New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim announced Saturday that he’ll run next year against Sen. Bob Menendez in the wake of the senator’s indictment and refusal to step down.
“After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said ‘I am not going anywhere.’ As a result, I feel compelled to run against him. Not something I expected to do, but NJ deserves better. We cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity,” Kim posted on X, the platform previously known as Twitter.
Kim has been representing New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes suburbs east of Trenton, since 2019. He won reelection last November by more than 10 percentage points.
Oh I addressed what you said. You just didn’t hear me. Dems are “better” at addressing issues, see Nancy Pelosi first reaction at calling for politicians to halt insider trading, Joe Manchin boarding his “boat” to evade constituents wanting answers, Sinema, rotating villains, Overton windows, etc ad nauseum. This is late stage capitalism, end-stage climate catastrophe. I’m just old and jaded, stuck in the dead and glorified confederacy,. but you do you. I don’t think either of us are arguing in “bad faith,” but you’re entitled to your prerogative.
That in no way addresses my claim. I heard you. You’re not arguing in good faith. I made the objective true statement that despite still being problematic and flawed. Democrats actually do handle this on the whole better. I did not say they are blameless perfect or always right. To which you got offended. Because you are not actually participating in any good faith debate.
If Republicans do 100 corrupt things before lunch and no one gets punished by their fellow Republicans for it. And Democrats do 100 corrupt things before lunch. And only one Democrat is held responsible by other Democrats for it. They are objectively better. Not by much. But it is a factual statement. You are claiming the existence of any corruption negates ever having a possibility of being better in any way. Which is a non sequitur.
What? And you accuse me of projection? You’re projecting, fancying yourself a mind reader, and don’t see it like I do. I said what I said, no more, no less, so let me put it in simplest terms: both parties are screwing us. Idk how long you’ve been following politics, and I’m not claiming to be omniscient either, but just because one party is objectively gentler doesn’t mean they are noble or don’t come riddled with disease.