She is. A problem that has become quite apparent in the U.S. is that there are no effective measures to stop an unpopular government. The Republicans have at this time gerrymandered their voting districts and otherwise reformed democratic institutions in their favor, and are passing legislation that opposes the will of the people. They have no fear of recall, nor impeachment—there is nothing.
The vitriol people feel towards Democrats like Kamala Harris stems, among other reasons like sexism, from two common sources: a belief that Democrats spent too much time compromising with a party that openly opposed the people and the limits of government control, and a level of incredulity at the very institutional language that they are using while it is obvious that Republicans are now simply tearing down institutions they don’t like.
Just this morning I got an email from Alexandria Occasio-Cortez’s team—one of the U.S.’s most radical government representatives —that read, “And when Republicans use a legislative mechanism to gut the American healthcare system, we have to use a legislative mechanism in order to restore it and fight for it.”
How does that work? We have no legislative mechanisms available to us. The ruling party has taken away legislative mechanisms. It’s like asking a children’s basketball team to keep playing and try harder when their opponents have tossed the ball right out of the gym. The entire idea is premised on someone returning the ball—or to return from the metaphor, that Republicans are going to wreak havoc for two years and then get voted out of office because they allow enough of their enemies to vote. And that it’s “democratic” to sit and wait our turn while peoples’ deaths in the States and around the world are directly attributable to this administration’s undemocratic actions and our collective failure to stop them as of this moment.
He kept the MAGA coalition together and retained control of the Republican Party. Then, he mounted a campaign to get re-elected. Harris has no vision, so she’s just touring the country with her book about how she lost. This is the same thing that Hillary Clinton did.
Dang, you’re right. Tho based on what I see in any news/opinion pieces about the US, Republicans will reliably fall in line and vote for the candidate with the ®, but Democrats will rather stay home than vote for what they consider to be the “lesser evil”
It’s gonna be hard to get things your way in that case.
That’s a good point, Ms. Harris. What are you doing about it?
I’m not American, so correct me if I’m wrong. What can she do about it? By all accounts, isn’t she just another citizen at this point in time?
She is. A problem that has become quite apparent in the U.S. is that there are no effective measures to stop an unpopular government. The Republicans have at this time gerrymandered their voting districts and otherwise reformed democratic institutions in their favor, and are passing legislation that opposes the will of the people. They have no fear of recall, nor impeachment—there is nothing.
The vitriol people feel towards Democrats like Kamala Harris stems, among other reasons like sexism, from two common sources: a belief that Democrats spent too much time compromising with a party that openly opposed the people and the limits of government control, and a level of incredulity at the very institutional language that they are using while it is obvious that Republicans are now simply tearing down institutions they don’t like.
Just this morning I got an email from Alexandria Occasio-Cortez’s team—one of the U.S.’s most radical government representatives —that read, “And when Republicans use a legislative mechanism to gut the American healthcare system, we have to use a legislative mechanism in order to restore it and fight for it.”
How does that work? We have no legislative mechanisms available to us. The ruling party has taken away legislative mechanisms. It’s like asking a children’s basketball team to keep playing and try harder when their opponents have tossed the ball right out of the gym. The entire idea is premised on someone returning the ball—or to return from the metaphor, that Republicans are going to wreak havoc for two years and then get voted out of office because they allow enough of their enemies to vote. And that it’s “democratic” to sit and wait our turn while peoples’ deaths in the States and around the world are directly attributable to this administration’s undemocratic actions and our collective failure to stop them as of this moment.
Yeah, that sounds really tough. If I may suggest, you need more than 2 parties, and you need more local candidates that reflect this unrest.
Also, I don’t know how to do this without adjusting the 1st amendment, but you really really need to stop fox news from blatantly lying
Trump was “just a citizen” in 2020, and look how much he got done in 4 years.
Trump was president for 10 out of 12 months in 2020 he was not “just a citizen” then.
He was President for ALL of 2020.
He lost an election in November, but he was President until January 20, 2021.
Okay, fine. I should’ve said 2021 instead. What a nitpick.
He was President of the United States in 2020.
I know ow history is a hard subject, but it was 5 fucking years ago.
What did he do at that time? 2020-2024 was a blur of Lysol and cabin fever for me
He kept the MAGA coalition together and retained control of the Republican Party. Then, he mounted a campaign to get re-elected. Harris has no vision, so she’s just touring the country with her book about how she lost. This is the same thing that Hillary Clinton did.
Dang, you’re right. Tho based on what I see in any news/opinion pieces about the US, Republicans will reliably fall in line and vote for the candidate with the ®, but Democrats will rather stay home than vote for what they consider to be the “lesser evil”
It’s gonna be hard to get things your way in that case.