• minorkeys@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    The more Trump does, the more obvious it becomes that they are very much not the same.

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      8 days ago

      Democrats said the same thing during his first term yet rolled back very little of what he did. Like someone said in another thread, do you think Democrats are going to fire all of these ice agents that Trump brought on when they regain control, or that they are going to restore the gerrymandered districts and states? That’s how the Democrat ratchet effect works. The Republicans shift everything to the right and Democrats prevented from slipping back

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        3 days ago

        Not rolling back and implementing are not the same things. You may not appreciate the difference but that doesn’t erase that difference.

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          21 hours ago

          Not rolling back condones the decision. That’s their ratchet effect in action and how politics have moved so far to the right