• Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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    The problem is if Biden had done this everything he did would have been struck down why it works for Trump is because Republican Congress doesn’t stand up or have a spine when it’s a Republican leader

    You’re literally dragging Democrats through the mud for the fact that Republicans won’t hold each other accountable

    Now don’t get me wrong there’s a lot Democrats need to be held accountable for but I just want it to be things that they earned

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      So the Democratic Party is structurally incapable of pushing through the reforms and new programs that are necessary to stop fascism? Why should people keep being married to that party instead of supporting any other effort, and pay no rhetorical support nor lip service to a party that also facilitates fascism?

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      The democrats didn’t have to play by trump’s rules, but they had to dismantle the foundations he had put in place during his term. I mean, they didn’t even strengthen rules to avoid another Jan 6th. Didn’t protect the freedom of the press. Didn’t strengthen campaign finance laws. Didn’t approach voting reform. Didn’t ban gerrymandering. Nothing.

      Democratic politicians (as opposed to Democrat Party politicians) seem to think you defeat the other side by winning elections, but it’s impossible to win all the elections. At some point you lose, and all you’ve got left is your systematic safeguards to keep your democracy. You must bolster the safeguards while you can, even if it might work against you in the short term.

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      The problem is if Biden had done this everything he did would have been struck down why it works for Trump is because Republican Congress doesn’t stand up or have a spine when it’s a Republican leader

      That’s why you keep trying. That’s what Republican presidents do. When they want to do something by executive order, they have their lawyers come up with a dozen different ways to accomplish the same goal using various provisions in different laws. They implement one. If SCOTUS strikes it down, they just move on to another method from the list. It takes years for the court to strike it down, and in the meantime they keep doing what they wanted to do.

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      8 days ago

      I’m curious by your last statement if you have a problem with Democrat candidates should have to earn a vote from us.

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      Now don’t get me wrong there’s a lot Democrats need to be held accountable for but I just want it to be things that they earned

      They earn our vote when they aren’t shitheels for fascists.