Mad_Machine76
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If they wanted a "check" on Trump, they should've given Democrats some actual, you know, POWER, to do something. The Democrats' only source of "power" is the filibuster in the Senate, which has been (or will likely be) weakened by Republicans. I really don't think that most voters know what they want or what they are doing when they go to (or are answering) polls......
Is there ANYTHING that Trump will NOT get credit for for the next 4 years
It seems like every single time a manufacturer decides to bring jobs back to US/keep (some) jobs here, it's because of Trump. Now, it appears that whenever Republicans seemingly back down on something, it's because of Trump. What next will he be (rightly or wrongly) given credit for?
Hopefully, Dems will be there to remind everybody of the truth
ACA has its problems (like any other major law) but none so egregious that it needs to be removed root and branch and (maybe) replaced with something else. The Republicans haven't come up with any good ideas to replace the law with in six years and I doubt that they will come up with anything over the next 2-4, though, in smashing the law to pieces with a sledgehammer, they will be "scoring a victory", placating their rabid base, and, ultimately, creating a "Health Care Cliff" to try to stain President Obama's legacy and/or to scare Democrats into helping them come up with a replacement (though they will still struggle with getting Democrats and even elements of their own party with actually getting a replacement law in place). I hope that if Republicans manage to repeal PPACA that Democrats make the Republicans go it alone on replacing it because, after all, we already actually came up with a plan, made it law, and, now six years in, is helping lots of people and is the new "status quo". If Republicans want to come in and upend everything (whether their repeal happens 2 years from now or 3-4 years from now it doesn't matter IMHO), they should be made to own the mess.
It seems like they did
Post-election interviews with his supporters seem to bear out this idea- that Trump really didn't mean what he said about much of anything during the campaign, at least insofar as it negatively applies directly to specific individual Trump voters.
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