They have little reason to do so, they already have pretty much every vote secured except for a few. Sure they might do it anyway, but there's not particularly as strong a reason anymore.
That being said the crying bit does seem kind of out of place without that.
You know that's a really good point, I guess some AOC Nay vote could have some long-term impact on discussion of Israel because she's so popular she could bring her fans around.
I think the Israel lobby found something to blackmail her with
It doesn't have to be even that dramatic. It could be "If you vote 'No' then we're carving $10B out of the infrastructure bill for Green Energy initiatives" or something equivalent. Do this performative vote or we gut policy you actually care about.
AOC probably ran around asking how they can even do that, realized the degree to which the whole system was beholden to a handful of assholes, and cracked up over it.
You don't sound like a conspiracy theorist, but ascribing disproportionate power to "the Israel Lobby" is a hallmark of modern antisemitism.
They get their way because they're an outpost of american empire, not because they secretly control US politicians. America is the puppet master, Israel is the puppet, not vice versa, and to suggest the opposite fringes on "the Jews control politics"
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They have little reason to do so, they already have pretty much every vote secured except for a few. Sure they might do it anyway, but there's not particularly as strong a reason anymore.
That being said the crying bit does seem kind of out of place without that.
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You know that's a really good point, I guess some AOC Nay vote could have some long-term impact on discussion of Israel because she's so popular she could bring her fans around.
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Or maybe not.
It doesn't have to be even that dramatic. It could be "If you vote 'No' then we're carving $10B out of the infrastructure bill for Green Energy initiatives" or something equivalent. Do this performative vote or we gut policy you actually care about.
AOC probably ran around asking how they can even do that, realized the degree to which the whole system was beholden to a handful of assholes, and cracked up over it.
You don't sound like a conspiracy theorist, but ascribing disproportionate power to "the Israel Lobby" is a hallmark of modern antisemitism.
They get their way because they're an outpost of american empire, not because they secretly control US politicians. America is the puppet master, Israel is the puppet, not vice versa, and to suggest the opposite fringes on "the Jews control politics"