According to Wikipedia: “Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in “what about…?”) is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense against the original accusation.”
under Republican leadership the situation would likely be worse
…doesn’t address the original argument.
I think your original comment works to point out that Republicans wouldn’t have a foot to stand on if they were to criticise Democrats for being pro-genocide, but it’s not a proper defence of Democrats being pro-genocide or hypocritical.
According to Wikipedia: “Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in “what about…?”) is a pejorative for the strategy of responding to an accusation with a counter-accusation instead of a defense against the original accusation.”
…doesn’t address the original argument.
I think your original comment works to point out that Republicans wouldn’t have a foot to stand on if they were to criticise Democrats for being pro-genocide, but it’s not a proper defence of Democrats being pro-genocide or hypocritical.
It wasn’t meant as a defense of Democrats, but rather to show that it is a US government problem. Singling out Democrats is disingenuous.