• defunct_punk@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Ain’t it something how seemingly every Dem in power grew a spine the second after they handed Trump the White House?

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      5 days ago

      Who grew a spine?

      Cory Booker’s long speech?

      What I think is funny is that the dems tried hard with good policies and overwhelmingly got voted out and no people are wondering why they aren’t doing anything.

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        Exactly.

        The senate is particularly bad. Schumer is basically MIA and is effectively rolling over because thinks letting republicans get everything they want somehow looks good for him.

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          They don’t have the votes in the senate either so I’m guessing the strategy is let the GOP do what they want until midterms and point out how bad things are getting for the average American at that point.

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            They don’t have the votes to pass a law, they do have the votes to stop laws from being passed. Further, the Republicans just killed a rule that allows 30 senators to block all bills by challenging executive decisions. The Republicans killed the rule to roll back a Biden admin decision to allow California stricter emission standards. Every challenge requires a mandatory 10h of debate. There are about 100 years worth of Trump admin decisions Dems can challenge to block the upcoming budget bill.

            Will they do that? Probably not, because they rolled over on the CR when they could have easily filibustered it.

            And yes, Schumer knows about this, he wrote an open letter warning Republicans not kill the rule.

            This is what I hate about the Democrats. They’ll happily roll over, yet I guarantee you the Republicans will abuse the hell out of this rule if a Dem president gets into office.

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        5 days ago

        They did a shit job of explaining their good policies in soundbites people could understand.

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      Yeah no shit.

      Oh, should we bully the Nazis now?

      Pity we wasted four years NOT throwing Cheetolini in prison where he belongs, before he was able to do all the damage he has done.

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        5 days ago

        Right?

        “THE MIGRANTS ARE POISONING THE BLOOD OF AMERICA

        “Erm, anyone else think these guys are wEiRd???” 🤓🤓