He and Abdul El-Sayed are showcasing the kind of aggressive spirit Democrats need to adopt in the new Congress.
Victory speeches from winning candidates usually follow a similar script: Thank the family, staff and volunteers; riff on how inspiring the campaign was; remind people of the hard work ahead; and extend good wishes to the defeated rival, in the spirit of generosity.
But not all Democratic winners did that on Tuesday night. In Michigan, Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed was not going to let bygones be bygones. Addressing his opponent, Mike Rogers, he said, “So, Mike, enjoy your retirement. I know you got a house in Florida and two yachts. See, you chose hate, and Michigan chose hope. May we never have to see the likes of you in this state again.”
El-Sayed wasn’t done. He moved on to Vice President JD Vance, who had described the Democrat as a “psychopath” and “very, very evil.”
“Habibi,” El-Sayed said with a smile, using an Arabic term of endearment. “There is this delicious irony in the fact that you’re constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January.”
Down in Georgia, Sen. Jon Ossoff didn’t even bother mentioning his opponent, Rep. Mike Collins — though he did say that “the American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption and incompetence of the failed lame-duck president, Donald J. Trump.”
Many Germans wanted their family safe from the allies bombing which many of them was literally attack targeting civilians that make Hamas atrocities during October 7 like just a slap to someone else face . With your logic you would be ok with Nazi Germany getting defensive weapons or Russia buying defensive weapons for any country. There was also Germans during Nazi Germany who wanted the holocaust to end and was powerless, at least Israelis have fair elections yet they still vote for genocide…
You know what is better than letting them spend on defensive weapons? Imposing sanctions and a blockade to prohibit Israel from acquiring the material necessary to maintain the colonization .
The hypocrite you are defending here is lying and is allowing Israel to continue genocide. I bet you that if you ask 99.9% of the democrats about the form of the two state solution they will tell you Palestinians will not have the right to an army to defend itself which is an right under international laws and wouldn’t even have full sovereignty on the land like it is already to case with Oslo accords