Why is there a fight at all about Medicaid? Americans pay the taxes that pay for these programs. WE WANT THEM. Who fucking cares if trump doesn't. WE DO. Politicians have lost their way about who pays their fucking paychecks. WE DO and we need to keep reminding them when they forget. 😠

He wants our tax dollars to pay a billion for his “free” plane but let’s take away Medicaid and SNAP for the poor. F*ck yourselves

Trump's medical? Covered by tax dollars Senators? Theirs too Congress? Every last one of them. Military? Completely covered. Why the *Fuck* isn't everyone else covered? Why is the US the only industrialized nation that doesn't provide it's citizens healthcare? Why is it so expensive?

Because we provide it to the world .....what in the blue eff do you think Maga has been complaining about

In the US, profit margin dictates all. Politicians, big pharma, insurance companies control the prices of everything, especially our health.

Oh, right - because of the shareholders. Insurance is a racket, and medicine shouldn't be for Profit.

Wife's a nurse and the insurance bullshit she sees on a daily basis is astounding. No. It's disgusting and shameful. People having procedures approved by doctors, but denied by some rando office worker is insane to me. If the doc says it's needed, then it's needed! Period! Insurance is a racket!!

“GOP counterparts”? I hesitate to use a term which implies they are anywhere near to being her intellectual equals.

Hell yes, AOC. Do not give these cowards an INCH, because they barely already have one in their pants.

A more insure male than a trumper does not exist.

You do not need to report what GOP sheep say.

She should find a lawyer, she made a physical threat and posted it online Maybe you should report on that politico instead of killing baby's

Looks like you're low on sentence structure fluid and your coherent thought meter is on E.

And .....who cares .....

The irony of it all! "They're eating the cats, they're eating the dogs, they're eating thefts"! "Children are pretending to be furry animals at schools and going to the bathroom in litter boxes"! While what is really happening is Rs are planning on KILLING some of us so they can make rich people

even more wealthy! And don't forget that a lot of the people who are supporting the Trump administration are evangelicals. Supposedly, deeply religious people who don't seem to care a crap about women dying from a miscarriage, the elderly poor being starved, or families losing food assistance.

I have little tolerance for the evangelical’s hypocrisy

Evangenitals…their main focus.

😂 My name’s not Evan so hopefully I’m in the clear

Those people aren’t actually religious, but they use it as both a shield and a cudgel to suppress anyone who doesn’t share their white nationalist worldview. They hide behind their supposed faith, as do ALL religious fanatics, in an effort to wield power and control, since who can argue with God?

And she should keep going!

Say goodbye to rural hospitals and elderly in assisted care facilities. Remember Sarah Palin lying about Democrats pushing Grandma under the bus? The Republicans are going to make Grandma with Alzheimer's homeless. Push her off the cliff. Mainly MAGA states. Dark blue = more than 25%

And the “Death Panels” the Republicans were accusing the Democrats of creating with the ACA.

Exactly.

Note: if your backwoods red state doesn't recognize a miscarriage as being postpartum care, you're going to have to work for your Healthcare. Even if you can't work. Sorry, go find bootstraps.

“I’m talking to you because I work for you.” Nothing more needs to be said. Rock on AOC 🤙

I live in Indiana, where a woman must be dying to receive an abortion. AOC can tell those men anything she likes. None of them will be turned away from medical care because they aren't dying.

Sounds like he apologized and she accepted it .

This framing. Sheesh

LOVE YOU, AOC!!! And Rep. Yvette Clarke!! Thank you both. You restore dignity & faith in the US gov't. 💙💙💙

This is a poorly written article with an intentionally shit headline. @Politico.com consider this alternative: "Democratic lawmaker eviscerates GOP man-baby whose attempts to silence her fall flat."

Men are too squeamish to even comment on this topic. They haven't got a clue what goes on in womens' bodies. SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!

All fascist regimes are built on macho posturing and raw unfiltered sexism. Trump and his nonsense are no exception. AOC remains a force that these fossils cannot handle.

Little girl, you look where I tell you to look while I try to control other women seeking medical care.

This appears to be one more example of how some folks think they get to control women’s bodies. It’s incredibly disrespectful. I’m surprised they didn’t tell her to smile.

Get a life

Fuck the GOP pigs

Why haven’t the Dems put forward an alt budget plan to counter the Repub plan to cut social/vet safety net, give tax cuts to wealthy, blowup deficit, etc,? Use the alt plan to highlight onerous aspects of Rep plan and value of their own. Use it as common platform to campaign nationally and locally.

#MAGA PedoCon Randy Weber is another Muskrat Afrikaner that got in to office off of gerrymandered Republican voting districts. Of course he also criticized the black guy in the tan suit 🙄 www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-po...

AOC has proven to have bigger balls than every Republican and most Dems.

She IS a Dem

Umm...OK, if you say so , But she did admit to beingna democratic socialist

Umm...OK, And which party do the Democratic socialist caucus with?

