• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I hear ya. I think people keep latching onto him because of the 9/11 firefighters thing. I’m aware that as far as Jon is concerned, he didn’t do shit, and I understand why he feels that way. I also understand that to a large number of people, it very much looked like he showed up, yelled at Congress for a few days, and got them to actually pass the first bill, to help the people, that we have seen them pass in decades.

    • shawn1122@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      The 9/11 firefighters bill is evidence that Jon doesn’t have the stomach for day to day politics. He handled it well but he has spoken repeatedly on how frustrating the experience was. I doubt that, at this stage in his career, he’d want to do that everyday.