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I've said this many times. Republicans are bad...and democrats are just as bad, the only difference is what they pretend to care about. You might've seen a democrat promise good things, but not a single one of them has ever even tried to get any of those things done
"BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTES YET!"
FDR didn't have the votes either. He used his popularity to twist arms for the votes he needed. LBJ did the same thing. AOC and the squad could just as easily do that too, but they've wasted every opportunity they've had to pressure Pelosi and Schumer to do something.
Oh by the way, remember why we couldn't have a vote on medicare for all or raising wages because the current speaker Kevin McCarthy would become speaker? And then when the democrats did nothing at all McCarthy became speaker and the people got nothing?
Did you know that a majority of republican voters want medicare for all once they understand what it is? "We need to go to the center and be against medicare for all to get votes from the other side"
Meh. Only one party wants to take away my rights or stop my friends from getting married because they're both women, make birth control illegal, kill people for performing in drag and let 12 year olds get married. . Your idea of "just as bad" is a little strange.
Classic "both sidesism" that neglects reality.
Republicans don't actually care. Y'know why? Because many of the oligarchs are gay too.
Oh that makes it totally fine then. 🙄
Pretending to be bigoted and actually being bigoted is a distinction without a difference in my book.
Fail right out the gate.
Name one thing the democrats did that was good for regular people. Something they actually tried to get done instead of just complaining that they don't have the votes. Something that they actually fought for instead of caving in to the republicans after 2 seconds.
History would have been better if Huey Long hadn’t been JFK’d and overthrown FDR