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ELI5: so what exactly does Dems taking control of the senate and house entail? (piefed.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by nerdschleife@piefed.zip to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world

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Not american, wanted to know what exactly the dems can now do that they couldn't before. What does this mean for the supreme court, and what does it mean for the next presidential elections?

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[–] the_artic_one@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You have to remember that Trump is not actually that ideologically aligned with the Republican party and has no loyalty to anyone but himself. If they can convince him that progressive legislation makes him look good, he'll happily sign it and crow about how it was his idea in the first place.

Trump wants to be on the winning side, the Republicans losing means that he'll throw them under the bus to save his ego. You can see this in the way he's already shit-talking the candidates he campaigned for now that they've lost.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

I mean he has already thrown the republicans under the bus for the election results and complimented the democrats for doing a good job. this is after him constantly saying he was on the ballot.