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All the newly elected haven't even been sworn in yet and won't be until after New Years. Slow your roll, the R's are still in charge for a few more months.
Sure, happy to wait. But so far Jeffries looks poised to be Speaker, and that's a bad sign we should be agitating about. I don't see any reason to take the pressure off and I certainly don't want to be accussed of being a MAGA plant because I want Democrats to actually deliver on an agenda of real change.
We all want Democrats to deliver, and we absolutely should hold their feet to the fire for every failure to do so. It has to be reasonable criticism though. Right now the Dems couldn't pass a fart. That changes when they actually have the butts in seats to make a difference. Jeffries is a problem, but it looks like Schumer may be replaceable and that's not nothing.
Yes, the comment that started this was, "If Democrats don't stop this [invasion of Cuba], they should never run for anything again." (or something, the comment's behind this pop up editting window.
I think the problem with that criticism isn't that it is criticism. It's obviously phrased as an IF-THEN thing.... my problem with it is it's punishing Democrats for not effectively stopping an authoritarian president on a power congress has spent 50 years abdicating to the executive... that's kinda a high bar. My edit would be "If Democrats don't make significant attempts to stop this ...."
At the same time, I think cutting the military budget to the bone is absolutely the only way they can stop the war in Iran, and you can bet there will emaciated troops on Fox news every day explaining the Democrats are starving them .... but it is what people overwhelmingly voted for, so if you want to stop a war, guys, this is the only way to do it, and that's gonna take some chutzpah.
Fair enough. Although you could also take money from the pentagon, and back-door in a program through a different department to support the soldiers. Maybe send them big checks with "Democrats support the troops" on them.
Good solution!
I'm also kind confused how misappropriation of funds isn't a crime. If Congress explicitly tells you not to do something, and you do it, how is that not breaking the law?
This is what impeachment is for. In fact, impeachment for withholding funds was already successful but the votes weren't there in the Senate for removal the first time round.
The problem is with reps having blind loyalty to a party and not to their oath of upholding the Constitution or providing a check on executive overreach.