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?

    • RedEye FlightControl
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      439 months ago

      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
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        139 months 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
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      169 months ago

      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
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        159 months 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.