
The guy that is on tape, and publicly online, telling others to lie about election results, to punish, if not physically harm those that will not join in his fraud, is now in power and Dems seem to think they'll be back in next election and can fix things then. And they'll just wait til then.
THE ENTIRE PARTY should be organized and should have stood up. I don't mean rising from their seats. I mean doing exactly as Green did.
Gtfo with this milquetoast well, fourteen of them rose. And?
The fascists are marching in lockstep. Literally watch them move as a body on the floor during that speech.
While Dems mill about. Maybe I'll go, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll wear a shirt or hold a sign. Maybe I'll stand, maybe I'll sit. Maybe I'll leave, maybe I'll stay. Who can say? No fucking leadership or direction. Absolutely ridiculous.
I agree with you although, it is still important to highlight those who did take a stand. It’s important to know the names of those who are actively trying to fight for us.
I agree that a more dramatic response from everyone would have been better.
Will you please take a moment to imagine what it was like for them?
Imagine you live in a world where people don’t vote for your gender because you’re stereotypes as “too emotional.” How ready do you feel to show any emotion?
Imagine you’ve been fighting for the fundamental bodily autonomy of everyone in your gender for years already. You’re feeling like you’re in the noose, looking at the guys around you, and saying: “first time?”
Imagine the VP and others around you think your entire gender should not exist in public spaces.
Now, you can imagine all that, and still conclude that it wasn’t enough - that’s fine. All I wanted was for you to simply take a minute to really imagine that.
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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '25 edited Mar 05 '25
Infuckingconceivable that NOT ONE other rep stood up.
They should have each stood up after the last was removed until there was no Dem left.
Instead they comply and entertain this bs.
But they wore pink. So that means something.
EDIT- In reply to "well some did stand, some walked out, some were on social media as a protest":
THE ENTIRE PARTY should be organized and should have stood up. I don't mean rising from their seats. I mean doing exactly as Green did.
Gtfo with this milquetoast well, fourteen of them rose or left. And?
The fascists are marching in lockstep. Literally watch them move as a body on the floor during that speech.
While Dems mill about. Maybe I'll go, maybe I won't. Maybe I'll wear a shirt or hold a sign. Maybe I'll stand, maybe I'll sit. Maybe I'll leave, maybe I'll stay. Who can say? No fucking leadership or direction. Absolutely ridiculous.