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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Blinken is there and doing this because Joe Biden put him in that position explicitly to do this.

He's just as liable as Blinken

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 month ago

I’m ok with both resigning over this.

It's not like Biden ordered Blinken to lie to Congress...

Blinken is in a cabinet position, so that means he was confirmed by the U. S. Senate - he wouldn't be in that position without those votes. Are those Senators just as liable too? I imagine some of them were those who got lied in the face to, to boot.

Biden appointed and trusted the wrong person, sure. He absolutely needs to take responsibility and ask Blinken for his resignation. But equally liable is a bridge too far.

[–] LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He should fucking resign 100% although I have no idea who would replace him in the last 4 months of the administration especially since the secretary of state is a senate approved position.

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He won’t because Joe Biden is complicit & it’s disgustingly obvious. This, “Whaddya gonna do it’s an election year,” charade is ghoulish.

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 month ago

Absolutely ghoulish. Look at the libs coming out to shout "vote!"

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Better Idea: Move his office to Gaza

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump is facing calls to disappear up his own ass but that doesn't mean it'll ever happen.

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The adults in the room are talking about someone who is currently using their position in the government to abed a genocide they knew about. What the fuck does any of that have to do with Trump?

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because under a tRump presidency he would have lied 100x more and moved the White House to Gaza after helping to bulldoze the people.

But hey, be insulting to random people on the the Internet because they don't think the same as you. So strong! So brave!!

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So you're just making things up about Trump to be mad at instead of directing that at the literal guy abeding the genocide because you want to deflect criticism away from the people who are in charge? And you think this is helpful? Do you go into threads about Trump and talk about what Blinken does?