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And not ENOUGH people voted for democrats.
"I personally voted for a Democrat, how come they don't have a supermajority in Congress??" well Katelyghnn, not enough of your friends voted.
Do you think that's because democratic voters are biologically less likely to vote, or could it be that the DNC is doing a poor job of energizing the base?
Fuck the GOP, of course, but they are absolutely pushing for fascism, and getting fascist policies through, which excites their fascist base.
The DNC has been pushing for tepid liberalism for decades, and when there hasn't been sign of genuine positive change at tangible levels, the DNC will lose voters.
If you can blame voters for not voting, you can blame the party for failing to grab voters as well. It's a two-way street.
They got a majority and chose not to use it. They don't need a supermajority to do away with the filibuster forever.
That's a one way door that could backfire. I can understand them not wanting to open that particular Pandora's Box.
We don't elect Democrats to legislate based on what Republicans might do. The real reason Democrats consider the Jim Crow Filibuster to be more important than the lives and rights of pregnant patients is that if the Jim Crow Filibuster goes away, they lose their procedural excuse for breaking campaign promises that they never intended to even try to keep.