Opinion | Jon Ossoff’s merciless strategy paid off. Other Democrats should take notes.
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He and Abdul El-Sayed are showcasing the kind of aggressive spirit Democrats need to adopt in the new Congress.

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.”

  • arrow74@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    If those munitions are so defensive why don’t we give them to the Palestinians and Iranians and Yemeni and Somali and etc.?

    Well that’s fucking easy. It takes a multi-billion dollar system that we also maintain for them. We shouldn’t be giving it out to anyone the cost is outrageous. But those missiles can only be fired at incoming projectiles from said system.

    Yep, and this is a massive tell.

    I mean deferring to the international court does mean you will agree to call it a genocide eventually. Like I said not perfect.

    Yeah, I’m sure conservatives in Georgia just love spending money on foreign wars on behalf of a Jewish state /s

    No literally, remove the /s. There’s an unfunny number of people that support Israel for religious reasons. Even the cooler more moderate sects that are fine with abortion and homosexuality also often support Israel. It’s nuts, but that’s the South

    Supporting Israel is about not pissing off donors

    And yet he has managed to do just that.

    I swear people like you are the enemy of good. His actions and votes prove that if he wins the presidency it would result in less money for Israeli war crimes. Does he go as far as I want? No, but he’s done a lot more than many democrats.