finitebanjo@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 个月前Elizabeth Warren Marks 100 Days Of Trump By Reading Aloud 100 Reports Of His Corruptionwww.huffpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1473arrow-down18file-text
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minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisherlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 个月前What did Mitch McConnell do when the Democrats had a supermajority under Obama, sit with his thumb up his ass?
minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 个月前Mitch McConnell had the benefit of dealing with weak, spineless Dem weenies who would roll over for him, even though they had majorities. MAGA Nazis aren’t going to be cooperative.
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisherlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 个月前Well it’s a sure thing that nothing will happen if they don’t try.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 个月前He filibustered. Cabinet Appointments cannot be filibustered under current senate rules. Same for SCOTUS judges. He did filibuster Public Option into the grave, though.
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisherlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 个月前Since when did the Republicans give two shits about some bullshit “senate rules?” They just change that shit whenever it suits them. So do the same.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 个月前Sure that’s a swell plan, sport. You only need a simple majority to change senate rules, so you need to convince 4 Republican Senators and 2 Independents, and I think there are maybe 1 or 2 Democrats who might need some arm twisting.
minus-squareSmoogs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 个月前be specific. he also wanted obama to have a single term. That didn’t happen.
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisherlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 个月前The Republicans broke the record for obstruction under Obama. We need that to happen right now under Trump. We need a left Tea Party.
What did Mitch McConnell do when the Democrats had a supermajority under Obama, sit with his thumb up his ass?
Mitch McConnell had the benefit of dealing with weak, spineless Dem weenies who would roll over for him, even though they had majorities.
MAGA Nazis aren’t going to be cooperative.
Well it’s a sure thing that nothing will happen if they don’t try.
He filibustered.
Cabinet Appointments cannot be filibustered under current senate rules. Same for SCOTUS judges.
He did filibuster Public Option into the grave, though.
Since when did the Republicans give two shits about some bullshit “senate rules?” They just change that shit whenever it suits them.
So do the same.
Sure that’s a swell plan, sport.
You only need a simple majority to change senate rules, so you need to convince 4 Republican Senators and 2 Independents, and I think there are maybe 1 or 2 Democrats who might need some arm twisting.
be specific. he also wanted obama to have a single term. That didn’t happen.
The Republicans broke the record for obstruction under Obama. We need that to happen right now under Trump.
We need a left Tea Party.