McConnell is scared. Democrats need to keep pushing.

[soothsayer]

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Burns
@themaxburns
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Mar 16, 2021
McConnell is scared. Democrats need to keep pushing.

Jake Sherman
@JakeSherman
Replying to @JakeSherman
McConnell says he would enact conservative policies with “zero input” from Dems. Lists defunding planned parenthood, sanctuary cities and nationwide right to work, concealed carried reciprocity in D.C. and 50 states

Max Burns
@themaxburns
If you ever had any doubts about whether H.R. 1 and voting rights expansion was the right course for Democrats, just look at McConnell.

This push has the @GOP so terrified they're threatening to burn the whole government down if Dems let people vote.

Max Burns
@themaxburns
If you talk to someone about expanding voting rights, and that person responds by threatening to block all work in government indefinitely, maybe ask why they're so committed to keeping certain Americans from exercising their rights.

[lagomorph777]

1. If Dems let people vote, we will burn the GQP down (with our votes).

Moscow Mitch understands that fully.

[Bev54]

3. Yes he knows the GQP will never see power again

[KS Toronado]

13. That's it in a nutshell

[LiberalLovinLug]

32. Or if they do, it will have to be a different kind of party

They will be forced to be more moderate, and have to aknowledge public support for things like sane gun laws, gay marriage, pot legalization, and go back to railing on about more tax cuts for the wealthy.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Mitch is seeing his life flash before his eyes.

And his power go down the drain.

[certainot]

35. like the tangerine turd his power died with limbaugh and dems ought to rub it in by

signaling the party or llies are going to use artificial intelligence to transcribe and analyze large sampling of republican talk radio.

they can't replace limbaugh so it's already falling apart. he was the conductor they fed to direct the orchestra and central messaging is over. they lost their rudder for 1500 used-to-be coordinated syncd radio stations. now they're all going to start wandering.

it can still do a lot of damage if it gets digitized and analyzed the ad industry is going to want to get the racism hate and stupid off or democratize it - otherwise a lot of advertisers and the university and pro sports teams that use rw radio will desert it

[dalton99a]

2. Strike while the iron is hot

[calimary]

57. Just DO IT, Dems! Let's go all-out to get S.1 through the Senate.

Drop EVERYTHING and just GET IT DONE. NOW!!! While we still have the momentum!!!

Biden will sign it and that will kneecap all that voter suppression being pushed by republi-CONS in 43 states!

[ffr]

4. He should resign. He's a disgrace!

He barely has two marbles rolling around upstairs anyway. Resign you turd!

[Irish_Dem]

5. The GOP threatens and bullies Dems who are then afraid to do anything.

Joe doesn't like bullies. It won't work this time.

[Ztolkins]

7. Devils Advocate..

Why wouldn't this happen?
And what could be done to prevent it while still killing buster (as my toddler says)?

[Aussie105]

8. As my sainted mother would say . . .

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

Yes, I'm shouting!

[StClone]

11. I like when you shout

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE F'N PEOPLE!?

[gab13by13]

9. H.R. 1 isn't as much of a problem,

Speaker Pelosi will crack the whip. It's S.B. 1 that needs pushed. It is worth doing away with the filibuster to get S.B. 1 passed.

[OMGWTF]

43. Without SB 1 nothing else matters.

Fuck 'em. Time to kill Fil.

[LakeArenal]

10. Fux calls Manchin a conservative savior...

Don’t count your chickens yet.

[CrispyQ]

12. Isn't there a nice little pork project in WV that Schumer could use to--persuade? -nt

[FoxNewsSucks]

14. He is.

With his current position, he's saving them, and ending our chances of ever having a good functioning government that works for the people.

It's that simple. Getting HR1 signed into law is the most "do or die" thing in a long time.

[Hekate]

15. Very impressive threats. The Turtle may find himself unhoused & revealed to be a snake...

I need to think out this metaphor. But those are very impressive threats indeed.

[Raven123]

16. Oh yeah. Mitch prefers to quietly execute his plans. Strip people of their rights without broadcasti

However, state GOP officials have unmasked the tactics, and now he’s worried counter maneuvering will stymie his plan. He has no counter. The fact is, that Mitch will do exactly what he just spoke of regardless. Now exposed, Mitch will dump the filibuster if the GOP retakes the Senate.

[Mike 03]

18. This +++

Without a shred of a doubt:

Mitch will dump the filibuster if the GOP retakes the Senate

[Hermit-The-Prog]

28. And Moscow Mitch is counting on SCROTUS to uphold GOP voter suppression.

[Mike 03]

17. Kick, Rec and Bookmarked

[Joinfortmill]

19. Dems will do it. They're in speak softly, carry a big stick, and take no prisoners mode.

[housecat]

29. especially take no prisoners! Bipartisanship, ya think?

[KPN]

20. Yep, resorting to outright threats is a sure sign of weakness. Time to go in for the "kill" as

they say. Pedal to the metal. They give us no options.

[bucolic_frolic]

21. If Dems don't seize this moment, they're damn crazy. Mitch would.

It's that simple. Us or them. When there's a rattlesnake in your bed, you know what to do.

