PugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoOne party deserves criticism for being insufficient. One party deserves nothing but scorn and opposition.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square248fedilinkarrow-up11.27Karrow-down140
arrow-up11.23Karrow-down1imageOne party deserves criticism for being insufficient. One party deserves nothing but scorn and opposition.lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square248fedilink
minus-squareJohn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down5·1 year agoThere’s always conveniently a cohort of Dems that vote against party lines. Every. Time. Then they can shrug and say “welp, we tried”. Two sides of the same capitalist shit sandwich.
minus-squarerational_lib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·1 year agoThis is because of red state Democrats like Manchin. Because every state gets two senators, there are more senators from red states than blue states. So Democrats have to capture more of the center to hey the majority in the Senate.
There’s always conveniently a cohort of Dems that vote against party lines. Every. Time. Then they can shrug and say “welp, we tried”.
Two sides of the same capitalist shit sandwich.
This is because of red state Democrats like Manchin. Because every state gets two senators, there are more senators from red states than blue states. So Democrats have to capture more of the center to hey the majority in the Senate.