• TronBronson@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Scheumer rubberstamped autocracy by not filibustering the CR. I think anyone who protects the constitution and their constituents is better than someone who doesn’t. Not that any repuclicans fit the bill, but its not like we can just trust any old democrat. Look at Gavin Newsome sliding to the right to maintain power. That the kinda dems we want?

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      1 day ago

      Autocracy is 100% guaranteed in the USA since November, Schumer never had any choice on the matter. Whether or not Congress went into recess Trump would be acting like a God King. The only people who can do anything about it? Congress, who in this hypothetical wouldn’t be able to because of the recess and in our actual reality aren’t able to because more than half of them are traitors.

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        22 hours ago

        We’ll never know what happened because the senate couldn’t even filibuster it for a day to try to force a negotiation or a shutdown. There was no reason for 10 senators to vote yes on the CR.

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          22 hours ago

          I don’t like that 10 dnc senators voted yes, but I absolutely place 100% of the blame on the GOP.

          Reminder that failure to pass a resolution by the 14th, within 4 days of its introduction on the 10th, would automatically trigger government shutdown and recess of congress, giving Trump even more authority to discontinue payments to government programs and offices. It was made law on the 15th of March. Republicans left no room for negotiation.

          Any Democrat is better than Any Republican.

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            3 hours ago

            Ah yes so just let them shut down the government for the most vunerable americans, and let the part that throws people in jail run free. This is good because instead of everyone hurting, only the people republicans want to hurt are hurting. The rest of the population is free to ignore fascism and go about their normal day.

            This brilliant strategy brought to you by people who need to color code morality!

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              3 hours ago

              You think that congressional recess stops the president’s executive orders…? Thats… not how anything works…

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                I’m talking about the Continuing resolution. Here have a read and let me know if you want to discuss it. I’m not sure what you’re talking about, but I am certain you have not read the CR, and I’m suspicious you do not understand how government opperates.

                https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1968/text

                I mean guy like its the money trump is using to fund all the executive orders, wtf are you going on about?

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                  2 hours ago

                  Yes, talking about the CR vote, as was I in my previous comment when I gave a precise timeline of the events surrounding the bill you just linked to.

                  To be clear the CR cuts funding, but a government shutdown would have cut the funding regardless.