Let's show them merciless UNITY. Ours.

[JudyM]

44. We have finally learned to become warriors.

It’s exhilarating.

[ananda]

22. "Jim Crow in a suit," according to Stacey Abrams.

I agree.

[Ford_Prefect]

23. And while we're at it we need to follow the money behind him and the RAGA

movement to stifle democratic and especially minority voting.

This is not grassroots at all. This is a coordinated effort by extremely well financed GOP operatives to disable voting and democratic election as the basis of American government. It is an attempt to enshrine permanent one party rule by the GOP. The effect of which would have roughly 1/3 of all voters electing the ruling party at every level of local, state, and national government by ruling out or effectively nullifying votes by nearly 1/2 of our voting population.

[OrlandoDem2]

24. Wait. The Senate has already come to a standstill with the filibuster.

Legislation currently cannot pass. He declared the Senate a graveyard of Democratic bills. It’s where they go to die.

Now he saw it will come to a standstill without the filibuster.

Which is it?


Ok. Keep the filibuster. Exempt the voting regulation bill from the filibuster. Pass it and move forward.

Effin hate that man.

[Blasphemer]

25. It is insane that letting people exercise their constitutional right to vote is a "liberal" position

If McConnell was making these threats in response to a liberal agenda about gun control, abortion, etc., I could see an argument about major policy differences and the risk of going to one extreme or the other in a pluralist society. But we are talking about the fundamental right to vote. This is not about policy differences or differences in values. This should be a non-issue in a democratic society.

[soothsayer]

36. +1000

[Blue Owl]

26. Kick him while he's down

[2naSalit]

30. And make damn sure he doesn't get back up!

[soothsayer]

37. You just flip him over on his back

[2naSalit]

38. ...

Preferably on a paved surface on a very hot, sunny day. Start early.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

41. put that old fucker turtle on a fence post

far far away from civilization and leave him squirming there to die.

[2naSalit]

42. Problem is...

Dyin's too good for him.

[WyattKansas]

27. The Democratic Party MUST make Mitch McConnell squeal like Ned Beatty in Deliverance...

Every chance they get and every time ANY Republican steps out of line.

[Pepsidog]

31. I would think Sen. Whitehouse questioning FBI Kavenaugh investigation and dark money behind SCOTUS

has quite a few Rs nervous. They need to investigate Thomas’s wife who I am sure has lots of skeletons in her closet and do a proper investigation into Kavenaugh. I know it’s crazy talk but just think about Kavenaugh having to step down or face perjury charges and Thomas retiring to get the heat off his wife. I know it’s wishful thinking but it makes me happy to imagine.

[2naSalit]

39. +1

[momta]

47. This should be an OP

Those two idiots need to GO!

[Gaugamela]

33. That's their agenda anyway, which is why we need to bypass the filibuster and pass HR 1. N/t

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. Who was that American general who boasted "we're here now" after invading Iraq?

ie....so there's nothing anyone can do about it now.

[Evolve Dammit]

40. Grab Yertle the Turtle by the triple chin and squueeeze until he says "Expand voting rights"

[Hassler]

45. Flip Yertle on his back and watch him flail

[dlk]

46. Republicans can only win by stacking the deck

As a minority of voters, their actual numbers are their Achilles Heel. When Republican manufactured impediments to voting are removed, their ability to win elections plummets. Just think what our country would be like if all eligible voters were allowed to vote without obstruction.

[BobTheSubgenius]

48. It's just a story of a turtle, and his love for the Constitution.

With the extreme originalist's take on it - no indigenous voting rights at all, and counting an AA as 3/5 of a person.

[roamer65]

49. ...and then blue states would enact secession.

Which should happen if a Repuke gets anywhere near the WH ever again.

[Mike Niendorff]

50. K&R

Voting rights is *precisely* what this is about.

Full speed ahead.


MDN

[roamer65]

51. FUCK MOSCOW MITCH.

Ram it all through and burn down the filibuster as well.

[joetheman]

52. Dems in the Senate should let Mitch know publicly that they will not be threaned or bullied

with "scortched Senate" talk. The Senate could not be any more obstructed and dysfunctional than it already is. Time for the Dems to go nuclear.

[Rhiannon12866]

53. Twitter reply :

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[maxrandb]

54. As if they wouldn't do all that anyway when given the chance

When one of the two political parties we have in this country has given up on democracy, the only option is to beat it into oblivion and hope it's replaced with a party that can function in a democratic government.

[mucifer]

55. I'm only hearing ENCOURAGING interviews from senate democrats! It's exciting!! Even Manchin

says something has to happen with the filibuster. I believe he has made a deal.

[Ferrets are Cool]

56. Burn that MF'er down!!

[ancianita]

58. These stern warnings and threats mean we're winning. Their grievance politics will double down

to call us coup plotters and power grabbers, and they will make themselves look like patriots and lol 'liberators'. Bullshit mountain politics is all they've got.

The corporate hype machine of austerity invented the Republican politics of spite, and bigcorps' tools will ultimately try to burn government to the ground rather than let it be of, by and for the people.