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Originally posted by patw:
It makes you wonder who voted for her and why.

No, actually it doesn't, but I understand your point.

This is from Wikipedia, FWIW-

Fernandes Anderson was reelected in November 2023, defeating a challenge by Althea Garrison,[14] a perennial candidate and former officeholder. When the oath of office was being administered collectively to city councilors by Mayor Michelle Wu at the January 1, 2024 inaugural meeting of new council term, Fernandes Anderson failed both to raise her hand and verbally recite the oath.[15] A video showing Fernandes Anderson's failure to perform her oath of office went viral after being posted to the Libs of TikTok account on X, with the account's post including commentary accusing Fernandes of hating the United States. She responded that she had "internalized" the oath with a private prayer, and called commentary on it "anti-immigrant racist vitriol."[16] However, because the Boston City Charter requires that city councilors recite their oath of office in order to serve, Mayor Wu and the city government declared that Anderson's tenure on the council had lapsed and ordered that city council records be amended to discount Fernandes Anderson's vote on the selection of Ruthzee Louijeune as council president, since Fernandes Anderson had not been eligible to cast any council votes (the vote to make Louijeuene city council president had been unanimous, therefore this had no material impact). Fernandes Anderson was allowed to re-assume her office as a city councilor after taking her oath on January 4, 2024.

I'd wager that the vast majority of those who take an oath to protect our Constitution have never read it to begin with.

Protecting and upholding the Constitution is probably antithetical to the worldview of the majority of the sacks of shit on boston’s city council anyway.

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Originally posted by a1abdj:
I'd wager that the vast majority of those who take an oath to protect our Constitution have never read it to begin with.

When I was in my Air National Guard unit, I was frequently requested by the Personnel folks to administer the Oath of Enlistment to new and re-enlisting personnel. After a couple of times, I ordered through the Publication folks a quantity of pocket-size copies of the Constitution. I then handed out to the newly sworn-in their personal copy of the Constitution so that they would know to what they had just sworn. I don’t know if they read it, but they couldn’t say no one told them what was in it.

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Originally posted by 83v45magna:
I can't find anything on this bitch except the original story of her refusal to retake the oath of office.

What happened with this...specimen? Anyone know?

She was elected, then re-elected with 70+% majority of the electorate.
Like AOC, Talib and others, gives you some insight into the constituents of these communities.

All it does is give you an idea of what those who tabulate the vote want to happen.

She's a district councilor, in a predominantly minority district, She defeated an elderly transgender contender. She's anti police, anti prison, She's pro Hamas, and is part of Mayor Wu's Electeds of Color. She despises white males, especially police, firefighters and EMS.

When I was in my Air National Guard unit, I was frequently requested by the Personnel folks to administer the Oath of Enlistment to new and re-enlisting personnel. After a couple of times, I ordered through the Publication folks a quantity of pocket-size copies of the Constitution. I then handed out to the newly sworn-in their personal copy of the Constitution so that they would know to what they had just sworn. I don’t know if they read it, but they couldn’t say no one told them what was in it.[/QUOTE]

What a great thing to do.If this was on paper I'd give you a gold star for it.

A great way to keep one’s name in the news and therefore familiar to her base of supporters at no cost or harm to her. Her “Look at me!” attention-grabber was spectacularly successful, and now we will probably see more of the same in the future by others of her ilk. Anyone whom she would offend by the refusal are undoubtedly those she already hates and who already dislike her—assuming they were even previously aware of who she was.

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Originally posted by 83v45magna:
I can't find anything on this bitch except the original story of her refusal to retake the oath of office.

What happened with this...specimen? Anyone know?

She appears to have taken the oath after saying she wouldn't be in that day. All votes she took until that oath were invalidated.

https://www.heraldpalladium.co...e2-38c4e8eaf9da.html

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
A great way to keep one’s name in the news and therefore familiar to her base of supporters at no cost or harm to her. Her “Look at me!” attention-grabber was spectacularly successful, and now we will probably see more of the same in the future by others of her ilk. Anyone whom she would offend by the refusal are undoubtedly those she already hates and who already dislike her—assuming they were even previously aware of who she was.

You're not wrong, we're living in the age of performative acts and statements, regardless of how outrageous and obtuse are welcomed by a broad media landscape.

It wasn't too long ago where the images from Israel on Oct 7th would've outraged the vast majority of people, today there's a not-so insignificant population group that has attempted to contextualize the barbarity and minimize the cruel inhumanity of that day.

You should have to at least be U.S. born to be in positions of power for the U.S.

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Originally posted by 1s1k:

You should have to at least be U.S. born to be in positions of power for the U.S.

How 'bout children of U.S. military or other U.S. citizens who were born while parents were working or serving out of the country?

Wife and I lived in Barcelona for a year and a half, while I was working on a transfer-of-technology project there. If we had had a kid there, your rule would make him / her ineligible.