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Chuck Schumer wrote:
@SenSchumer
https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1 ... 3746778114
Peter King stood head & shoulders above everyone else
He’s been principled & never let others push him away from his principles
He’s fiercely loved America, Long Island, and his Irish heritage and left a lasting mark on all 3
I will miss him in Congress & value his friendship
4:50 AM - 11 Nov 2019
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Ilhan Omar wrote:
@IlhanMN
https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1193925337379463169
Peter King is an Islamophobe who held McCarthyite hearings targeting American Muslims, said “there are too many mosques in this country” and blamed Eric Garner for his own death at the hands of police.
Good riddance.
8:15 AM - 11 Nov 2019
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After Schumer Praised the Retiring Rep. King, Some Democrats Jeered
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York responded to the announcement on Monday that Representative Peter King, the Long Island Republican, was retiring by publishing a warm tribute to Mr. King on Twitter.
Such an across-the-aisle embrace has long been par for the course on occasions of retirement, death or other political farewells.
But in a hyperpartisan era in which ideology often trumps old-fashioned bonhomie, Mr. Schumer was rebuked by members of his own party for saying Mr. King “stood head & shoulders above everyone else” and “fiercely loved America, Long Island, and his Irish heritage and left a lasting mark on all 3.”
“I will miss him in Congress & value his friendship,” the senator concluded.
Many Twitter followers of Mr. Schumer, the highest-ranking Democrat in the Senate, did not agree with the sentiments.
“Good grief,” read one of the more polite responses. “Have you lost your mind?”
Indeed, the tweet prompted more than 10,000 replies, mostly negative and some downright nasty. Videos of thumbs-downs, eye-rolling and heads shaking “no,” flooded into Mr. Schumer’s feed, as the word “resign” got tossed about.
Many of those outraged by Mr. Schumer’s praise pointed out Mr. King’s more controversial positions and statements, including when he said that there are “too many mosques” in America; that protesting N.F.L. players are similar to Nazis; and that Eric Garner’s death was the result of his obesity and asthma, rather than the chokehold applied by a New York Police Department officer.
Add in Mr. King’s frequent support for President Trump and his policies, and Mr. Schumer’s comments seemed even more galling — and divisive — to some on the left.
Another of Mr. King’s congressional colleagues, Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — a Muslim-American who herself has been the subject of Twitter fury — had a blunter take on his retirement announcement, noting his inflammatory statements about Islam and Mr. Garner.
“Good riddance,” she said.
Regardless of the criticism, Mr. Schumer did not delete the tweet despite some calls to do so.
“SERIOUSLY SCHUMER??,” wrote Peter Daou, a former adviser to Hillary Clinton, about the tweet. He chastised Mr. Schumer for “fawning” over Mr. King and other Democratic leaders for “enabling” Republicans. “We need a new Democratic Party.”
The reaction to Mr. Schumer’s tweet was not completely unexpected, though some said it was overblown.
Brian Fallon, the executive director of the activist group Demand Justice and a former top aide to Mr. Schumer, noted that Mr. King had a deep local and middle-class appeal — he will have served more than a quarter century when he retires — and that the senator had become “fond of him.”
“The two of them worked shoulder to shoulder in the years after 9/11 fighting to get Homeland Security funding for New York,” Mr. Fallon said. “Pete King would criticize his own party when Bush’s budgets would shortchange the grant amounts allotted for New York, and Schumer respected that about him.”
Angelo Roefaro, a spokesman for Mr. Schumer, said the senator and the representative “had many disagreements on many issues, especially on immigration, his attitude toward Muslims, and women’s rights,” which manifested itself in efforts by the senator and other Democrats to defeat Mr. King last fall.
But, he added, “they’ve worked closely together on issues vital to New York, like delivering much-needed federal aid locally post 9/11, Superstorm Sandy and backing universal background checks legislation,” for guns.
the senator and the representative “had many disagreements on many issues, especially on immigration, his attitude toward Muslims, and women’s rights,” which manifested itself in efforts by the senator and other Democrats to defeat Mr. King last fall.
Obama Says Average American Doesn’t Want to ‘Tear Down System’
Former President Barack Obama, in an address to liberal donors, warned candidates not to go too far left and sought to calm those who were concerned about the state of the Democratic primary.
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama offered an unusual warning to the Democratic primary field on Friday evening, cautioning the candidates not to move too far to the left in their policy proposals, even as he sought to reassure a party establishment worried about the electoral strength of their historically large primary field.
Grizzly » Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:35 pm wrote:[/url]
Elizabeth Warren supports Juan Guaido. Supports sanctions of Venezuela. Says Maduro is starving his people even though she acknowledges that the US has economic sanctions and that she supports those sanctions.
https://twitter.com/AlytaDeLeon/status/ ... 5366846465
Tulsi Gabbard
@TulsiGabbard
· Jan 24
The United States needs to stay out of Venezuela. Let the Venezuelan people determine their future. We don't want other countries to choose our leaders--so we have to stop trying to choose theirs.
Elvis » Tue Nov 19, 2019 10:17 pm wrote:OMG. Elizabeth Warren just lost all credibility with me. No words. Seriously dangerous. A fool. Has she always said this? She shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the national government.Elizabeth Warren supports Juan Guaido. Supports sanctions of Venezuela. Says Maduro is starving his people even though she acknowledges that the US has economic sanctions and that she supports those sanctions.
https://twitter.com/AlytaDeLeon/status/ ... 5366846465
Jump to 19:35 in this video of the full interview for the Venezuela/foreign policy question:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUvqJ6VpXf0
Compare and contrast (same Twitter thread):Tulsi Gabbard
@TulsiGabbard
· Jan 24
The United States needs to stay out of Venezuela. Let the Venezuelan people determine their future. We don't want other countries to choose our leaders--so we have to stop trying to choose theirs.
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