• MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    28 days ago

    The Democrats are supposed to realize the working class Republicans aren’t possible to convince of anything. They should have let this go until Thanksgiving, brand Trump as the President who canceled Thanksgiving and win back all of those cul-de-sac base voters who actually fly to see family for the holidays.

    Poor people ain’t flying. They’re taking the train if lucky to have Amtrak near then and the money to afford tickets. Or they’re driving.

    • SevenSkalls [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      28 days ago

      100%. The fact that they won this blue wave of elections during the shutdown proved that people were blaming the Republicans, not the Democrats. Makes sense, it’s the Republicans that are in power right now and the American public are simple creatures.

      This would have destroyed the Republicans, but it seems a few who are retiring or aren’t being reelected next year are giving up, but I don’t know why. Backroom deals? Bribes? Either way, this will be disastrous to the rest of the Democratic party and these ones need or be ostracized, and in a better system, would be recalled right after this goes through.