Thank God! Let’s get in someone that will fight for the people. Let’s pass universal healthcare, 6 months paternity and maternity leave, childcare, etc

  • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
    212·
    3 days ago

    She was a good Speaker of the House during her tenure, and she terrified the Republican caucus. Many thanks to her for that!

    Maybe she stayed a little too long. She, and RBG, and Biden and so many more old-school Democrats that just couldn’t let go when they should have. So many people will be remembered not for the things they accomplished, but for enabling the chaos that came after them because they were not willing to let go of power.

    Tolkien was onto something with the rings of power. Humans can’t let go of it.

    • LoveTrumpsHate@lemmy.worldOP
      141·
      3 days ago

      She was certainly better than Mitch McConnell, but in addition to being there too long, she enriched herself by hundreds of millions of dollars with insider trading - making her corrupt like Donald Trump, he is just doing it more by several orders of magnitude.

      Also, she could have pushed for more progressive reforms, but she didn’t, she was/is a corporate Democrat. She knew who she was accepting donations from.

    • Rhurruck@piefed.socialEnglish
      81·
      3 days ago

      There is more to it than that. Her current net worth is $246 million. In 2021 it was $120 million. In 1987 she was worth $3m. Her stock returns put hedge funds to shame. I don’t see how that can be anything other than corruption.