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    Yet republicans manage to get all sorts of things done when they didn’t even have a majority.

    So democrats can try harder. Democrats can remove the pedotus by any means necessary.

    Pedotus tried (succeeded?) to overthrow the us government and nothing happened to him. He got reelected.

    Democrats can do so so much more. As proven by republicans. Yet they don’t. Why?

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      Because

      1. SCOTUS is corrupt, filled by Republican partisans, after voters gave Republicans the power to choose judges

      2. It is way easier to block stuff, than to pass stuff. So when Republicans right now is preventing a minimum wage increase, Republicans can do that

      3. “Democrats can remove the pedotus by any means necessary.” - which requires a supermajority in the Senate. Whereas leaving Trump in power requires nothing. So Republicans “win”.

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          They. Don’t. Have. The. Power. To. Do. So.

          Voters have not given Democrats the power to block anything. Republicans control both chambers of Congress. How is that so hard to understand?

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            Not having control of Congress never stopped the Republicans from throwing wrenches into things. Figure. it. out. Cheat if they have to. If this shit goes on til midterms we’re never getting out of this.

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              Trump is governing by executive order. Hence the Democrats have to proactively pass laws to stop Trump. It is not a bill Democrats can filibuster in the Senate.

              Whereas Democrats actually try to pass bills, as the system is supposed to work. And when Biden or Obama did try to use executive orders, they were often blocked by SCOTUS. Because US voters allowed Republican Presidents to stack the courts with partisans.

              Also, generally Democrats are trying to build stuff. Whereas Republicans are trying to block or destroy stuff. destroying stuff is inherently easier.

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                24 hours ago

                Don’t care. The system is fucked and they need to act accordingly. They are the opposition they need to figure something out, legal or not. Letting shit play out until midterms will fuck all of us. The Republicans stopped caring about legality years ago.

                • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  21 hours ago

                  Really telling that you want them to do more and Blue MAGA gets angry at people wanting the Democrats to do anything meaningful.

                  Controlled opposition and it’s brainwashed sycophants.