That depends on who you ask . Currently, the dnc does not can't caucas with them , Right now, the democratic party is hurting badly due to my last few years of going all out on illegal immigration, abortion and woke lgbt stuff Considering aoc might have to go to jail over physical threats

You've got to be a Republican troll. In your last reply you said "Considering aoc might have to go to jail over physical threats." Name one such threat.

Yes, she's a Dem. Was it that she fights for healthcare, voting rights, etc. that gave her away?

If you like AOC, maybe work on branding her as the rule rather than the exception. We have to be clear about our expectations for the party from within rather than distancing ourselves and expecting them to do what we want.

She IS the exception, and that's important because that understanding is something you need to actually get rid of the people she's an exception FROM

If she's always the exception then she will never be the rule.

No, if she's the exception she highlights the need for a new rule by pointing out the flaw in the old one

Self inflicted divide and conquer. Great strategy.

Well we don't have any choice. The Democrats need to change, and if you still want to believe in the Democratic Party, you need to force that change through whatever means you can.

Democrats change for Democrats. They will not change because some other constituency walks into their tent and yells really loudly.

Agree, but we also can’t afford to not be critical of those who we support. The one thing that I hope that dems can achieve out of the 2024 loss is that the party elites like Schumer and Pelosi will get voted out. I saw some progress on that a few months ago with Dems protesting now not so much.

Why should I or anybody else give a shit about the rancid opinions of the Energy and Commerce Committee? What exactly is their relevance on this subject? And furthermore, why should I or anybody else give a shit about male GOP opinions on the matter? GOP are the party of braindead toddlers.

How did I know EXACTLY what Randy Weber looked like before even looking him up? Dude looks like he thinks that miscarriages happen because a woman "wasn't pious enough" and shouldn't hold a seat higher than the assistant to the assistant mayor of his town.

"I will not yield to disrespectful men." That's the way to put these addle-brained GOP thugs on notice. Well done!

Bring It!💪

Zero credit for “apologizing” in private, hours after attacking in public!

Have the GOP counterparts looked at everything Trump has done since taking office. We are at the “taking bribes in the open” part of the Presidency. And it only took us 3 1/2 months to get there. @politico.com

Bring it! #RESIST! #PROTEST! #3.5%RULE!!!

Republican Congress is hard at work trying to pass bills to TAKE Medicaid healthcare FROM their constituents, but they want this to be their secret. Wake up MAGA. They're coming for you too. They don't care if you voted for them. They'd rather screw you than deal with the wrath of the billionaires

Let’s regulate the penis🤔🤔See how they like it 😃😃

Politico is shit

They don’t want her speaking to the camera bc they don’t want the public to know what they are trying to do. Hence the personal attacks.

Gaslighting AOC now??? Dumb Fuck!

Maaaaan f that guy

@aoc.bsky.social What an actress. She’ll work “tirelessly”, and then lie to your face. Wake up people! Stop giving these classless, soulless hucksters a pass.

She is gracious. Love her, more class in her little finger than any of those Republican men combined.

Male counterparts should stay in their lane.

When an influencer becomes a politician you get AOC.

She wasn't an influencer before becoming a politician. Think before you speak (or type).

Yeah I know, she was a bartender. I’m saying she’s an influencer pretending to be a politician.

She was also a campaign worker and highly active in her community. And given that she is literally a politician holding office, doesn't sound like she's doing much pretending. You should try out that whole "thinking before you speak" thing I mentioned before. Might do you some good.

Is Donald Trump an autocrat?

Can’t answer the question?

Sorry I thought we had moved on to posting non sequiturs.

What do you think constitutes someone being a politician? Working as a bartender isn’t an identity, it is a job that many people have worked for income at some point in their lives. She is an elected official, voted in by her constituents. Weird take.

yeah a politician would be an elected representative. I was making a joke that she likes to virtue signal more than anything.

Not bringing your best are you? You should probably move on and signal *your* virtue elsewhere.

Yeah I should go pretend to cry at an ice facility with my fanciest shoes on.

It would be more productive than whatever this is.

👍👍❣️

Eat shit politico

“Fiery exchange” Republican men were disrespectful, vile and rude to AOC, who was standing up for pregnant women I heard it with my own ears

What a bunch of bossy-ass men

AOC is an asset to democracy. Atta girl!

Listening to GOP speak has been a headache, 8+ hours of them attempting to justify a poorly-written-vague-policy that effectively guts medical for millions. Mind you these politicians are paid from American tax dollars while many of which their districts are in majority, on Medicaid!

Shouldn’t all those Republicans insisting on work requirements for the poor be required to actually work themselves?

Wouldn’t be easier to just tax the rich to pay for Medicare/Medicaid?

Yes!

Women from 15 to 45. 247 Still Births recorded Each Month for the last 19 months. Since the Repeal of Roe V Wade. When Women have the First Child. Men Will have the Second. There Won't Be A Third. It's backwards that the Continental United States of America/trumpieland is Going. 🇮🇪🇪🇺

Weber apologized?? Really?

god help us. haven't we all had enough of the gop?

