Nancy Pelosi
Sit or stand but we cannot be silent for victims of gun violence - we need to take action. #NoBillNoBreak
Glenn Greenwald made a solid point.
Glenn Greenwald
Of all things Dems could've but didn't do a sit-in for (end Iraq War, punish Wall St & torturers), they choose this:
The sit-in was for a racist watch list.
That is nothing on Democrat should have gotten behind.
Others pointed out that the House Dems were doing a sit-in for this when they had avoided sitting in on so many issues.
- #DemsNeverSat against Israel's 2014 Gaza slaughter. @SenWarren, @alfranken and @SenSherrodBrown voted for it. http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/dead_gazans_missing_from_senate_endorsement_of_israeli_invasion_20140720 …
- #DemsNeverSat against systemic disinvestment, poverty, school closures, health care access, etc
- #DemsNeverSat against crimes against humanity. In fact, they championed the weapons sales.
- #DemsNeverSat to protest the most corrupt presidential candidate in US history.
- #DemsNeverSat #NoBillNoBreak Glad ppl r as disgusted w/ @TheDemocrats dog & pony show as I am & see it 4 what it is
- #DemsNeverSat to stop the Iraq War. Or apologized for never trying.
- #DemsNeverSat to stop Hillary making arms deals w/ countries who donated $$$ to her Foundation
- #DemsNeverSat as black children were disproportionately expelled in schools on pipeline 2 prison .@repjohnlewis
- #DemsNeverSat when Flint kids were drinking what looks like sewerage
- #DemsNeverSat for any other cause when it wasn't an election year #NoBillNoBreak
- #DemsNeverSat in protest of the drone war's extrajudicial executions of suspects without due process or a trial. #NoBillNoBreak
- #DemsNeverSat in protest of poverty, the war on drugs, racist policing & mass incarceration of black/brown communities. #NoBillNoBreak
- #DemsNeverSat when someone under FBI investigation ran for president
- #DemsNeverSat against the use of sanctions on Iraq which killed hundreds of thousands of women & children.
- #DemsNeverSat to oppose the terror watch list, which they're pretty much embracing right now.
- #DemsNeverSat to demand a new water system in flint.
- #DemsNeverSat to stop the Obama administration from deporting 2.5+ million people.
- #DemsNeverSat while private prison corporations were cutting backdoor deals with state & municipal govt's encouraging more incarceration.
- #DemsNeverSat for extended unemployment benefits
- #DemsNeverSat against Wall Street bailouts
- #DemsNeverSat while racist police forces were getting surplus military hardware to use in communities of color in the US.
- And for some tough but fair criticism, check out #DemsNeverSat
- #DemsNeverSat while Israel was slaughtering civilians in Gaza. Decided to give them more military aid.
- #DemsNeverSat against the repeal of the Voting Rights Act
- #DemsNeverSat for universal healthcare
- #DemsNeverSat in opposition to NSA collecting data on U.S. citizens and sharing with local law enforcement
- #DemsNeverSat for mandatory paid maternity leave
- #DemsNeverSat to raise the minimum wage
- #DemsNeverSat to stop the War in Iraq
Max Blumenthal 
Anoa J. Changa, Esq. 
Esha 
Mira #BernieOrBust 
#BernieOrBust 
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#BERNIEFACTS 
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Pinko.Snob 
تیاررا 
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Mike Isaacson That's also a valid argument.
Our argument?
Sit-ins are for the powerless.
Sit-ins are for the people.
How dare members of Congress act as though they're powerless when they are most definitely not.
This was a publicity stunt.
Equally true, speak to Medea Benjamin.
Ask her what happens these days when she only raises a sign in a Congressional hearing.
In other words, House Dems won't support the people's right to protest but they will gladly stage a (useless) sit-in on their own.
It's embarrassing.
And shameful when you grasp that Congress has failed to provide proper oversight to the still ongoing Iraq
