And they're doing it with the most pathetic message imaginable, if Manchin, Sinema and other "Problem Solver" Democrats have their way:
"We'd like to get things done that more than 70%-80% of the American public (including the majority of Republicans) want, like a public option, ending student debt, taxing the rich, and raising wages through expanding unionization,,,but we really can't do any of it because our Republican 'friends' object and we have to bow to their filibuster because 'our friends' are so credible, trustworthy and patriotic."
You don't negotiate with terrorists, and you don't give them credibility by letting them pretend you are.
Donald Trump sucked up to the Saudis after they murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, kissed Vladimir Putin's ass at Helsinki while trashing American intelligence agencies, and then literally hugged Kim Jong-un while Kim was threatening our country, building nuclear weapons and brutalizing his own people.
We're still paying the price for Trump's perpetual negotiations with terrorists, both in international credibility and the rule of law at home. Democrats shouldn't emulate him.
Republican members of the House and Senate -- over 140 of them -- voted to overturn the result of the 2020 election just hours after people the FBI openly calls "terrorists" attacked our Capitol and tried to murder Vice President Pence and Speaker Pelosi. They even brought their own gallows, semiautomatic weapons and pipe bombs to DC.
Now, a host on one of the Republican-aligned TV networks is calling for a final "solution" to the problem of Democrats trying to guarantee the right to vote: just kill them.
Will Sommer @willsommer
There's a real fascist vibe to this One America News personality calming calling for the execution of potentially tens of thousands of Americans over fake voter fraud claims.June 24th 2021
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Republicans have embraced a terrorist movement that is trying to destroy the American government and our way of life. It's that simple. And a small group of "Problem Solver" Democrats are giving them honor and credibility as they do it.
I get it that Democrats are going out of their way to "prove" to the American people that Republicans won't negotiate in good faith. But this is worse than a repeat of how that same strategy played out in 2010 with Obamacare.
All five of the Republicans who met with Biden yesterday openly supported Trump's terrorists by voting against a bipartisan commission to investigate January 6th. These are the Democrats' "partners"?
If Democrats are serious about winning in 2022 they'll do what McConnell did just a few years ago when he controlled the Senate.
McConnell wanted to get radical, rightwing Supreme Court judges on the bench for lifetime appointments, so he simply had all his Republicans vote to alter the filibuster so Kavanaugh couldn't be filibustered. Then he ignored Democrats and went about installing Beer-Bong-Brett on the Court for life. After that, he cancelled the "summer recess" and spent those months cramming rightwing judges into lower court positions for life as well.
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