IM DA JOKER BABY
There’s some people that realize the problem, but reading through the reddit thread on Brandon saying he’s okay with an exception to the filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade, there’s a bunch of people screaming that we need to vote, that if we touch the filibuster, Republicans will do worse, and that there’s nothing we can really do because of a constitutional crisis should Congress pass a law directly at odds against the Supreme Court, but also don’t think about gerrymandering. I don’t see these people still violently against anything other than voting to ever wake up. I mean for God’s sake they think they’ll get Collins and Murkowski to defect to counter Manchin and Sinema.
that if we touch the filibuster, Republicans will do worse
This is a fucking baby brained take. The Dems basically never used the filibuster when Trump was in office because they know full well if they use it the Republicans have no problem just ignoring it. It’s a rule that only applies to democrats.
he Dems basically never used the filibuster when Trump was in office because they know full well if they use it the Republicans have no problem just ignoring it. It’s a rule that only applies to democrats.
They did. The biggest bill the was passed under Trump was the 2017 tax cuts which passed under budget reconciliation ( the way you can avoid the filibuster once per year). The filibuster definitely limited what the Trump govt could do (till Dems won the House)
The difference is that Republicans can advance their goals with the Federalist Society people on the Supreme Court (as we are seeing) so they benefit more from the filibuster being in place.
