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Its probably our only chance (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This doesn't seem to be much of a narrative that the post wants it to be...

One, this is a state seat, nothing to do with the federal government.

Second, it's a seat that has been thoroughly blue looks like. GOP hadn't even bothered to run a candidate in over a decade, and then they only got 19% of the vote. The GOP candidate showed 38% this time around, which is actually stronger performance than they had before.

Per an article "have historically supported Democrats at the state and local level, but have shifted toward Republicans in federal elections", this is a continuation. If anything, concerning that this is the strongest GOP result for that seat, even though they still lost...

In terms of special elections, the three that are scheduled are pretty much the only ones we are going to see, and all signs point to 2 going GOP and 1 going democrat, resulting in a 220:215 in favor of republicans. Even if they flipped the two GOP seats then it's 218:217. More resignations/deaths could shift things more, but no more special elections since it's so close to the general election now.

Even if, hypothetically, 10 republicans just up and resigned and the vacancies gave the democrats the majority... then what? They do another toothless impeachment? They shake their head disapprovingly at Trump deploying ICE to strategic polling places?

You'd need to see 2/3rds of the senate be willing to go against Trump before anything could realistically stop the worst of the Trump presidency.

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Reporting this is them saying "Democrats are doing fiiine, stay home no need to vote"

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In summary, the republicans need to also be against trump not just the Democrats.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yes, and critically Senate Republicans, 38% of senate republicans would have to go against Trump to move the needle, and if that hasn't happened by now, it's hard to imagine a scenario where that would happen.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Funny there is no mention of primarying corporate Democrats with progressives while they're at it. "Vote blue, no matter who" won't cut it if corporate Democrats will remain and keep enabling fascists. It's time for a full progressive takeover.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's always both. Obviously try and get the most progressive blue candidate you can every time, but corporate Democrats are still at least marginally better than full-throated fascists.

It being "time" for a progressive takeover doesn't really mean much if progressives aren't running, or primary voters aren't supporting them. Do you have a plan to make either of those things happen?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Organising grassroots and educating people on having a better leftist alternative. This always starts at the community level. The American ancestors who ended the Gilded Age and elected the Roosevelts would be rolling in their graves at how their descendants became so spineless and forget to mobilise!

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're not wrong, but haven't we already been doing that for, like, a century?

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

7 Republicans voted against funding ICE this go around ... but then 7 Democrats voted to fund them and/or avert a shutdown. Odd coincidence.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

This is what I've said before and will say it again, both the Democratic and Republican parties are playing good cop/bad cop, respectively. They both take marching orders from their corporate donors to do a hot and cold game; to make people intimidated with the cold attitude, while the hot attitude makes the voters think "well, they're not so bad after all." It's like a domestic abuse victim being psychologically manipulated by narcissistic, Machiavellian psychopathic partner by making us think "my partner hurts me sometimes, but at time he loves me. He's not so bad."

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I kind of wish their voting was blind some times.

[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 days ago

Link to roll calls votes you're referring to?

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 45 points 2 days ago (4 children)

How do you force someone with no morals to resign?

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You don't. He was voted out in ~~2019~~ 2020 and tried to launch an insurrection. There's no way he will leave the Whitehouse willingly.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You vote with your rounds.

[–] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The military is majority conservative, the same with the police, private security, and even the local gun club. Normalizing political violence is just about the dumbest thing the left can do in the US.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

I don't know what world you're living in, but political violence is already normalized.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

If ICE is at the poll stations then political violence has already been normalised.

Yes there is a difference between threats and action, so the left is only currently authorised to threaten violence.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I would agree its the dumbest thing they could do but not because Jeb has 15 guns and only 2 hands.

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

We could accelerate their inevitable demise? McConnell already has one foot and four toes in the grave, just needs a nudge and he'll be replaced. Other assholes might need more of a shove.

[–] BotsRuinedEverything@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Except purges are a textbook step in dictatorship. Every Republican who leaves over ideological differences with the coup will be replaced by a loyalist. We are going full Russia at light speed.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

Maybe get rid of some of the neo-libs too while you’re at it.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Or, you know... Burn it all down.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 5 points 1 day ago

Dems need new leadership if they are to make effective use of any majority. The current leadership has no discipline and allows for its members to vote with the GOP to fund the goon squad or to end the shutdown in return for a promise that never materializes. Bad leadership is why people have trouble telling the two parties apart when it should be as plain as day.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

"...holding the seat..."

So nothing changed?