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In reply to the discussion: Please stop with the cult of personality. [View all]Bettie
(16,773 posts)but he was a senator willing to stand up for the people. Not the corporate persons, but the actual human people.
He has been a thorn in the side of the Republicans, in a way none of the others have been.
If I thought that someone else would take up, say, the fight for net neutrality, I'd feel less awful about him being gone, but they won't.
We lost a fighter, which our side sorely needs.
Gillibrand? She's making a political point and only went after Trump when public opinion turned in a way she clearly did not expect.
So, we lose a strong, smart senator who was willing to ask hard questions and then to push against the other side. One of very few who make waves. That is a big loss.
And 99% of us who are angry have said that if she were the nominee for president, we'd fucking vote for her, so what is the issue here? Why do we need to somehow worship HER for taking out a strong voice on our side?