That’s genuinely the most sanity-destroying part of this for me.
They made a playbook years ago. They said they made it. The posted it openly on the internet years ago. They said they’d follow the playbook. They’re now following the playbook. They’re continuing to follow the playbook. They are completing entire sections of the playbook, according to what was written in the playbook. They will continue to follow the playbook.
This is not a surprise. You are not allowed to be surprised by this. Fucking stop it.
And yet: all the Democratic leadership and rank-and-file - save for a very small handful of progressives - are all in a constant state of shock and surprise. What the absolute fuck. How. HOW.
That’s genuinely the most sanity-destroying part of this for me.
They made a playbook years ago. They said they made it. The posted it openly on the internet years ago. They said they’d follow the playbook. They’re now following the playbook. They’re continuing to follow the playbook. They are completing entire sections of the playbook, according to what was written in the playbook. They will continue to follow the playbook.
This is not a surprise. You are not allowed to be surprised by this. Fucking stop it.
And yet: all the Democratic leadership and rank-and-file - save for a very small handful of progressives - are all in a constant state of shock and surprise. What the absolute fuck. How. HOW.
and more infuriating- they ran on “WE NEED TO FIGHT THIS”.
Right? And then they fucking softballed it. Like, what the fuck. What the actual fuck.
“We can’t remove the filibuster… what if we need it?!”…
(Some time later, when it’s needed…)
“Best we can do is…. NOTHING”
I’m also quite certain the fascists will ditch the filibuster the second orangeboi asks them to
Yup.
At this point, the republicans can’t fold fast enough, and democrats are just stepping aside because “reasons”.
There’s only a handful of people actually standing up.
The Republican aren’t folding. They’re putting their armbands on.