A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority” We couldn’t have gotten here without you - ThreadSky

juddlegum.bsky.social • 118 days ago

A heartfelt thank you to former Senators Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema for repeatedly blocking popular policies to preserve “norms” and protect “the rights of the minority”

We couldn’t have gotten here without you

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kizzlebizzle.bsky.social•118 days ago

Dems big tent approach is to bring in people who absolutely don't care about democratic priorities and I'm glad it blew up in their faces

lilatrades.bsky.social•118 days ago

You’d think they’d have learned a lesson after Lieberman & Bernie’s fuckery but they keep inviting these snakes into the coalition.

jc-allen.bsky.social•118 days ago

Learn what lesson? Politics is a lot like professional wrestling in that it's mostly scripted. They all intended Lieberman to play the heel to ensure they never passed legislation that would go against their corporate donors' wishes, same as Manchin and Sinema. There's always just enough opposition.

kizzlebizzle.bsky.social•118 days ago

I think they went with "liberal-ish people who could win in red states" but Schumer is so feckless and bad at his job that they continually made Democrats look like clowns

jc-allen.bsky.social•118 days ago

They went with corrupt people who would bow down to their donors, plain and simple. I remember Pelosi endorsing a corrupt anti-choice candidate over a popular progressive candidate. It's not about winning anymore. It's about preventing truly progressive candidates from winning.

newzealander1.bsky.social•118 days ago

I at least understand Manchin he is in a state that is basically dark red. I never got Sinema except thinking she just like the attention.

smittenmi.bsky.social•118 days ago

Attention and ugly clothes

dhrm0.bsky.social•118 days ago

We at least knew what we were getting with Manchild, but Sinema pulling a bait and switch acting like she was going to be a progressive because at one time she was a social worker. I guess social worker money just wasn't cutting it.

sadieheartsclyde.bsky.social•118 days ago

News flash: they weren’t obstructing to preserve “norms” any more than Elon is reducing costs

coreyoneill.bsky.social•118 days ago

shriketron.bsky.social•118 days ago

Avaricious is really good word for this.

bearpondboy.bsky.social•118 days ago

Ain’t it the truth. Sens. Manchurian and Sinister have an impressive legacy in the “anals” of American Government.

noodle557.bsky.social•118 days ago

Wish karma would
swoop in
and
get some vengeance,
if wishes were fishes...

noodle557.bsky.social•118 days ago

Mitch the Glitch set the pace

canadianroots.bsky.social•118 days ago

Two traitors to democracy

silversalty.bsky.social•118 days ago

Snorky for... somehow I don't think there's a popular 'win' in there somewhere.
But there's Fetterman to carry the wealth serving baton.

ifht.bsky.social•118 days ago

They both deserve a horrible dose of Karma.

wendyelane.bsky.social•117 days ago

They did what was asked of them by their party.

https://www.salon.com/2010/02/23/democrats_34/

digitmusic.bsky.social•118 days ago

I hope that those two have enough empathy that their consciences are eating at them day and night.
I’m afraid that they have no empathy…like Republicans.

desertdogster.bsky.social•118 days ago

She was in it for the cash. and she doesn't care who thinks what.

qjpowell.bsky.social•118 days ago

And fuck off to them! Next fuck off, Fetterman.

veggieman801.bsky.social•118 days ago

I’ve been thinking the exact same thing. I just don’t know how to reach them to send a thank you note. Fuckers..

controlgroup.bsky.social•118 days ago

I sincerely hope they fear being out in public because of how hated they are

joseortega78.bsky.social•118 days ago

Are they dead? I need to pee on someone’s graves.

ayounker.bsky.social•117 days ago

Well, I mean, we couldn’t. West VA is a struggle to get blue in the first place. It’s not like last sessions margin was so big to overcome that. And eliminating the filibuster would (in the current setting) be an absolute disaster.

halushki.bsky.social•118 days ago

Really! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

jacknyoc.bsky.social•118 days ago

Their moral depravity is missed…but at least we have the GOP Sen and House, and trumpster and Elmo to carry it on.

chaseraven.bsky.social•118 days ago

Nor without Rupert and his mouthpieces.

mouserat65.bsky.social•118 days ago

John Fetterman has entered the chat.

willguerin.bsky.social•118 days ago

Oh man...there is a special place for those two fuckers.

damdh4cats.bsky.social•118 days ago

I’m hoping my Senator John Fetterman doesn’t follow this route

treach3.bsky.social•118 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬

elidelajandro.bsky.social•118 days ago

Legally, it's probably a bad idea to express a desire for them to be pelted with rotting fruits and vegetables for the rest of their lives.

So I won't do that.

Besides, if shame would have worked, they wouldn't be being the POS's that did what they did.

maggie19951.bsky.social•118 days ago

You spelled fuck you wrong.

distressbeacon.bsky.social•118 days ago

#PaperBallots

eileenleft.bsky.social•118 days ago

🎯

rudydb.bsky.social•118 days ago

🎯

acanservitz.bsky.social•118 days ago

Hey now.

