The Guardian revealed how US veterans have been injured and arrested at protests against ICE deportations
Some of the most decorated military veterans in Congress say they are outraged after a report in the Guardian revealed US military veterans have been arrested or injured amid protests over Donald Trump’s deportation campaign and his push to deploy the national guard to American cities.
“I went to war three times for this country to defend the right of Americans to say things I may not like,” said Representative Jason Crow, a Democrat from Colorado and former army ranger who was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Iraq as a platoon leader with the 82nd airborne division. “Now is the time for every American to speak out.”
Senator Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat from Illinois who received a Purple Heart after her helicopter was shot down over Iraq, said: “No one – especially those who have already sacrificed so much for this country – should ever be assaulted, detained or thrown in solitary confinement for peacefully protesting government overreach”.
It’s a problem now, and we should fix it…
But we can’t fix it as long as we keep pretending trump is the only problem.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4303346-veterans-arrested-protest-sen-gillibrands-office/
Everybody held their nose for Biden and the neoliberals in 2020 because Trump was so bad 16-20, but Biden and the neoliberls just saw Trump’s first term as an excuse to do the same shit in ways they agreed with.
And that’s the main reason trump is president again. Neoliberals are never enough, because their inaction (not to mention civil right violations) just depress turnout. When republicans do it, it increases their turnout in the next election.
Electing neoliberals is like putting a bandaid on your pinkie toe after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. The best possible benefit is it makes people stop worrying for a little bit. But that’s not a good thing when they stop any treatment that might actually work because they think the toe bandaid will be enough.
Democrats are always in lockstep with Republicans as they shift to the right and fill the void left by Republicans when they shift. Biden was and the entire party are currently first term trump Republicans. They believe that protesting a cog in the machine while ignoring the machine will evoke change.