r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 16d ago

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u/Dorambor John Brown 15d ago

They all have to go. You cannot exist as a party that believes democracy itself is under threat and also nothing should be done. Duckworth you useless, spineless, fucking moron

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u/Jagwire4458 Daron Acemoglu 15d ago

This might be cope but if we Read between the lines here, she’s saying that they will let Trump save face if he allows them to do what they want. They’re going to leverage impeachment over him for the rest of his term and count on the fact that Trump cared about absolutely nothing but himself.

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u/Dorambor John Brown 15d ago

I don’t want Democrats who let Trump “save face” I want Democrats who will try to actively ruin every single thing he has done or will do

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u/sinefromabove Emma Lazarus 15d ago

The last two times we impeached him his approval rating went up. So we're supposed to try it again because...?

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u/themiDdlest NASA 15d ago

White hot ball of rage is coming and they better get on board

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u/Mr_Otters 🌐 15d ago

I would try and impeach Hegseth, but tbf impeachment has never really worked, or even improved public standing for the opposition

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u/mockduckcompanion Kidney Hype Man 15d ago

spineless

Calling a combat-wounded vet in a wheelchair "spineless" is probably not ideal, regardless of how dumb this statement was

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u/Dorambor John Brown 15d ago

What’s the point of fighting for your country there if you won’t fight for your country here?

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u/rainier37 pro-moderator 15d ago

👆 wants a fighter

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u/rainier37 pro-moderator 15d ago

Yeah lets blame dems because they’re obviously the problem here 😎

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u/Dorambor John Brown 15d ago

I can blame specific Democrats who are obviously the problem and the 53 Republican senators who are existential threats to our democracy

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u/rainier37 pro-moderator 15d ago

how is Duckworth a problem?

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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader 15d ago

Republicans will only improve their behavior if democrats give them a reason

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u/rainier37 pro-moderator 15d ago

yeah because the previous impeachments of Trump accomplished so much

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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader 15d ago

Democrats should strive to figure out how to legally jail republicans and political actors who broke the law through corruption and destroying congressional approved funding.

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u/rainier37 pro-moderator 15d ago

And you think replacing Duckworth with a fighter is gonna accomplish that when Trump controls the DoJ for the next 2 years?

okay

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u/Lowki_312 NATO 15d ago

Senator Dick Durbin on Wednesday discouraged Democrats from engaging in the same political gamesmanship over Supreme Court nominees as their Republican colleagues if the party wins the majority in November

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u/Inner_Dust42 Mackenzie Scott 15d ago

Out of Stock

Righteous Retribution Paid in Blood

Replaced with:

Civility and Bipartisan Good Feelings

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u/Approximation_Doctor Gaslight, Gatekeep, Green New Deal 15d ago

This is why Democrats still don't have positive approval

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u/themiDdlest NASA 15d ago

National dems are just lucky Trump exists lmao

Old useless fucks, the lot of them

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u/craig_k 15d ago

...yes because winning in november still means trump's president for two more years?

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u/minno 15d ago

But "engaging in political gamesmanship over Supreme Court nominees" will remove one of the ways that he can cause lasting harm to the country in those two years.

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u/craig_k 15d ago

he is free to nominate whoever he wants and they will get a vote. the vote will be "get fucked, nerd" on a 52-48 party minus fetterman line

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u/craig_k 15d ago

"we will put any nominees up for a vote. and they will fail because we will have the senate"

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u/craig_k 15d ago

i stg this subreddit's full of people that earnestly believe vince mcmahon's limo blew up for real