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[โ€“] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dems dragged their feet on a bipartisan bill for almost 2 weeks, at the behest of Schumer, Jefferies, until Trump actually did the thing and it was too late to stop them. It has literally been in the news since Khanna and Massie introduced the bill for 2 weeks.

If you interpret todays vote as "Dems oppose what Trump is doing..."

It has literally been in the news since Khanna and Massie introduced the bill for 2 weeks.

"What do you even want the Democrats TO DO about it?!"

points to a thing they should do

"Fuck you! That's not serious. It would never work. You've been baited into believing a utopian fairy tale!"