• Tinidril@midwest.social
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    10 hours ago

    The question is, why is one of those Republicans the Democratic leader in the Senate?

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      10 hours ago

      No matter how many continue resolutions Schumer votes for, Schumer will never be as bad as the best Republican.

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        9 hours ago

        The elected Republicans are largely doing what they said they’d do to get elected, whether or not they’re good people or support good policy, they’re representing what their constituents voted for.

        It doesn’t matter if every R is worse, an R wouldn’t have Chucklefuck’s seat, which is why he needs to be primaried out next time, and we hope whoever does that can faithfully represent the will of the people who elected them.

        The 10 Dems that supported this fiasco are not representing their constituents and those constituents have no recourse under the law to fix that other than just waiting to hopefully not get tricked next time. Traitors deserve all the ire they get.

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          7 hours ago

          I guarantee you the vast majority if not every Republican legislator in congress is reneging on promises not to cut Medicaid which they made on the campaign trails. Schumer likely never promised to defund the federal government if Republicans took majorities.

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            I guarantee you the vast majority if not every Republican legislator in congress is reneging on promises not to cut Medicaid which they made on the campaign trails.

            Can’t wait to see which democrats vote for cloture then.

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        10 hours ago

        The donors call and Schumer comes running. He IS a Republican. Every once in a while he gets scared of a progressive challenger and makes pretty noises, but he’s a prime example of Democrats as controlled opposition. He resists to exactly the degree that his handlers want him to resist.