I'm not a fan of either of them. But understand that THEY CAN'T DO JACK SHIT. They are legislators in the minority. In a democracy, that means they don't have power. We need to stop the American people from being babies and pretending politicians can do stuff when we've taken power from them.
This is such a cop out. Make a scene, fight tooth and nail in the house and senate. Make every single goddamn thing a fight, instead of voting to confirm Trumps appointments.
It’s not a cop out. Making a scene doesn’t accomplish anything. Fighting tooth and nail is a cliché, not an action item. Trump’s nominees are getting confirmed no matter what because 47 is less than 53. We gave Dems just 47 votes. We are responsible for this. Don’t cop out of the accountability.
It’s absolutely a cop out. The Republicans were able to slow and stop a ton of Obama and Biden’s projects BECAUSE they fought them tooth and nail. Doing so shows your base and independent voters that you don’t think all this shit is acceptable. Voting for Trumps people is the opposite of that.
LOL, you think that was why? No, it’s BECAUSE when McConnell was minority leader, 60 votes were needed in the Senate for most business. Rules have changed since and now Senate Republicans only need 50 votes. They have 53. BECAUSE (say it again with me) we failed to show up in November.
Trump’s nominees are getting confirmed no matter what. Republicans don’t need a single Dem vote. If a Dem in a red state has to throw a vote to their constituents, it makes zero difference. We failed to show up in November and empower Dems in either chamber with the votes to take action.
No amount of scene-making, or fighting with teeth and nails, is going to make 47 bigger than 53, or 212 bigger than 220. Those numbers are on us. We did this.
There is no magic procedural ace-in-the-hole Dems are holding in reserve until the right moment. There is no secret button called “STALL THIS” that Dems just haven’t thought to press yet. Rhetoric and lawsuits, that’s what we got until 2026.
Let’s give our party a supermajority for once and see what kind of amazing shit we can do. Just spitballing here...
And the Dems messaging cost them turnout in the last election. Which is why you make a scene whenever possible NOW to change that issue.
Idiot Dem voters not showing up to do the bare minimum cost us the election. An insane scene was made about the consequences if Trump took office again and it did no good to smarten people up. Knock yourself out blaming the candidates but I’m telling you, it’s on the voters at the end of the day.
“iT wAs tHe mEssAgiNg...” Fuck you. The message was right there and people didn’t care. bsky.app/profile/chic...
Wow. A screenshot from some obscure blog with three unknowns opining “Dems’ messaging nerds” said something uncorroborated. LOL. Dare I say, LMFAO.
