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In reply to the discussion: What's going on in the House is HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGE! #NoBIllNoBreak [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)I understand many here will think it's huge because, let's be honest, the Democratic Party has been spineless for a long time, and they want their representatives to stand for something, so they'll grasp at anything.
This just reinforces the spineless strategy of the Democratic Party. Nothing the Democrats are doing with this sit in will influence gun deaths, none of this will impact the election or change people's minds, this sit in doesn't address the systemic problems that cause gun violence, none of the proposed legislation did, and some of it would be deemed unconstitutional based on the current insane interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. And that they are acting now when there are so many other completely fucked up systemic issues that they've never addressed, in many cases have capitulated to completely, just shows how spineless they are.
Expect the electorate to not even remember this in a couple weeks. When you consistently ignore systemic issues in governance, the people will rightly assume your "stands" are for show.
Part of how the NRA gets away with this shit are larger systemic issues that no one is addressing. Wake me when Congress people address the root of the problem.