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6. Exactly. If Democrats have a chance to gain power and use it for good they should. Period.

Reply to Yavin4 (Original post)

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 12:17 PM

Sep 2020

If that means removing the cloture vote, expanding the Supreme Court, opening DC & PR to statehood, expanding the size of the House SO BE IT.

Whatever option is available to them they need to take to shift the country away from fascism. The future is unknown the right and now is known. That is why the Republicans have been so successful at consolidating and keeping power. Fight for the here and now and there might be a future. Don't and there is no future to protect.

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The "we shouldn't do 'x' because then the Republicans would do 'y' " argument. [View all] Yavin4 Sep 2020 OP

None. DonaldsRump Sep 2020 #1

The Supreme Court officially became a political institution with Bush v. Gore dalton99a Sep 2020 #2

Republicans have been doing 'y' without us doing 'x' for over a decade already Blaukraut Sep 2020 #3

Zero constraints. Mike 03 Sep 2020 #4

I agree. Making concessions in fear of what the other side might do is a losing game. Martin Eden Sep 2020 #5

Exactly. If Democrats have a chance to gain power and use it for good they should. Period. Statistical Sep 2020 #6

That logic doesn't justify us doing just any old thing, of course. gulliver Sep 2020 #7

Even farther back than that JHB Sep 2020 #8