"We obviously can't do anything" is not a tenable response to a crisis brought about by actors using every lever at their disposal to do things no one thought they could do.
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Anyone can make threats, cowering before them immediately is what gives them power. Trump starts threatening you? Leak it. If every Republican who got death threats from Trump just leaked it and put their foot down he'd be powerless.
I especially don't hold any pity for people in fucking Congress. Y'all are rich, have security, and could afford private security on top of it. Y'all can report these death threats and even if they're coming from the Executive, you can use that against them. If a Republican came forward and told
everyone Trump was trying to get them killed if they didn't capitulate to them do you really think everyone else would stay quiet? More Republicans could easily come forward with the same too, and Democrats could support the extremely easy impeachment that would present.
The margins in the House and Senate are absolutely razor-thin, and if the Republicans were as powerful and unstoppable as some Democrats say they are then what purpose is there to working with them? Just fight back for fucks sake.
There is a Black History Month Target boycott/Costco support movement going on now that no Dem politician wants to cheer on because they think it's interfering in the private market.
But Trump already does that weekly, the game has changed forever!
He's absolutely correct, they can't do anything IF Republicans can muster up enough votes. Republicans have not yet signaled they need Jeffries' help, and he's not going to say what he'll offer until they do.
If these people were capable of learning anything, there might be some lessons to learn from Jeffries about why we don’t let the 82 year old outgoing leaders hand-pick their replacements.
Other than Nancy Pelosi, did anyone get what they want out of this.
He met Pelosi’s one and only criteria, that he would stand there with that blank “who farted” look on his face waiting for someone to tell him what to do.
I wish Democrats were the party using novel strategies nobody thought were possible. Instead they just complain the other team doesn’t follow the rules.
It's not so much nothing can be done, but who's willing to step up and do the thing that "shouldn't be done" and whether others will follow their lead.
They have outs (pardons, etc.) that we don't. To say nothing of the sacrifices necessary in taking those actions.
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There is a Black History Month Target boycott/Costco support movement going on now that no Dem politician wants to cheer on because they think it's interfering in the private market.
But Trump already does that weekly, the game has changed forever!
Other than Nancy Pelosi, did anyone get what they want out of this.
They have outs (pardons, etc.) that we don't. To say nothing of the sacrifices necessary in taking those actions.
Fixed it!