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Those immigrants kids have more courage than our elected Democrats.
Democrats have none of the levers of power, they can do nothing. I still think a good few who greenlit more ICE funding need to be replaced but by and large even if every democrat had the backbone of Harriet Tubman, they could do nothing. Republicans have majority everywhere.
The Dems have the most important power of all, the overwhelming support of an overwhelming portion of the population. MAGA wants to pretend they have all the power, but as time goes on, we are seeing that even the military and local and state law enforcement are starting to distance themselves.
The Dems have the numbers, by a LOT. And MAGA knows it.
I'll give you that Dems are great at shooting themselves in the foot but in recent elections Russian propaganda has had a real effect and it would be dangerous to pretend otherwise. That being said I think Mamdani has shown the real progressives win. So let's hope this gets through but I won't hold my breath. Look forward to another four years of them trying to win over 'middle America'
Tl;dr: Democrats are controlled opposition.
When they do have any leverage, they find plenty of reasons not to use it. The Republican party has put on a decades-long master class on being obstructionist little twats, yet most Democrats fail to learn and the few that have often seem more like pressure release valves than actual agents of change.
I'd agree with that, they've been running right if center for a long time and their intentional stifling of real progressives have been a large reason for voter apathy. I am happy that AOC and Mamdani show that real change is possible but I won't hold my breath that the party will change their tune any time soon.
I can't defend the democrats who crossed over, but I don't believe that the republicans wouldn't be able to whip up votes if they hadn't, and I'd rather a quisling Democrat in a seat over another Republican.
I can agree with that.