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Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party.
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Leeja is cool but her opinion was that they're running their tiktok accounts wrong and they were born in the wrong year.
What specifically would YOU do to stop what the Trump admin is doing?
Lmao, I can't believe that's what you got from the video. That was not remotely her point. Her entire point is that the Democrats should be using everything within their polical power to obstruct and delay everything the Trump Admin is trying to do. She gave multiple examples of exactly how they can do that. That's the bare minimum the Democratic Party should be doing. I already participate in local community organizations.
What is it YOU think is in their political power? Specifically.
People didn't vote dems into power and that is why we are in the situation we have now.
Here's an entire comprehensive list. Which was, again, discussed in Leeja Miller's video...
https://indivisible.org/resource/explainer-how-senate-democrats-can-delay-defy-trumps-agenda-procedural-hardball
The Democrats are responsible for losing this election to an unpopular fascist by failing to represent the demands that the majority of their constituents were demanding. Start demanding more from your representatives.
You have incredible patience.
So you want them to do the things they're already doing to delay votes that will happen in short matter regardless of what they do?
Reminder that only simple majority of 51 breaks filibuster for cabinet and judge confirmation hearings since 2013 and 2017 respectively. The DNC stalled for 30 hours because they were allowed to by the GOP, and the hearing still went through as planned. Nothing can stop this.
It sure is neat how powerless the minority has suddenly become.
Remember when the democrats had everything for a few years and did basically nothing and kept blaming the republican minority apparently that was bullshit and actually the minority has no power. So either the dems are liars or damned liars.
I certainly don't remember it. We gave them 58 over a decade ago and less than 50 ever since.
We gave them a majority in 2020. Don't pretend that the two independents that caucused with democrats don't count. The independents didn't vote with republicans. Democrats did.
Democrats have had less than 50 for over a decade, nothing sudden about it.
Their coalition had a majority from 2020-2022. During which time Republicans were all-powerful.
Stop pretending that we didn't give your party a majority that they squandered.