A New Jersey Democrat stirred up social media on Tuesday afternoon during a fiery speech outside the Treasury Department, in which she said her party would "fight back" and demanded to "shut down the Senate," declaring, "We are at war!"Rep. LaMonica McIver, who represents the district encompassing N...

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Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) sparked controversy with a fiery speech outside the Treasury Department, declaring, “We are at war!” and calling for the Senate to be shut down in response to Elon Musk’s access to federal payment systems.

Her remarks, applauded by some Democrats, drew backlash from Republicans, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who likened them to “a call for insurrection.”

  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
    322·
    2 days ago

    Left wing still doesn’t know how to respond to the instigators…

    You don’t say “but you did it for invalid reasons”.

    You say stuff like

    “CANCEL CULTURE!! I’m being CANCELLED!”

    “DONT MESS WITH MY RIGHTS UNLESS YOU WANT TO FIND OUT!”

    “Snowflakes can’t handle the TRUTH”

    Etc.

    • chilicheeselies@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 hours ago

      100%. These are bullies. You need to roll in the mud with them.

      After seeing how a lotnof our dem reps are acting, its no wonder they are being stramrolled. We need fighters