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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Oct 15, 2025, 11:20 PM 15 hrs ago

'They need to pick up the phone': AOC, Bernie Sanders on efforts to end the Congress stalemate - CNN



Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized negotiations to end the government shutdown, saying that Republicans “need to pick up a phone.”

“They need to pick up a phone, Katilan. They need to pick up a phone,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a CNN Town Hall on Wednesday, dismissing Speaker Mike Johnson’s argument that Democrats must accept a clean continuing resolution passed by House Republicans last month. - Aired on 10/15/2025.

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'They need to pick up the phone': AOC, Bernie Sanders on efforts to end the Congress stalemate - CNN (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 15 hrs ago OP
Just telling it the way it really is. LilElf70 14 hrs ago #1
I have to agree, they are a great duo, compliment each other Rhiannon12866 14 hrs ago #2
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