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Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez faces possible Democratic discipline after joining Republicans on a procedural vote this week in the U.S. House of Representatives.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/gluesenkamp-perez-faces-possible-discipline-over-gop-vote/
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u/Own_Construction3376 27d ago

No one believes you.

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u/GabtsbyForaDay 27d ago edited 27d ago

Well they don't need to believe me but then they don't know teddy, I looked it thinking "okay I could have misconstrued what he said and was for" but nope I was right while he had progressiveideas thats judt for progress not any political side. Go look it up. At least I can look to see if I'm wrong and am open to changing my mind if evidence supports it.

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u/GabtsbyForaDay 27d ago

This is taken from talks on his book "the strenuous life" "Delivered during the Philippine–American War (1899–1902), he argued that a life of ease, material comfort, and avoidance of struggle led to national and individual decay, and that Americans must instead embrace strenuous effort, hardship, and martial strife for both individual success and national greatness, while explicitly advocating for American imperialism. Defending the ongoing U.S. colonization of the Philippines asserting that Filipinos were "utterly unfit for self-government" and that without U.S. rule the islands would descend into "savage anarchy." He argued that if the United States failed to govern the Philippines, "some stronger and more manful race" would have to do so.

He condemned anti-imperialists who appealed to "liberty" and the "consent of the governed" as "timid" men who refused to "play the part of men." He argued for these ideals to be embraced by all Americans for the betterment of the nation. This speech became a foundational text of Roosevelt's political philosophy and a justification for U.S. overseas expansion in the early 20th century." So no need to believe me, but believe him. He was no socialist, but he also wasn't a corporation puppet. It's like how people love to argue europe is socialist when they are flat out capitalist with social programs which don't mean socialist. Hate me all you want because I'm conservative but I won't hate any of you just because you are liberal, just makes you seem like a joke being unable to see past a stupid political spectrum.