Such a quick turn around in again showing how Democrats are literally worthless.
2 Democrats defect
all Democrats are worthless
No. 2 Democrats are worthless. Vote for better ones, outnumber them. Don’t throw this “both sides are the same” “don’t bother” rhetoric around. It doesn’t solve jack shit.
The problem is these kinds of defections have exactly zero consequences. And it’s a roulette wheel of defectors making sure that there’s just enough votes to pass trump’s agenda.
Which makes it look rather… orchestrated.
The current party leadership is fucking useless. They sit around, do nothing, let themselves get steamrolled and then wonder why no one wants to vote for them.
It’s called rotating villans. Only a few Dems (in this case 2) have to go to the other side and take the hit for all the other Dems, and like you said it goes unpunished.
It’s unsurprising, really, when Schumer did the same thing himself. especially after telling others not to. that was in the senate, but it’s all part of a whole.
You’re being very naive. 2 Dems defected because Republicans needed 2 votes. If they needed 21 votes 21 Dems would defect:
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5721189-democrats-republicans-end-shutdown/
Weird how they can always find just the right number of Dems willing to vote with Republicans, don’t you think? It’s almost as if both parties are working together…
The vote the two Democrats defected on is known as a rule vote. Typically, members of the minority party stick together to oppose these kind of procedural votes, which the majority party needs to bring bills to the floor.
Democrats are particularly irate given that one of the bills that can now be brought to the floor is a Russian sanctions bill that President Donald Trump himself has championed.
While some Democrats support the Russia sanctions bill, they said they were not willing to back a GOP rule — and cross party leadership — to get that result.
“I’m proud to represent one of the largest Ukrainian communities in America — people who have lost fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in the fight to defeat fascism,” Gluesenkamp Perez said on X, adding, “My vote today gets us one step closer to enacting these sanctions into law and I look forward to voting tomorrow to cut off the flow of Russian oil money fueling this war.”
Unless fatally flawed – highly likely for anything Trump supports – then don’t we want sanctions here? I get wanting to deny a W for the opposition, but having one or two be the bad guy so everyone else can look unified while plenty probably support the thing sounds like politics. Stupid politics, but this is the age in which we live.
Outside all that is Trump and this situation, so just purely politics, I think the statement: I get not wanting a win for the opposition. Is what is wrong with today’s politics. The job of a politician is not scoring more wins compared to the opposition. There is no winning. They’re supposed to serve Americans and its citizens.
I agree.
but also its not normal that Trump go to great length in order to sanction Russia. That is so not Trump.
The White House has made it such a high priority that some in the administration privately reached out to at least one House Democratic centrist, attempting to convince that member to support the GOP
Oh look at fucking Marie Gluesenkamp Perez bending over backwards to appeal to the right wing vote which will never vote for her. God, I can’t stand this politician.
Fuck Jared Golden. I’m so glad this asshole’s not running in my state again. He has been the biggest disappointment ever; a DINO coward.
Rotating villains
Democrats forever snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
The paid opposition is being the paid opposition? I’m shocked.
Block any agenda. Ffs. It isn’t that hard. Unless, you are owned by lobbyists and PACs
Manchurian MAGAs
Representative government is inherently corrupt.
