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Dave says

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15. Voter suppression and redistricting will carve off our House majority
Tue May 11, 2021, 06:50 PM
May 2021

The dogs of retribution will impeach President Biden repeatedly. Even though we'll also lose the Senate, Biden will remain safe (they won't get to 67 votes). However, the people's agenda will stall, a re-empowered McConnell will see to that, with negative fallout for us in the 2024 Presidential election (normal naive 'blame the incumbents' at that point).

You don't think those things we value are at risk? Like free speech, social security and medicare, equality of opportunity (not that we have that now), fairness in taxation, etc.? This risk will be much amplified if we lose Congress and then the Presidency.

If you don't see our democracy hanging on by a thread, well. Let me recommend Levitsky and Ziblatt, How Democracies Die. It's a good read. The parallels with other failed democracies are more than alarming. We are already quite a bit down that road.

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K&R, Trump terrorist get back power they won't give it up America becomes Belarus uponit7771 May 2021 #1
Correct... WarGamer May 2021 #2
Oh pleeeasz!! Dotard has no interest or intention of becoming house speaker. PortTack May 2021 #11
Are you kidding? WarGamer May 2021 #24
Yup. It will be the end of democracy in the USA Dave says May 2021 #3
How?? Seriously PortTack May 2021 #12
Voter suppression and redistricting will carve off our House majority Dave says May 2021 #15
They'll take voter suppression to 1000, you don't think they'll do this? tia BTW, voter uponit7771 May 2021 #20
So, How Do You Propose They Do That? SoCalDavidS May 2021 #4
RSO rso May 2021 #5
Repeal the filibuster for voting legislation only questionseverything May 2021 #6
They don't need to repeal all of the filibuster. In the same way OnDoutside May 2021 #8
I'm sick of this chicken little shit. tritsofme May 2021 #7
This! PortTack May 2021 #13
1. At worst we will past most of it. 2. There's never only one way to accomplish goals. Hortensis May 2021 #9
Thank you!! As always a voice of sanity PortTack May 2021 #14
It'd be easier to just trust those cards are good if we could out message the GQP. uponit7771 May 2021 #21
They will try and impeach him. I think the 10 qgop congress critters that voted to impeach trump PortTack May 2021 #10
"suppression laws are currently facing legal challenges and will be struck down in the courts" Dave says May 2021 #16
All of the anti democracy laws in every state? tia uponit7771 May 2021 #22
:) Keep the house blue! Pass it on! Pubs in congress now have Hortensis May 2021 #23
If we lose House, it's our fault. Hoyt May 2021 #17
the problem with hyperbole like this is qazplm135 May 2021 #18
I don't think we'll necessarily lose, but the path to victory will be more difficult StarfishSaver May 2021 #19
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