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I'm not from California, so I don't know much about her; but this genuinely surprised me, especially how vicious and vitriolic the comments were. What's going on there?

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[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 57 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not just mean. Dismissive, rude, condescending. It is disgusting that a politician can do this to a bunch of kids looking to brighten their future. Disgusting. You could just see the hope disappear from those kids' eyes.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Seriously, all she had to do was make a bunch of supportive noises, pose for some pictures and then have her staff usher them out - she went out of her way to shit all over those kids and the adults/teens that were with them, with her only real argument being "fuck you - I'm a politician, i don't have to do shit you say"

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah her asshole reaction to those awesome kids was truly awful. I already had problems with her stance on a number of other issues (domestic surveillance, for example), but the way she treated those kids made me lose all respect for her.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

To be fair, her reaction might have been early dementia.

To be completely fair, if you have early dementia you shouldn't be a Senator.

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