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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

There’s also the fact that even when they have absolute control by the numbers, reality doesn’t really reflect that; The democrat party is not united, and is full of politicians who will refuse to follow the party line unless the party bends over backwards for them.

“Oh, you want me to vote to stop fascism? Sure, I’ll be happy to do that, as long as you add funding for a brand new bridge in my home state.” Repeat ad nauseam until you have a horribly bloated bill that nobody actually wants to vote for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, you want me to vote to stop fascism?

The real joke of the Democratic Party is running Coal Baron Joe Manchin to replace former KKK member Robert Byrd, on the grounds that only these two people can keep the US Senate free of fascism.

Meanwhile, you've got guys like Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley glad-handing J6ers minutes before they storm the capital, and Biden's AG just kinda shrugs and says "Nothin' we can do! There's not a single law on the books that makes conspiring to overthrow the federal government illegal."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

“Nothin’ we can do! There’s not a single law on the books that makes conspiring to overthrow the federal government illegal.”

Funny thing is as soon as you or I plan that and they smell any hint of socialism/leftism in our language suddenly they'll have 35287253381 laws that they'll throw all of at us for a combined prison sentence that's longer than the eventual heat death of the universe.