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Other Democrats in the delegation that plan to ditch the speech include Reps. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Robert Garcia, Ami Bera and Dave Min, to name a few.
Although they don’t plan to attend the speech, Kamlager-Dove and Garcia are among the many lawmakers who plan to bring survivors of abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein.
“Mr. Patel, these planes are not yours. They are the property of the U.S. Government and paid for by the American people. You have come to embody the corruption the American people despise,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D, Md.), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D, Calif.) wrote in a Dec. 1 letter.
"These arbitrary tariffs have created chaos for small businesses and caused prices for nearly everything to skyrocket, all while doing next to nothing to protect American workers. They have also been weaponised to torpedo relationships with close US partners like India and Brazil at the literal expense of the American taxpayer,” said Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove, a Democrat.
"I'd tell you to get to work because it's Wednesday but neither of you should have your jobs." - Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
The exchange was between Bondi and California Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove during a Congressional hearing, when Kamlager-Dove raised the issue of the removal of a Department of Justice report on political violence from its website. Bondi inexplicably responded with the claim that Kamlager-Dove should worry about her own problems.
California Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove also took a swipe at the pair on X, suggesting that neither man was at work.
Sydney Kamlager-Dove quoted: "I remember watching Rev. Jackson on TV at the DNC Convention. He was running for President and my grandmother made me listen to his speech. I asked her if he could really win and she said, “No. We are not ready for a Black man as President right now.” She chanted “Run, Jesse, Run!” right after that."
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.) will also be skipping the event, her office said. She attended Trump’s speech in March, but walked out in protest.
“As a girl, I remember watching Rev. Jackson’s speech at the Democratic Convention with my grandmother,” said U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove in a statement to Annenberg Media. Kamlager-Dove is a USC alumna, whose district includes Culver City, Ladera Heights and Century City.
She said that her family felt that Jackson would not win the presidential election because of racial prejudice against Black Americans. However, Kamlager-Dove highlighted that his work was pivotal for young Black Americans, serving as inspiration.
California Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove joins to discuss the Pam Bondi hearings, before Ed Zitron returns to shed light on the world of AI.