ID: ally @missmayn posted: “the democrats were more energized and organized against campus protests than the current authoritarian takeover.”

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    No, we actually didn’t. Over a decade ago we gave them only 58 votes for only 72 days and we’ve given them less every election since.

    Caucusing Independents gave them supermajority at that time but they still failed the singlepayer vote by 1 Indie and thats why we only got Medicaid Expansion (which republicans have illegally frozen funding for).

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      2 days ago

      No, we fucking did and I’m beyond sick of hearing excuses.

      It would take 50 votes to change the senate rules and get rid of the filibuster. Democrats preferred the filibuster to all the shit they let die to preserve it.

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        2 days ago

        That might have made sense in 2013 but we’ve had less than 50 dems every congress since then so you’re just handing the keys to the Republicans. That sort of foresight is exactly why nobody has done it.

        A better solution is to just give Dems 60.

        What are you afraid of?! You really think Republicans better represent you?

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          2 days ago

          That might have made sense in 2013 but we’ve had less than 50 dems every congress since then

          We had 50 from 2020-2022. We gave them the seats. They squandered their majority. Because that’s what Democrats do.

          A better solution is to just give Dems 60.

          We did that in 2008. They found enough no votes. They always do.

          You really think Republicans better represent you?

          I think they better represent you.

          • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            edit-2
            1 day ago

            We actually didn’t have 50 in 2020-2022. We only had Dem majority with caucusing independents.

                • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  1 day ago

                  Oh christ. We’re done. Saying that democrats had a majority when their caucus had a majority isn’t a blatant lie. It wasn’t the independents that voted with republicans.

                  It was democrats who voted like you wanted them to.