bquintb@midwest.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2年前Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up1538arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22年前Most Democrats I know want a different healthcare system, including myself. I always find a candidate to vote for who want the same.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2年前 Most Democrats I know want a different healthcare system, including myself. Most Democrats I know aren’t candidates. I always find a candidate to vote for who want the same. It’s easy to find a Democratic candidate who says they want change.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2年前It takes 60 votes in the Senate for real reform. The Democrats never have 60 votes, so it’s incremental change. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2年前 It takes 60 votes in the Senate for real reform. Because Democrats won’t end the filibuster.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2年前The end of the filibuster for Democrats means the end of the filibuster for Republicans…think about it.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2年前We’re so scared of what Republicans might do that we let Roe die.
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2年前Roe died at the hands of the Supreme Court and Trump based on what happened during a Republican majority. Justice approval only requires a simple Senate majority. Filibuster or no filibuster. Result would have been the same.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldBanned from communitylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2年前Could have expanded the courts except for the filibuster.
Most Democrats I know want a different healthcare system, including myself. I always find a candidate to vote for who want the same.
Most Democrats I know aren’t candidates.
It’s easy to find a Democratic candidate who says they want change.
It takes 60 votes in the Senate for real reform. The Democrats never have 60 votes, so it’s incremental change. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
Because Democrats won’t end the filibuster.
The end of the filibuster for Democrats means the end of the filibuster for Republicans…think about it.
We’re so scared of what Republicans might do that we let Roe die.
Roe died at the hands of the Supreme Court and Trump based on what happened during a Republican majority. Justice approval only requires a simple Senate majority. Filibuster or no filibuster. Result would have been the same.
Could have expanded the courts except for the filibuster.