NonIdentifiableUser t1_j141ezi wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:50 PM

Bro I don’t want to hear a peep about leadership from a place that hosted Trump in 2016, supported his re-election, and overall supports a political party that didn’t even put forward a platform at the last RNC.

JWHISKY707 t1_j148x9c wrote on December 21, 2022 at 3:41 PM

Cause what. Philly is the meca of quality leadership and morals? Philly is corruption, bribe and money funneling free since forever.

So blinded by random party lines hate.

NonIdentifiableUser t1_j14b7rn wrote on December 21, 2022 at 3:56 PM

That’s not the point. Philly is a mess of poor leadership, but the GOP, and by extension, its supporters in the Union League are somehow even worse. They are complicit in behavior that is decidedly anti-democratic such as the Merrick Garland nomination at the end of Obama’s presidency, and of course, the response of the party to January 6th. They have no moral high ground to try and lecture anyone on how bad cities and the (mostly) Democrat leaders are.

JWHISKY707 t1_j14h8hs wrote on December 21, 2022 at 4:36 PM

The Merrick Garland nomination was nothing outside the powers bestowed.

Just cause a president nominates someone doesn't mean they get a automatic in. Senators wield the power.

You might need a refresher.

Its hilarious you say that in the face of administration that is currently trying to push the boundaries of what the executive is allowed to do. While using its offices FDA, EPA, HHS, Etc. to enact laws and polices without the power of congress.

Biden knows before hand that stuff wont hold up in court but does it anyways to buy months on months then hose it up longer.

He does it cause the media and his party like the policies so the blowback is minimal on his side.

NonIdentifiableUser t1_j15opid wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:17 PM

The GOP created a “rule” and then completely ignored it so they were able to stack the court with conservative judges sympathetic to their agenda that also don’t even bother to hide their corruption. Totally unprecedented and totally antithetical to democracy. Executive branch power grabs are a problem but not exclusive to this administration and certainly not the same as the “win at all costs” motto of the current GOP. It’s no wonder we’re slowly backsliding into authoritarianism when half the county defends this bullshit.

LiveFirstDieLater t1_j15o2wh wrote on December 21, 2022 at 9:13 PM

When did the senate vote on Merrick Garland?

Refusing to hold hearings for almost 300 days is the definition of corruption

jbphilly t1_j1413l3 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:48 PM

>The Republican party is made of a lot of different wings.

And all of them happily fall in line behind fascists.

>The UL is more akin to fiscal conservative/constitutionalist type.

Yes, supporting the guy who spent four years shitting on the Constitution and tried to do a coup, very constitutionalist, much rule of law, wow.

>If Trump is running the Union league will side with his primary opponent.

And if (when) he wins the primary, they will go back to tacitly supporting him, just like they did before.

JWHISKY707 t1_j1494ja wrote on December 21, 2022 at 3:43 PM

Didnt they host him in like 2016 right as he was elected and not a peep since?

[deleted] t1_j14qo7t wrote on December 21, 2022 at 5:36 PM

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jbphilly t1_j14cemj wrote on December 21, 2022 at 4:04 PM

How many of them did anything whatsoever to push back against him? Did the organization do anything at all to speak out against his corruption, racism, or authoritarianism? Did they stop supporting the party that he became the absolute leader of?

I'm gonna bet they didn't. Plus, just recently they did some event dickriding Desantis, who is every bit as bad and un-American as Trump.

[deleted] t1_j15h1a5 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 8:27 PM