So...democrats are pissed off today because Chuck Schumer decided to vote with the republicans on the spending bill. He did it because he thinks a government shutdown would be worse, because it would allow Trump to take more power. Still, democrats are pissed at this, seeing it as a betrayal, with many democrats seeing it so bad they're starting to call on AOC to primary Schumer for his seat. You know it's bad when ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS are telling AOC, ONE OF THE MOST LEFT CONGRESSWOMEN, to take Schumer's seat.
Should Schumer fight or cave? I mean, under normal circumstances, I'd say, fight, unequivocally. If they wanna pass a bill, the republicans should do it themselves. The democrats should obstruct and get the most concessions out of republicans possible. HOWEVER, the fear Schumer seems to have is that given the insanity that is the current executive branch, congress failing to act could be followed by the executive consolidating further power, with Trump, Musk, and DOGE being able to exercise more control over cutting spending and firing people, if the bill fails to pass.
That IS a concern. HOWEVER, at the same time, the republicans are playing dirty, they're claiming the spending bill is "clean" when it is not. It is full of cuts to the government that democrats shouldn't support under any circumstance. Honestly, given the sensitive nature of this, if Schumer doesn't wanna risk a shutdown, perhaps they should not filibuster, HOWEVER, that doesn't mean SUPPORTING it. The republicans have the votes. Let them pass it. Democrats should have the good sense to, if they fail to take action against it for fear of it playing into trump's hands, just let the pieces fall where they may and wipe their hands of it.
I mean, again, we gotta treat this like a nazi occupation. Say the nazi occupation of France. The democrats seem to have this mentality that they have to govern like General Petain of Vichy France. You know, collaborate with the Nazis and to try to work with them to maintain some semblance of their own autonomy, but in reality, it's really an illusion. By becoming complicit with the Nazi's crap, they become as bad as the Nazis and are remembered as the cowards who refused to stand up to them and actually helped them do their dirty work.
Again, if you dont wanna oppose the bill outright with an organized filibuster...okay. Again, under normal circumstances, I would say, just do it, but again, we ARE dealing with an administration where doing that COULD play right into their hands and make the situation go from bad to worse. Okay. Fair. Dont sign on to their crap though. Let THEM pass it. Hell, given the nature of budget reconciliations, they can probably pass stuff even over a filibuster.
Again, so why sign on to their crap?
Honestly, it makes the democrats look complicit and weak and given a lot of rank and file democrats are turning on leadership over this, well, yeah. It's a bad move.
Honestly, wtf are democrats doing? They come off as so weak. I mean, I'm USED to this by now, democrats are always weak and roll over to republicans, but at this point, I really do feel like the democrats are like vichy france just becoming complicit with the nazis than fighting them. We deserve better. Again, is it too much to ask the dems dont' sign on to their crap?
Kyle Kulinski discussed this today and mentioned we might be witnessing the start of a left wing tea party over this. Because this is just such a low bar the dems are failing to clear. As I like to say to the establishment dems realizing what I realized a decade ago, "welcome to the party, pal...".
We'll see where this goes, but given I believe we should've been fighting the GOP as hard as we can all along, I'm up for that. I just hope it isn't too late. 2028 seems like it's gonna be do or die for the democrats for the next alignment. Either we sink into fascism, or the dems mount a once in a generation comeback and the good guys actually win. Again, I just hope it isn't too late.
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