So only these 10 people were right?

[Wiz Imp]

41. If that were true we would have never had the Civil Right Act pass

same-sex marriage would be illegal & there would have been no affordable care act

Those things all enjoy majority support now, but at the time they were passed, the majority of the public opposed all of them.

Thank God our representatives didn't think like you do.

And by your logic, we should be OK with Trump because he listened to the people who voted for him - almost everything he is doing is perfectly in line with what he said he would do during the campaign or was detailed in Project 2025.

Was it a good thing when almost all of Congress supported the invasion of Iraq because they were doing what their constituents wanted? Even at the time, many in Congress weren't totally convinced it was the right thing to do, but they went along with popular opinion. The country would have been a hell of a lot better off has more in Congress displayed the courage of their convictions and opposed the war.