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"We ensured a vote!"
Bullshit. Even if the vote happens, it won't pass, and even if it did, Trump could veto it. This was the one chance to save the ACA and also to really damage Trumpism. The shutdown was devastating to the GOP and the Dems would have won eventually just like in 2019, but instead these 8 traitors are handing the country over when they've just had their only real opportunity to fight this administration.
Fuck them all. Every single one of them should be ejected from the caucus.
They held out for 40 days just to torture ppl who need benefits
Yep and Leadership sit this up so it look like it was 8 traitor. These were all safe seats. Its goddamn conspiracy. Fuck Chuck.
And this is why we need to shout down and muppet that blindly parrots "vote blue no matter who." These folks rely on the flawed assumption that electing Democrats is the fastest way to fight authoritarianism. But if the party is actually just a scam? If it's just controlled opposition? You have no great options at that point. At that point your only option is to ignore the fake opposition and push for a new left wing party, even if it takes you 20 years to implement. Voting for a captured opposition party is little more than an act of masturbation.
Voting is hilariously low effort. Always vote for the best option available. If you don't actually like who you voted for of course you should advocate for a new party and/or voting system, but you should still vote in the meantime
They know it won't pass.
They're relying on the old tactic of them getting that vote, then blaming progressives for failing to get it passed.
MAGA tried to hold the Dems hostage, demanding our health care as ransom, and if we didn't comply, the richest in America would LITERALLY starve the poorest in America, to death.
Instead of caving, the Dems held out, and won a MASSIVE election victory, then, with all their new political capital, they voluntarily flushed it down the toilet, and gave MAGA everything they wanted, and got absolutely nothing in return.
Schmuck Schumer has to go, and every cowardly Democrat must be primaried. A handful need to be brought back (Bernie, AOC, Frost, Crocket, et al), but the rest can go.
I'm so sick of these weak, cowardly Democrats. No wonder MAGAs hate them, and bully them. They have no self-respect at all. Truly pathetic.
They are not cowardly, they are part of the same team as their so called opponents. Different flavors, same late stage capitalism.
Never underestimate the Dems' ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
California Governor Gavin Newsom summed the situation up the most succinctly. “Pathetic,” he wrote on X Sunday.
Even Newsom is piling on?
He's a very opportunistic politician, he knows how unpopular the dems are right now, he is carving out his path for '28, but I have very little faith that his almost inevitable presidency will bring us any real change for the people.
For those of you American's who might want to contact these Senators to give them some feedback:
https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/contact/connect/
https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/contact/ https://sengov.com/pennsylvania/john-fetterman/
https://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact
https://www.rosen.senate.gov/email-jacky/
https://www.hassan.senate.gov/contact
https://www.shaheen.senate.gov/contact/contact-jeanne
Only reach out to them if you are actually in their state. When they receive a flood of calls from people around the country, it's easy for them to write it off and claim they're just getting brigaded and it's not something their actual constituents disagree with.
Nah they are supposed to represent the Democratic Party, and they just caved and took some sort of pay out from the Trump administration. So they can kiss my ass and hear what I have to say
They don't care, they aren't up for re-election, that's why Schmuck Schumer had them vote Yes, so he could vote No, and try to pretend that he was shocked by this.
He's Senate Majority Leader, he not only knew about it, he was steering it. This is 100% him.
Fire the cowardly bitch.
They may have been "protecting" the filibuster. If Republicans removed the filibuster, it would pave the way for Democrats to do the same thing. If Democrats were to lose the excuse of the Republican filibuster stopping them from passing legislation, they'd be forced to reveal that there are many more fucking disingenuous pieces of shit just like Manchin and Sinema ready to tank progressive legislation.
They used to kill politicians for less.
We used to know how to deal with aristocrats and bad politicians
Oh man they're really feeling torn into! I bet they're sitting in their mansions just racked with guilt and shame over how upset their constituents are! I'm sure they feel just awful for their staffer who has to reply to all the messages they get with a bland, form letter that addresses none of their questions or concerns.
To be fair it was 7 Democrats and one turn-coat, John Fetterman.
6 Democrats, 1 turncoat, and 1 Independent.
I cannot fucking believe it. -Jon Stewart
Textbook definition of controlled opposition
Some rambling thoughts:
For all the screeching about 3P leading up to the election, NOW might be the time to drive something like the Working Families Party (that helped elect Zohran) forward and purposefully fragment the Dems at a federal level. What is there to lose? They're compromised and failing to pose any kind of opposition while Nazis literally control every facet of federal government (and are definitely fucking with elections). Splitting the party would act as a dead man's switch that puts pressure on the Dems to shift left and form a coalition or officially die as a party.
Realistically, ~3% support would be enough to be a serious threat. Remember that MAGA started with the joke of a tea party
I'm not saying this is a perfect idea, this is just an angry shower thought in response to the Dems. But I wanna know your thoughts, agree or disagree
Which one of these senators has a primary opponent?
My understanding is none, because they chose members who are already retiring for this
Fetterman isn't a Democrat anymore. He will likely get voted out next term, regardless.
King is not a Democrat.
Masto is barely a Democrat, but that's what her constituents wanted.
Shaheen is retiring.
Durbin is retiring.
Rosen and Kaine have not announced retirement, so they are interesting. Rosen just won a very close race in Nevada, so she either tried to appease conservative voters there or thinks she is gone anyway. No idea what Kaine is thinking.
Rosen and Kaine have not announced retirement, so they are interesting. Rosen just won a very close race in Nevada, so she either tried to appease conservative voters there or thinks she is gone anyway. No idea what Kaine is thinking.
Never discount the possibility of blackmail, too.
What we'll never hear is what those eight received in their personal bank accounts. They weren't so much "holding out" as negotiating.
Dems prove once again that they have NO IDEA how to represent the people who voted for them... or even just like, make themselves even slightly likable.
Extortion works
Fucking expel them.
