Because you now did it to yourself.

  • @Ensign_Crab
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    121 hours ago

    She should have never gone negative and stuck to positive messaging about how they had real plans to help real people.

    The problem with that is that Democrats’ insistence on incrementalism in all things had destroyed their credibility when they say that they’ll help people. No, they’ll start some investigations, throw up a hurdle in their own path, gleefully announce that it’s insurmountable, and then scream that everyone who saw what they just did doesn’t know how government works.

    • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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      317 hours ago

      You can’t just ignore how the government works and the fact that Democrats never had a real majority in the Senate thanks to Sinema and Manchin.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        -216 hours ago

        We gave Democrats enough seats. They used them predictably.

        • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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          415 hours ago

          No, we didn’t. They had 48 seats, which is not enough to accomplish anything.

          • @Ensign_Crab
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            -215 hours ago

            You’re ignoring that 2 independents caucus with Democrats. It’s dishonest to exclude them. But you’re splitting hairs because it’s convenient for your excuses.

            • @TheFonz
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              210 hours ago

              Two independents from conservative states that barely align with democrats. Why do you handwave this away so easily???

              • @Ensign_Crab
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                110 hours ago

                One of the independents is Bernie Sanders.

                Manchin and Sinema were both capital-D Democrats at the time they did everything you wanted.

            • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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              110 hours ago

              If they didn’t vote with the Dems when it actually mattered, why should they count?

              • @Ensign_Crab
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                110 hours ago

                THEY DID. Unlike Manchin and Sinema, independents caucused with the party.

                The Democratic caucus had 50 seats. We gave them the seats. They used them like you wanted.

                • @Cornelius_Wangenheim
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                  I am talking about Sinema and Manchin only. They may have had a D next to their name, but they were not on the side of Democrats when it mattered.

                  • @Ensign_Crab
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                    13 hours ago

                    And we gave Democrats those seats.

                    Lying and saying that we only gave Democrats 48 just because 2 of them did everything you wanted doesn’t mean that we didn’t give Democrats what they needed.