• WatDabney@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    Remember when the government was shut down specifically because the Democrats refused to go along with a bill that ended the health insurance subsidies, and they had the Republicans up against the ropes because no matter how much they tried to dodge the responsibility, the majority of people blamed Republican intransigence for the shutdown?

    Then remember how the Schumer-led Democrats just completely folded, passed the bill, then stood idly by as the chance to extend the subsidies vanished?

    Every single one of those stinking traitorous shitbags needs to be primaried.

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        6 hours ago

        Of course not. Don’t be a simpleton.

        The Republicans rather obviously bear the lion’s share of the blame.

        However, that was the Republicans’ designated role from the start. Their job was to represent the interests of their plutocratic cronies and patrons by killing a program that spent money to benefit poor people, so they were just doing what they were meant to do and what they were expected to do.

        On the other hand, the Democrats’ job was to protect a program that benefitted poor people, and they miserably failed at that job. In fact, they didn’t even simply fail - they forfeited. They gave up even trying.

        And they very much deserve condemnation for that.

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      So, the problem is the “primaried” thing isn’t enough at this point. People are going to die because of these choices. Eye for an eye.

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      Yes, primary all of them, but ESPECIALLY primary Schumer and Jeffries. They are absolutely toxic to democracy. If someone is claiming it’s a bad idea to primary them, that person is working against the people on behalf of the rich and corporations. Just like current Dem leadership.

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      17 hours ago

      What? The media was making the democrats out to be the ones shutting down the nations airports.

      Go ahead and turn on the democrats and further empower the republicans. You might be a russian troll…

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        The media was making the democrats out to be the ones shutting down the nations airports.

        So?

        Exactly as I already said:

        no matter how much they tried to dodge the responsibility, the majority of people blamed Republican intransigence for the shutdown

        That’s what the polls consistently showed, and notably that was in spite of the fact that so much of the media tried to pin the blame on the Democrats.

        So your claim here isn’t just irrelevant - it’s actually part of the support for my position. Yes - the captive media tried to blame the Democrats. But the people weren’t buying it.

        But Schumer and the Democrats folded anyway.

        and further empower the republicans

        Nobody is empowering the Republicans more than Schumer and Jeffries and the rest of the establishment Democrats, who can’t even be arsed to do their jobs

        You might be a russian troll…

        lol