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ROFL Democrats are pretty useless these days...I've been calling my representatives, sending letters, and generally being more politically involved to make sure this terrible reconciliation bill dies in a fire. I hope to oust the republicans who represent Kansas too. They are so cursed and incompetent, spineless and weak in the face of donor daddies telling them what to do.
They're not useless. They're complicit.
Yeah, they are enabling this hostile takeover of government by not actively fighting against it. Even voting yes for some harmful legislation as the good little accelerationists they are, for donor daddies whispering in their ears.
You clearly don’t read congress.gov or watch CSPAN. First, they have no power due to minority. Secondly, they cannot filibuster a reconciliation bill. All they can do is debate provisions and propose amendments. That’s it.
They debated every provision, line-by-line, over four 24+ hour oversight committee hearings. Then Schumer forced the Republicans to read the entire reconciliation aloud over 12 hours. Then they held a record 23-hour amendment “vote-a-rama” to try to limit the provisions.
This is how it went: https://files.catbox.moe/1lwoem.mp4
First, they have no power due to minority.
They can filibuster. They could have forced a shutdown. They can abuse reconciliation. They can bully their opponents when they have power. They Congress and the presidency for two years and all they did was sit buy while people got poorer and angrier.
It's time to stop making excuses. I want to see a Dem whose willing to talk for two days and piss their pants in order to stop fascism.
I'd be more impressed with him if he tripped on the Senate floor and accidentally gave Ted Cruz a black eye by landing on him.
That's just about as close to doing nothing as you can get to doing nothing.
I'm amazed he was capable of even that.
Now trump's just gonna say it's Schumers bill...fucking may a's well be
Edit: goddamn auto correct
Call it what it is: the Onerous Bloated Billionaire Boondoggle.
Then insert "no" and "not" strategically throughout in order to bring to an end the tax cuts for the grotesquely wealthy (you can leave the ones for ordinary people) and continue funding essential services.
And insert the requirement that any military or police or patrol force receiving government funds must be fully identifiable while conducting arrest/capture operations.
Omfg this is real isn't it
Jesus wept
Not only is it real, I saw a video that his team cut together of the moment like it was a damn Play of the Game highlight of him "owning" the Republicans. Words cannot express the depths of my hatred for Democratic leadership at this moment. This bill is going to be one of if not the most catastrophic pieces of legislation ever passed and THIS is all their so-called "resistance" amounts to?
I hate them and their strategy of "Do nothing, give the Republicans enough rope to hang themselves, then make it the responsibility of the voters to get rid of them so they don't have to promise anything or stand for anything." They gave 'em though rope alright, except they're not hanging themselves, they're diving off a cliff and the rope is tied around our waists too.
Thanks, Chuck! I'll totally send you three dollars because of this great victory.
Trusting democrats to do anything helpful is like trusting Vichy France to do something to stop the Nazis. Collaborators only put up token resistance to act as if they are on your side, when really they are all in for the fascists.
its called virtue signalling or half-assing, they know it already has happen and pretend to act as they are against it. its the same thing murwoski did, voting for bbb while telling the house not to vote for hit.
So uh... what's its name now?