Just in case you were confused by the article blaming Democrats and showing a picture of Biden, here’s the relevant bit from the NPR article:
Just in case you were confused by the article blaming Democrats and showing a picture of Biden, here’s the relevant bit from the NPR article:
I hope Democrats, especially centrist ones, take this to heart. For too long, the Democratic response to any injustice has been “VOTE!”, as though they were totally incapable of action until they had a supermajority in every level of government. Well, we can see how well that is working out. I’m hoping that…
The reason is that not enough Democrats are willing to do what it takes to pass those things.
Then who will you vote for? I guess waste a vote on an independent or third party candidate who has absolutely no chance in hell of being elected? Or just not vote at all?
“Defend Black women’s rights or don’t count on our votes.”
I don’t get it. So you don’t want to vote for Democrats because they failed to repeal Hyde, but abortion is still (technically) legal. So then you’ll vote for Republicans, who’ll make abortion completely illegal and perhaps punishable by jail or even death, if you listen to some of the extremists.
“(expand the Supreme Court, add term limits, get rid of the filibuster, etc)“
Presently those would require 60 votes, 60 votes, and 50 votes respectively, and they have 48.
They literally can’t get rid of the Hyde Amendment without 60 votes. And say what you will about the GOP, they’ve been extremely effective at playing the long game, mobilizing voters at the local and state level, taking control in those places, then changing the rules so they would retain a disproportionate level of…
any Democrat is probably better than any Republican
[A] resounding warning to Democratic members: “Defend Black women’s rights or don’t count on our votes.”
When the fuck did 50 senators with a tie-breaking VP become a super-majority?
“Defend Black women’s rights or don’t count on our votes.”
CounterPoint: Failing to vote, or voting GOP will make things 100x worse. Blaming “Dems” as if they are a monolithic group where all should be punished for the stupidity of 1 or 2 (Manchin, Simema) seems short-sighted and childish.
I guess I don’t understand how they can act in the current environment without a supermajority. Doesn’t the right just filibuster?
If you think Democrats have a super majority I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell ya. This defeatist ass nonsense sure is exhausting.
I’m 100% convinced that the Jez staff won’t be happy until Trump (or someone worse, somehow) is back in office because that’s the only way they can generate content that isn’t Housewives-related, Cardi B. worship, or making up someone being a "KKK princess."
“I just think Jezebel could be doing a much better job with politics”
You are really very committed to ignoring the entirety of my original comment and the point I’m making, aren’t you? Maybe you could go back, read it, and stop (as I previously requested) with the disingenuous bullshit.
Biden should never be free from criticism, but I’m still not sure who’s more pissed off over his election: the MAGAts or the Jezebel editorial staff.
Yall some two-faced, hypocritical, catty writers. And you don’t care one damn bit. As long as those G/O checks clear the bank, you'll write whatever trash gets the clicks.