Shouldn’t be so ham-tied that it’s not possible. Hell, why wait till mid-terms, get drafting now so things are ready on day one. Not like they’re doing anything productive or meaningful at the moment.
Except impeachment lets the Republicans play the victim card in '28. So impeachment both does nothing, and lets the Republicans go “See those Democrats are just mean!” in '28.
Instead, you pass good legislation and if the Republicans kill it, you hang them with it in '28.
“Living minimum wage? Republicans say no. Universl health care? Republicans say no. Functional immigration? Republicans say no.”
Way harder to do that if you hand them the loaded gun of a 3rd failed impeachment.
Except impeachment lets the Republicans play the victim card in '28.
They’re going to do that anyway. Don’t let their bullshit stop us from doing what’s right. Otherwise we’re just allowing him to continue his criminal activity with no pushback. And that depresses voter turnout.
There is literally nothing we can do to hold him accountable as long as Republicans control the Senate and he controls the Justice Department, that’s the problem.
Fixing the system means a major, major overhaul of, well, everything and that starts with regaining the House and Senate. That will not happen if we get sidetracked with a 3rd doomed impeachment.
Sand in the gears won’t win votes. At a minimum, we need a majority in the Senate and kill the filibuster. If the Republicans want to vote down good legislation, let them, and then hang their votes around their necks in the next election.
The problem here is that it’s raised by Democrats, which means it won’t even come up for a vote, you can’t hold them responsible for votes that don’t happen.
So, win the House, pass the legislation, and let the Republicans vote it down in the Senate.
“Here are the people keeping you from earning $25 an hour!”
Shouldn’t be so ham-tied that it’s not possible. Hell, why wait till mid-terms, get drafting now so things are ready on day one. Not like they’re doing anything productive or meaningful at the moment.
Except impeachment lets the Republicans play the victim card in '28. So impeachment both does nothing, and lets the Republicans go “See those Democrats are just mean!” in '28.
Instead, you pass good legislation and if the Republicans kill it, you hang them with it in '28.
“Living minimum wage? Republicans say no. Universl health care? Republicans say no. Functional immigration? Republicans say no.”
Way harder to do that if you hand them the loaded gun of a 3rd failed impeachment.
They’re going to do that anyway. Don’t let their bullshit stop us from doing what’s right. Otherwise we’re just allowing him to continue his criminal activity with no pushback. And that depresses voter turnout.
There is literally nothing we can do to hold him accountable as long as Republicans control the Senate and he controls the Justice Department, that’s the problem.
Fixing the system means a major, major overhaul of, well, everything and that starts with regaining the House and Senate. That will not happen if we get sidetracked with a 3rd doomed impeachment.
You can’t overhaul anything without a supermajority. So throwing sand in the gears is worth the effort.
Sand in the gears won’t win votes. At a minimum, we need a majority in the Senate and kill the filibuster. If the Republicans want to vote down good legislation, let them, and then hang their votes around their necks in the next election.
Current example, raising the minimum wage to $25:
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_c2590dcd-be1b-40db-ba35-89fa602f813d.html
The problem here is that it’s raised by Democrats, which means it won’t even come up for a vote, you can’t hold them responsible for votes that don’t happen.
So, win the House, pass the legislation, and let the Republicans vote it down in the Senate.
“Here are the people keeping you from earning $25 an hour!”