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'Shame on you!' Dems erupt on House floor as Mike Johnson orders recess despite shutdown
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The Republicans feed their base with wins regularly. Sure they don't care about the hypocrisy or whatever as well, but it's also that they are actually doing things for them. Now these things don't really change their lives but it sure makes them feel good.
When do the Dems do this?
My point is that democratic voters are so quick to abandon democrats when they aren’t behaving exactly as they want. Republicans don’t care.
You are missing my point entirely. I'm addressing your point - it's just dumb. No party is owed voters - they must work to do things to get those voters to support them. The Republicans do this all the time. The Dems do not. That's it. If they want people to vote for them, they need to have a compelling platform that actually gets people in their base excited - like how the Republicans do.
Republicans see their base being transphobic and they throw them a bone on that. They see them hating immigrants and they throw them a bone on that. It serves their interests sure, but it also keeps their base in line and willing to support them on the more heinous things that just hurt them in the long run.
By contrast the Dems see their base wanting things like healthcare or to stop funding genocide and what do they do? They ignore it and double down on the Republican talking points to try and pull some of their voters away rather than just run on the policy that would make them extremely popular and a shoe in to win elections.
Do you see what I am saying yet?