Comment on dear republicans, what's the point of alienating every single ally of the US?

• letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  To be fair to them though, they did just get comprehensively voted out from everywhere. They don’t have a single majority to make any difference to anything. If I were them I’d be sitting back with a large bowl of popcorn going “yal’l voted for this, or at least didn’t vote against it, hope you enjoy getting the full force of this orange idiot right in the face”. But from the headlines I’ve read it would appear they’ve had a few things to say about Fart’s latest hot smelly air.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They’d still rather stay silent than break with Trump and ally with leftists. To be really fair, they deserve no fucking credit whatsoever.

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  • meyotch@slrpnk.net ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That is factually untrue. They did not get voted out everywhere and it is somewhat silly to say so.

    House: R- 218, D- 215 Senate: R- 53, D- 47

    That is what I call a fair fight.

    Your position is indefensible.

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    • letsgo@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I did a bit of maths at school and I know 218>215, and 53>47.

      That is what I call a minority in both places. If all D get together and say “no”, and all R get together and say “yes”, then where a simple majority is required it’ll be an R victory. Any D victory will need some Rs to either swing (and likely get fired), or abstain. Of course if a 2/3 majority is needed for something then R will need some D support to get it through.

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      • meyotch@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Minority parties have a great deal of procedural power and with such a narrow minority, even a few defections from the other party can swing a vote.

        Politics is theater and it is breathtakingly stupid to just lay down and let them do whatever they want without using the power at their disposal.

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