You can’t leave out Joe Lieberman who was the deciding vote on universal Medicare for all Americans.

As much as 2/3 of all bankruptcies are attributed to medical debts.

Thanks Joe!

rbolcoach.bsky.social•118 days ago

Let me edit your post for brevity. Joe and Kristen, kindly go fuck yourselves.

lady1000.bsky.social•118 days ago

So many people like this are responsible. What if evil Mitch had pushed for conviction of Trump after he was impeached. What if they had passed a law not allowing him to run again? There are a lot of traitors here who are responsible for what is happening.

democracyactionnet.bsky.social•118 days ago

vondabraithwaite.bsky.social•118 days ago

THIS!! Manchin forcing dems to drop child tax credit & Schumer caving. Knowing Manchin was out the door.

jc-allen.bsky.social•118 days ago

Meanwhile, the rest of the corporate Democrats relied on them to tank legislation that would piss off their corporate donors. That way, the rest could *pretend* to support it while ensuring it'd never pass. Didn't you ever notice they never actually fought to pass any of it??

smittenmi.bsky.social•118 days ago

And by, “thank you” I hope you mean, “fuck you”.

drea21.bsky.social•118 days ago

Traitors. Both of them.

ameriqan.bsky.social•118 days ago

And a heartfelt thanks to Mitch McConnell for staying in public office for 50 years to fuck it all up. It must have been tough hating where you work for that long. Oh, and thanks for the fascism. That's your legacy.

erbhedgehog.bsky.social•118 days ago

Thank god neither one will get re-elected

zuzupetals2020.bsky.social•117 days ago

It’s like @jefftiedrich.bsky.social said, “Sinema and Manchin are the reason Democrats can’t have nice things.”

kennethstremsky.bsky.social•118 days ago

Trump, Musk, and other fascists want to divide us.

GROUPS NAZIS TARGETED

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/what-groups-of-people-did-the-nazis-target?parent=en%2F72

Sound familiar

Bystanders make Holocausts possible

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/bystanders?parent=en%2F72

Eugenics

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/eugenics

https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/propaganda/1918-1933/hitler-nazi-propaganda

jvdance.bsky.social•118 days ago

Don’t worry, Fetterman will step up in their absence.

joesegal.bsky.social•117 days ago

by thank you did you mean to write "fuck you"?
just asking cuz some of us don't get sarcasm.

northsleuth.bsky.social•118 days ago

We do have to thank them for not allowing the filibuster rule to change. That would have been a disaster with this Senate majority.

npruss.bsky.social•118 days ago

I hope his houseboat sinks and I hope she steps in dog shit every time she goes for a run.

joeybee12.bsky.social•118 days ago

Minor point...it's spelled fuck, not thank.

burndiggity.bsky.social•117 days ago

They belong in the same corner of hell that McConnell has reserved.

fosterpupz.bsky.social•118 days ago

A heartfelt kick in the pants seems more appropriate, but what do I know?😂

marksquared.bsky.social•118 days ago

And they were well paid for their services

jennifereccles.bsky.social•118 days ago

And now we have Fetterman: the Joe Manchin of Krysten Sinemas.

scenario-studios.bsky.social•118 days ago

They don’t care. They got rich on McConnell’s bribes.

ksiel.bsky.social•118 days ago

Well said.

bluewisco.bsky.social•118 days ago

Now name each and every Republican.

strongresister.bsky.social•118 days ago

Sorry, all I've got is a hearty "fuck you in the face!" for them both.

slashdashdot.bsky.social•118 days ago

But what about giving them soup, from your family?

impolitic.bsky.social•118 days ago

Soup for your family? How do you carry it around tho?

Oh in your pants I guess.

slashdashdot.bsky.social•118 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9r5Tsj5kR0&t=125s
You carry soup wherever you need to in the hopes that it finds a deserving home.

cptnwillie.bsky.social•118 days ago

Self serving sacks of shit! They both got rich stalling progress & sucking up to big coal-big pharma-big oil & big investment corporations. They sold their souls & sold out their constituents! The two of them stalled just long enough for congress to flip!💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

olivia10.bsky.social•118 days ago

You forgot to also thank Justice Roberts and Mitch McConnell.

boonedocksbuilder.bsky.social•118 days ago

Death to traitors!

mobilizer.bsky.social•118 days ago

Former senators. A more money driven a pair of politicians there never was. The Democratic Party must never again nominate craven politicians like these.

thewhitebook.bsky.social•118 days ago

And by thank you, we mean 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

davidmcavoy.bsky.social•118 days ago

I keep going back to how much different 2024 could have been if they hadn’t killed the child tax credit, family and medical leave, 2K stimulus checks, etc.