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"We stood behind Obama" no you didn't (slrpnk.net)
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[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 week ago

Dems manage to filibuster plenty.

As soon as the republicans got into power they removed the filibuster.

There’s also the oddity of “we didn’t exactly what we wanted in the first months

Congrats, you understand how elections work. You do what you were elected to do and you don't do things the base doesn't want you to do or you decrease turnout.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Let me know when not voting in protest works! Any time now! Ciao.

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 week ago

This is not a strategy it is a description of how elections work.

[-] minnow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Republicans removed the filibuster only on the issue of judicial nominations. That might seem nitpicky but it's a critical distinction.

[-] nomy@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Republicans removed the filibuster only on the issue of judicial nominations.

Which, in hindsight it's obvious why they wanted to do that, and makes it clear they had a coherent strategy the whole time.

[-] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

Not nitpicking at all, it's fighting disinformation.

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