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In reply to the discussion: If we lose control of Congress in these upcoming midterms, do not assume that there will [View all]RegularJam
(914 posts)40. Here is where you really lose me.
I have been fighting this battle for decades. Congressional Republicans, outside of about six to ten new overzealous members, have always been like this. Always. There is nothing Trumpy about it. Wanting to suppress the vote, including with aggressive ID laws, has always been their MO.
I want federal legislation that pushes constitutional bounds. It's not that I don't. I just know right now it's the states where the damage is being done.
This is not a new battle. Including the extremism from the right and it's always our "last chance." I'm not going anywhere. Still fighting and still winning. Just like progressives have since the inception of our country.
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If we lose control of Congress in these upcoming midterms, do not assume that there will [View all]
Atticus
Jun 2021
OP
You are correct. My bad as to conviction. I was thinking of the 60 vote threshold for
Atticus
Jun 2021
#16
Understood. I was incorrectly assuming that they could get rid of the "60 vote threshhold"
Atticus
Jun 2021
#25
K&R, there are still people who think you're being hyperbolic despite the evidence that is in front
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#4
While I know that we are treading into dangerous waters with Trumpism infecting the GOP writ large
Mad_Machine76
Jun 2021
#14
As Max Boot just said on CNN as I type this at 9:09 p.m. in Illinois, it is "very possible"
Atticus
Jun 2021
#23
And yet I keep seeing someone post with certainty the # of seats we will pick up in 2022.
live love laugh
Jun 2021
#28
It is more likely that in the 2024 election republican legislatures override the voters.
Voltaire2
Jun 2021
#36
I think there's a problem with both the states and a Trumpy Congress. You are correct that the
Atticus
Jun 2021
#39