Peter GleickIt would just take a couple of Republican congressional representatives to find their spines and moral cores, join the democratic party, save the nation, and become heroes.
Dannyboyguyman@petergleick right?
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@[email protected] if only three GOP members in each chamber went independent to caucus with a Democratic majority, they could help with oversight and be heroes
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Any Republican elected to federal office could win historic and durable acclimation if they stopped supporting this couptastrophe and caucused with Democrats to stop it
Shannon Clark@petergleick they could have their pick of committees and the amount of money they would be able to fundraise would be incredible - whether they went independent or fully joined the Democratic Party I suspect if they held up their bargain they might get a lot of support from independent and democratic voters alike.
And making a Democratic speaker of the house would do an awful lot right now
mapto@petergleick the thing is that they are held in line with the help of life threats. This was true before the elections, it is even truer now.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191746/republicans-donald-trump-scared-fans
https://newrepublic.com/post/191746/republicans-donald-trump-scared-fans
ngrbdx (Antifascist)@mapto @petergleick so all their defense of ae 2nd amendment was just empty stuff and in reality they are just afraid people hiding behind the rules of law and doesn't know what to do when this is broken but hid and bend to the dictator?
okanogen VerminEnemyFromWithin
PNW Deb@mapto @petergleick If they are afraid, they should step down.
@DebR @petergleick try telling this to Clarence Thomas :)
noplasticshower@petergleick good luck with that.
Femme Malheureuse@petergleick They could join Angus King (ME) and Bernie Sanders (VT) as independents and caucus with Dems or GOP on a bill by bill basis. They'd have even more power to get what they want.
But I suspect they are afraid Trump will sic his MAGA brownshirts on them, and they don't have the organizing skills to thwart that.
KevinOnEarth@Quantillion @petergleick Organizing skills, because the GOP is a party of authoritarian personalities and they wait to be told by an authority figure what to do. They hire organizers because they've never really learned how to do it themselves.
Only one of them needs to have balls — or the ovaries — to be the necessary authority figure, and their one maverick died a few years back. We probably wouldn't be in this mess if John McCain was still alive and in the Senate.
bellule@petergleick @anubis2814
The democrats would also have to stop their pathological procrastination or get rid of their sickly shyness and permanent political correctness.
The democrats would also have to stop their pathological procrastination or get rid of their sickly shyness and permanent political correctness.
Howard Chu @ Symas
Weyoun 6@petergleick it's almost like they're in complete agreement with the current plan. 🤔
Simon Deane-Johns@petergleick True. As with Britain's Conservative Party, it seems too late to expect Republicans to be able to change the party from within.
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Literally a couple. Two.
Literally a couple. Two.
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All corrupt & compromised. 🤷
All corrupt & compromised. 🤷