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Dems fucking caved. FOR NOTHING. Stupid motherfuckers.
Eight did. The rest seem to be a furious as we are.
No, those are the eight scapegoats who have a full four years before they have to run for re-election, meaning they can wait for this to blow over. The party leadership wanted this, but they didn’t want to be seen voting for it because they know it’s wildly unpopular. There’s a reason those 8 were the ones who voted yes; None of them are up for reelection any time soon. They had a back room meeting and were promised some future concession in return for taking the fall for this. No more, no less.
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The DNC betrayed the american people as far as I can tell.
"seem to be" is right.
But they're not.
Apparently Chuck Schumer already knew those 8 Dems will cross the aisle.
Yeah. That "seem" is doing some heavy lifting.
Stop it! They always do this, they always have just enough traitors to take the blame, and everyone else is furious. Not furious enough to do anything about it, not furious enough to keep talking about it, just furious enough until next week and then they'll be buddies again. The party uses you as rhetoric and tells you they're fighting on your behalf, but it's always the party that let's you down.
They are not stupid. The Dem leadership accomplishes every task they set out to.