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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-23 days ago Name me a person with the perfect leftist-certified record and background, whose house the Texas House Reps. should stay at. He’s not hiding them in the attic… He, a billionaire hotel heir, put them up in a hotel… To give an analogy What your analogy is missing, is that it would have been more secure to not say where they were… Instead of giving a press conference saying where they were which… Checks notes Is exactly what Pritzker did. Because this was about optics and setting himself up for a 2028 presidential run. If he wants to help, he can redistribute 3 billion in wealth back to the people and still have over 200 million in personal wealth. He ponies up and I’ll shut up. But no billionaire can authentically be on the side of the people.
He’s not hiding them in the attic…
He, a billionaire hotel heir, put them up in a hotel…
What your analogy is missing, is that it would have been more secure to not say where they were…
Instead of giving a press conference saying where they were which…
Checks notes
Is exactly what Pritzker did. Because this was about optics and setting himself up for a 2028 presidential run.
If he wants to help, he can redistribute 3 billion in wealth back to the people and still have over 200 million in personal wealth.
He ponies up and I’ll shut up. But no billionaire can authentically be on the side of the people.