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Roland99

(53,345 posts) Mon Jan 22, 2018, 02:34 PM Jan 2018

Look, this is really simple. Dems have NO control right now. None. [View all]

Only by holding things hostage can they even begin to direct legislation and policy away from right wing extremism

This is why the 2018 midterms are INCREDIBLY important!!

Imagine Der Twitler having to deal with Dem majorities in the House *and* the Senate??

Let this motivate us all to canvas, make calls, help register and GOTV!

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Look, this is really simple. Dems have NO control right now. None. [View all] Roland99 Jan 2018 OP

+1000 kentuck Jan 2018 #1

K&R!!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2018 #2

And yet somehow Repugs manage to ram their shit through TDale313 Jan 2018 #3

We got policy through up until the hold their fee to the fire crowd helped us lose the house. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #5

so a 6-year CHIP extension is nothing? separating CHIP from DACA is nothing? 0rganism Jan 2018 #19

Open your eyes.. Cha Jan 2018 #25

And your option would have been? Bradshaw3 Jan 2018 #26

Post removed Post removed Jan 2018 #28

The Mommy Party always does the right thing. maxsolomon Jan 2018 #4

We are like the True Mother in the Solomon story...where the fake mother was fine with slicing the Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #7

Bingo! And we can force the DACA issue in 3 weeks if need be. Roland99 Jan 2018 #8

K&R mcar Jan 2018 #6

The real hostage taker: Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #9

Both parties will try to use this situation with an eye on November elections. Raven123 Jan 2018 #10

I agree not fooled Jan 2018 #11

February DownriverDem Jan 2018 #17

Kick orangecrush Jan 2018 #12

And despite no control, we just got 9 million hostages released. scheming daemons Jan 2018 #13

i agree...we did a hell of a job getting this in the spotlight... samnsara Jan 2018 #14

Agree +1000000 bronxiteforever Jan 2018 #15

Makes you wonder DownriverDem Jan 2018 #16

I often wonder at the posters on here who don't seem to know how it works Bradshaw3 Jan 2018 #27

If that were true...why did the government shutdown happen? TCJ70 Jan 2018 #18

they have no control because we give 1200 coordinated radio stations a free speech free ride certainot Jan 2018 #20

At least gerrymandering is being reined in Roland99 Jan 2018 #21

How do "we" do that? treestar Jan 2018 #22

here are a 7 things people can do: certainot Jan 2018 #23

Thanks for trying to explain it to Cha Jan 2018 #24

More and more editorials scioriating the Dems. Sick of it Roland99 Jan 2018 #29