AOC Warns GOP Over Trump Bill: 'When This Country Wakes Up ... There Will Be Consequences'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Huff Post

May 22, 2025, 05:19 AM EDT


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) issued a fiery rebuke on the House floor on Wednesday night as she slammed GOP attempts to push through President Donald Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” that she warned will strip health care coverage from 13.7 million Americans.

“Republicans are going to try to tell you every distraction in the book from that essential number,” she warned during an at-times heated debate, saying the legislation had only been put together “in a matter of hours on the back of a napkin.”

“For my Republican colleagues who are sure what is in and not in this bill, in this process that has been this rushed, when you wake up this morning, you will realize that you voted to defund Planned Parenthood and to take away health care from 13.7 million Americans,” she said.

The Democratic lawmaker ― one of many to slam the bill during a House debate ― also warned of how the result will play out in the real world. “When this country wakes up in the morning, there will be consequences to pay for this,” she said.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-warning-trump-bill_n_682edd7ae4b05418243c316a

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Shyster RepubliCONs are trying to make worst economic provisions kick in after Midterms

They want the Executive branch "Ignore the Judiciary" provision immediate.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. My GA cousin just texted the below this morning

20 parks to close on Lake Lanier

By Tom Regan, WSB-TV
May 20, 2025 at 5:37 pm EDT


FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which manages Lake Lanier, tells Channel 2 Action News that it is planning to close more than 20 lakeside parks due to government budget cuts. “I hate to hear that they’re closing them. Sorry to hear that,” said boater John Howkins.

Lake Lanier has 76 recreational areas. The US Army Corps of Engineers operates 37 parks and campgrounds, 10 marinas, and Lake Lanier Islands. It leases out 40 parks and campgrounds to local governments and other organizations.

It isn’t yet known if the parks slated for closure are Corps-operated or leased, and if there is a timeline for closings.

“We really like coming to Lake Lanier. We love exploring the parks and hanging out. It’s a beautiful area. The closing of parks really does bother me, because a lot of people enjoy these parks. They really like coming out here. It’s a great place for kids to come out and play, too,” said visitor Billy Brown.

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She said many of these areas are along the lake that is partly located in 45-land and the people there ain't gonna like this!

[CousinIT]

2. Well, I've been trying to get to wake the eff up for 40 YEARS.

So there's that.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Sadly, AOC, if the press doesn't take a proactive stance, the public won't wake up until the bill starts having

its effect, and unless I read wrong, that won't happen until the next term.

[berksdem]

4. Sadly,

there will never be a time when the country "wakes up."

[Irish_Dem]

6. As long as the GOP owns the libs, the MAGA cult doesn't care what the hell they do.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. That's basically it

You see that in the interviews with them. They don't care about "economics" - they demand that we "wait and give him some time" and other nonsense. But they are just ecstatic about people being terrorized, rounded up, and shipped out.

[Irish_Dem]

8. The more cruelty is displayed the more they like it.

Sick Fucks.

[Zorro]

15. IMO many MAGAts are of the "have-not" community

They see others around them prospering, but not them -- perhaps because of a lack of skills, education, opportunities, or some combination of these elements.

So they blame their situation on those others, believing that their prosperity is based on receiving perceived government grants and benefits they are denied because they are not of a preferred ethnicity or class.

This only contributes to their grievances, which are amplified by Fox News, conservative media, and from the pulpit. Thus they are prone to support eliminating government programs that provide relief, because that will bring the others down to their level of poverty.

IMO ignorance, racism, and jealousy are the root causes of their disfunction and their "own the libs" mentality.

[NoMoreRepugs]

9. It's all about hurting 'them' - whoever the fuck they THINK 'them' is - not realizing they are THEM.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. If, not when

I'm increasingly pessimistic.

[DetlefK]

11. Nope. MAGA don't care about people dying and suffering:

During the 2008 presidential campaign, John McCain gave a campaign-speech and tried to present his vision of making healthcare affordable. He invented a hypothetical to make his point: A young, single man, who has no health-insurance and who suddenly gets very sick.

When the republican crowd heard that we have to pool our ressources together and together carry the financial burden of healthcare (as insurances do), the crowd erupted in shouts of: "LET HIM DIE!"



Unless it hits them personally, MAGAs absolutely DO NOT CARE. The world could go to hell and they 100% wouldn't mind as long as they got their's.

[Ponietz]

14. 90 million non voters also DO NOT CARE

It’s a wonder any Democratic initiatives survived after such prolonged ignorance and apathy.

[thesquanderer]

16. Close, but not exactly what happened...

from https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/19/republican-debate-audience-controversy

at a debate organised by the Tea Party and CNN, anchor Wolf Blitzer asked a hypothetical question about whether an uninsured person in a coma should be allowed to die. "Are you saying society should just let him die?" Blitzer asked. "Yes", came shouts from the audience

[angrychair]

12. This is wishful thinking

When This Country Wakes Up

This is never going to happen. I'm genuinely starting to worry the fight might be over.
This belief that Americans are fighters or warriors for democracy or manifest destiny is a lie. That has never been the case. By in large we owe our democracy, our freedoms, our Constitution, to a very small percentage of the US population. Everyone else, especially in the last 100 years, has largely escaped any real hard choices. Especially white people that have lived a life of privilege as they actively undermined and oppressed people of color, women and the LGBTQ+

[Ponietz]

13. 90 million ignorant and apathetic people didn't give a fuck and stayed home on election day

That’s why the Democratic Party remains in the center — we can’t count on them.

We’ll see if and when the frogs in the pot ever realize their predicament.

[thesquanderer]

17. re: "'When This Country Wakes Up ... There Will Be Consequences'" - and I look forward to it. It's not impossible...

A bunch of comments say people will never wake up, but while I think the 30-something percent MAGA faithful won't, I am hopeful we can get enough of the less extreme Trump voters. Remember, he got almost 50% of the votes even though only about a third of the country are strongly behind him. The difference between those numbers could be largely gettable.

So I hope she's right.