Congress passed a symbolic resolution on Tuesday to condemn socialism — a move that saw eight Democrats cross the aisle to back the GOP on the measure.

The vote, which has no actual effect on public policy, was swiftly mocked by observers on social media.

"Voting to condemn an economic system that doesn’t exist in our country, to protect the one which we live under that exploits the working class to benefit the obscenely wealthy," wrote Melanie D'Arrigo, executive director of Campaign for New York Health. "This was Congress’ priority as 60% of Americans struggle to afford food, housing and healthcare. Embarrassing."

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[–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

If the dems win house and senate this November we all need to pressure congress to not pick Jeffries as speaker and Schumer as majority leader.

Those we need people that will drive real accountability, not controlled opposition.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    How exactly do you pressure congress?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Everyone writes emails to their reps and senators.

    When reps get enough signal they use it to inform their decisions.

    Reps actually typically don’t get a ton of email sent from their actual constituents so just a few emails actually provides a lot of signal for them to act on.

    It really is this simple and it does work.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I agree but the reason centrists become speakers is because its hard to pass anything without bipartisanship.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Do you think bipartisanship is still a thing?

    Why do the democrats have to find bipartisan solutions but the republicans can just do whatever the f they want via submission to the executive?

    The republicans in their current form need to be buried aggressively before we can get back to talking about bipartisanship and a moderate centrist Democrat is exactly the wrong person for this particular moment.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 weeks ago*

    Partly because there have been 48 or less DNC senators for over 13 years, currently 45.

    I agree we need to bury the GOP and that most if not all instances of crossing the aisle have been detrimental lately.

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