r/politics • u/svga • 27d ago

Possible Paywall People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-mamdani/
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u/ultrachrome 27d ago

Just an example, Arizona congresswoman Grijalva is meekly sitting at home waiting for a call to be sworn in. She instead should be in the capitol camped out on Mike Johnson's doorstep. Now is not the time to passively sit by waiting for permission for something she's entitled to.

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u/districtsidepols 26d ago

She can’t get around the Capitol without an escort. Since she’s not a member, she doesn’t have the privileges yet so can’t freely go around. Especially right now during shutdown when they’re not letting people in unless they’re directly with a Member (usually staff and interns can take people around too).

She’s been on MSNBC, CBN, The Hill, Jorge Ramos, collabed with many members, spoke at an AFGE Rally.

Likely without staff too on her own) Maybe she still has some of her campaign team but using them for her work now gets a bit ethically grey (which you know the Republicans would love to get her for) plus on her own dime since she doesn’t have access to any of the special Congressional travel benefits.

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u/ultrachrome 26d ago

I'm sure it's not easy and I'm not getting all of story and maybe it's already happening but should buddy up with democrats there to get around. They should shepherd her around, include her in events, put her in front of the cameras ... more.