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In reply to the discussion: Schumer Sees Americans Rising Up If Trump Defies Court Orders [View all]JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)If this was a one time thing perhaps it could be written off, but it isn't an aberration. 2000, 2016, and 2024 gave us exactly where we are today.
Right, the public is blameless, it is always someone else.
It doesn't matter whether it is schumer or someone else, we would always find a scapegoat.
This did not happen because of someone voted for cloture, this happened because too many decided either not to vote or vote third party.
2000, 2016, and 2024 are prime examples of that.
The excuse that I am tired of voting for the lesser of "two evils, and I am not going to do it anymore", doesn't cut it.
That is how we have Citizens Untied, and an extremist Supreme Court that will be with us for decades.
If trump and the rethugs continue in the direction they are going they should be demolished in 2026, but based on what happened in 2024, that is far from certain.
Everyone jumped on the bandwagon that the Democrats should not support McCarthy and let the republicans kick him out. While short term that may have felt good, but ron johnson turns out to be far worse. I can image the rage that Jefferies would have received here if he got enough Democrats to retaining mccarthy over and unknown republican. I think it would have been just as angry and frustrated posters against jefferies as there are against schumer now.
In two years the voters have a chance to change this, will they?
and if they don't, who are we going to blame?