He invokes unanimous consent regularly. Of course you don’t know because there hasn’t been a crisis worth exiting the procedures of the Capitol to leverage oligarchs and tyrants since last century. Folks like Schumer are too constrained by their donors to do anything out of the ordinary - boycotts
And define 'regularly'.
Regular business in the Senate runs through unanimous consent as opposed to historic procedure because Senators want it to move quickly without debate. It's a cop out.
If Dems try and blanket block unanimous consent, Senate Republicans will ditch it. Maybe that's no bad thing, but it does mean that it's not a tactic that can be used unrestrictedly.
So make them do it
“democrats cant use this procedural rule to block republicans bc then the republicans will get rid of the rule” so make them get rid of it. make them muck around with procedural rules. it will slow things down even more.
This argument is used to block Democratic action ad nauseam It's time to stop playing by a rulebook that the other side does not follow. We have vast disagreements about the direction of our party. You are full of "you can't do that's"...that's not a country I want to live in. Have a nice night!
How is boycotting Senate sessions going to help?
Boycotting R donor products Party endorsed protest Showing up to R events And I'm not even in leadership!
Not with that attitude shitlib 😂
Republicans don't give a shit about protests, and 'showing up to R events' isn't going to do anything to disrupt Congressional Rs. Boycotts can be judged on a case-by-case basis, but they're unlikely to shift donor behaviour as long as Dems are out of power.
I guess we wont engage in historical methods to leverage oligarchs and allow our democracy to irreparably destroyed by said oligarchs because...folks who voted for them dont care? Give me a break. The Ds needs to stand for something more than keeping their head down while the executive usurps power
The Dems can only do so much when the Republican Party has a majority. That's democracy. There's no "one weird trick" to undo or nullify the results of last year's elections.
Like I said, Republicans don't regard dissent as legitimate so they have no interest in responding to expressions of dissent with anything other than contempt and/or violence.
It's not about appealing to Republicans who have not intent on operating in good faith no matter the circumstances It's about showing the American people and their own voters, that they care about opposing a fascist with actions of consequence, not speeches in allotted time given to them by the GOP
it’s weird that when republicans are in the minority they seem to be able to leverage so much shit to block dems, but when dems are in the minority they’re apparently helpless and have to let republicans do whatever they want
This is a cop out answer and not how representation works. I am advocating for them to protect their constituents from the tyranny of the federal gov by the historical, peaceful means it's been performed. It's not one weird trick, it's being proactive instead of sitting back and padding a reelection