• queermunist she/her
    link
    fedilink
    162 days ago

    How come Trump can do whatever the fuck he wants, but Democrats are stopped by checks and balances?

    • @lobut
      link
      English
      22 days ago

      Republicans control the senate and Congress and even the Supreme Court. I think the Dems have had a limited window where they’ve had enough control. Not to mention when they have had some control they had members of their party like Sinema and stuff which have controlling votes.

      • queermunist she/her
        link
        fedilink
        102 days ago

        For some reason Republicans march in lock-step whenever they have power, but Democrats sabotage themselves with infighting. It happened when Obama had much larger majorities too - there’s always some Lieberman that gets in the way of the Democrat’s agenda. This doesn’t happen for Republicans, at least not nearly to the same extent. Doesn’t that strike you as strange?

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          -11 day ago

          This is largely the crux of the divide. On the right they welcome anyone that doesnt oppose then fairly openly, whereas on the left people are so super critical of anyone that mightve been on their side that they push them away.

          • queermunist she/her
            link
            fedilink
            4
            edit-2
            1 day ago

            And so the reason that Lieberman obstructed Obama’s agenda was because… the left was too critical of him? The reason Manchin and Sinema obstructed Biden’s agenda was because the left was too mean to them?

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            1
            edit-2
            1 day ago

            Libs are right-wing. The dems welcome anyone who upholds the capitalist/imperial order. Politicians are completely united on that front.