Wow! That Comer guy is abominably disrespectful.

Watched it, AOC was right and great, and those old males never cared to hear, listen, or learn about “female problems” but they want to be experts now?!! F them!!

Terrible article with absolutely misleading headline? What the hell nonsense is this?

Work requirements for Medicaid are simply a way to get people off the rolls. It is more expensive to monitor people's work, find jobs for them, do job training, for the few who are eligible.

Wait. He apologized, she accepted. That is news. Wouldn’t it be great if that wasn’t shocking.

What's the significance of the 3am thing - or are you just Politico being Politico?

There's no "counterpart" there's corruption and there's non-corruption.

Fascinating that Weber later gave AOC a straightforward, unqualified apology 12 hours later-that she accepted. Highly unusual in this moment.

You're NOT a man if you have opinion on a woman's body ....save to worship it!!

Old white men have no clue how a woman’s body works.

Theyre prolly cynical/paranoid-delusional enough to think miscarriages are planned so that the women who do it should die, lets be real, thats exactly what those undiagnosed republicans are thinking.

America is as Catholic as mom, apple pie and baseball now that we have an American pope

The US is 19% Catholic. I take it you're a convert, the most dangerous kind of Catholic.

The founding fathers were white supremacist slave owners and satanic freemasons. Religion always comes before politics. Theocracy for all religions

No we do not believe in democracy. The constitution was written by white supremacist slave owners and satanic freemasons. Break the country up. Religion always comes before politics

We have an American pope now. He will keep us safe

As a footnote, I actually feel Rep Weber should be an earmarker to men in general on how to respond when fiercely and deservedly corrected. Even if a bit delayed. It takes so little to make right with someone

Hey REPUBLICAN women do NOT have a miscarriage... because if you are in Medicaid... the post-miscarriage care will NOT be covered according to REPUBLICANS!!!

Other than the fact that talking to GOP Committee members is a waste of time; they don't want AOC or other Democrats addressing Independants or the new group of FAFO MAGA victims crowd directly. They want to shield MAGAts from truths and facts. Fuck the RepubliCONs ..

The fiery exchange - in the article - was not about miscarriages, but about a male telling a woman where to look as she’s speaking.

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Imagine a Republican talking about lack of pandering to cameras. The entire administration is from Fox News. Fucking clowns.

the repub men and women need to stfu

A shutdown would be better than that bill passing Congress. Republicans need to stop trying to throw the poor under the bus.

Fuck the GOP those scumbags are trying to remove no fault divorce, screen women for pregnancies as they leave the country. Fuck Them

Republicans are hateful people, period. Every one of them.

Watch what they say and do! Are we winning yet? www.politico.com/live-updates... Randy Weber of Friendswood, Texas asked AOC(Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) to yield her time. “I will not yield because it was a terribly disrespectful comment, and I will not yield to disrespectful men,” she said.

Tax the mf rich!

Bc a male grand ole pussygrabber knows anything about miscarriages

This is the issue I have with AOC…. Every time AOC is attacked by someone on the Republican side, somebody always comes to her defense. If she was the strong woman she would defend herself or just realize this is politics. AOC been in Congress since 2018. AOC- Grow up.🙄

Karen, you just showed that you have no friends or you'd know the meaning of people supporting you + how helpful and empowering that is.

AOC doesn’t need your support or anybody support. She didn’t get to her position in Congress by being nice. Also, I’m not a Karen because I’m giving my opinion on somebody like AOC. This kind of talk is why Democrats lose and why nobody likes the progressives, and it needs to stop.

oh sorry people shouldn’t stand up for other people? get a grip. your backwards thinking is why this country is in decline.

Empathy is a disease according to some.

It’s politics. AOC is not your or her supporters girlfriend to hang out with on the weekends. She’s a politician. The Democrats and Republicans are always shitting on each other in Congress. It’s part of the politics game. People don’t need to always come to her defense all the time.

are you just upset because nobody cares to defend you because you’re a cantankerous person? let people defend who they like. AOC didn’t ask to be defended. there are reasons to not like AOC, but being liked enough by her colleagues to be defended by them is not one.

She was told to “look where she was told to look” by a republican member of congress, while he’s making decisions about women having access to medical care after a miscarriage. Had I been there I would have felt compelled to tell him to stay in his lane as well because he needs to learn manners.

TRUMP'S GOAL IS CRUELTY TRUMP'S TOOL - STEPHEN MILLER NOBODY IN THE 21ST CENTURY IS MORE A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE 20TH CENTURY MONSTER, JOSEPH GOEBBELS THAN AMERICA'S CURRENT MONSTER STEPHEN MILLER Worst of all, Marco Rubio. He sold his soul to the devil. A sniveling coward. RESIST RESIST RESIST

She speaks poniards.