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We know. Stop sounding alarms and do something. It's your jobs and why we elected you. Get off your asses senate democrats.
Too many leftists stayed home during the election. Now democrats don’t have enough elected officials to do anything. But you probably knew that.
I do, but outnumbered doesn't mean give up.
Who gave up other than leftists on Election Day? Democrats are still trying to block legislation in the house and senate without a majority.
From what I can tell, they are still playing defence. They need to start poking bears. Use the laws even if outnumbered. Show force; show pressure.
"Good" media is disappearing and what we have is filtered through Trump's jockstrap. Tell us what is happening. Get the word out. We can't help if all we hear is what has happened.
The rules have changed and democrats are still using a textbook from 1990.
Hell, I'm not politician but I'm more qualified then many bozos sitting fat and happy. Maybe I'll run. My campaign message will be "Maybe don't be a dick this time?" Ha!
These words mean nothing. They are not a strategy or a plan or even coherent.
You’re avoiding the fact that in a democracy, you need enough votes to make things happen.
We know what’s happening. That’s why we are having this conversation.
What rules have changed? Republicans are breaking the rules by performing a coup. To even imply that democrats should do the same thing as republicans shows you’re arguing in bad faith.
The Republicans have a plan and leadership to follow through, rules or not. Democrats are stuck in a system that is stacked against them and I haven't seen anything but reactionary chaos.
Maybe assert control over their responsibilities, such as federal budget. You don't need the majority, last I heard, to tell the prez to bugger off out of his territory. Stop handing the president congresses powers.
Edit: I see states are suing to stop, which is a big, big plus, but congress controls the purse. Kick them out or take a page from the Republican playbook and shut down the gov.