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There is simply no justification for passing an illegitimate power grab over the nation’s election systems, and in my opinion, no justification could ever exist in any circumstance. We are a republic, and localized control of elections is a bedrock principle of our system.
Besides, can anyone point out what has happened in the last year that requires a complete overhaul of our voting systems? Democrats just made up the need for this out of thin air, and now they proclaim the country will die on the vine if it’s not passed.
And because Joe Biden is an absolute coward and puppet, he’s now fully on board with destroying the legitimacy of the Senate in order to try to rig an election. Framing it as an “exception” to the filibuster should insult everyone’s intelligence. If you can make an exception on “voting rights,” one can be made on anything. Oh yeah, and lest we forget, Democrats would like to pack the Supreme Court as well. You know, to save “democracy” or some such. More
The Hill
Democrats are barreling toward a showdown over voting rights and changes to the Senate rules, after months of growing frustration from within the caucus.
The party is under pressure, from both outside groups and lawmakers, to pass federal election legislation as GOP-run state legislatures debate new voting rules and as the start of the 2022 midterm election is fast-approaching. More
“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
Problem with this is that Manchin and Sinema are dead-set against it, and other Dem senators may be too as it makes them look really bad, would hurt reelection chances.
Sinema probably looking forward to the publicity – she has been out of the limelight for a while and she clearly enjoys being the center of attention.
Remember when the Dems removed the filibuster rule for some things in the 90s? Then they screamed when Mitch and Co used that change to approve judges nominated by President Trump?
The Senate does have the capability to do this, but just because you can, does not mean you should. Eventually, the other side will gain control and you will scream that they shouldn’t do what you did. I hate when I have to give advice to the democrats.
LCD – ditto, but I wouldn’t count on them not finding some way to do this, including badgering at least 2 squishy (r) senators to counteract Manchin and Sinema.
Watch out for McConnell, Collins, Murkowski, Mittens, etc. I don’t think they would fall into that trap, but …
This is McConnell, Collins, Murkowski, Mittens, etc.’s chance to REALLY put a knife in our backs.
The “justification” is power – plain and simple.
Tyrants must have it. It cannot be shared.
By any means necessary.
We are witnessing the Nazification (or the Sovietization, whichever you choose to call it) of America.
Nihilistic totalitarianism. They abhor God. They abhor Freedom. They abhor Liberty. They abhor self-determination. They abhor self-rule. They abhor personal decisions.
Rule from above – absolute power of life and death over the masses of humanity.
If we allow it, we are complicit in our own enslavement. Silence is consent.
This isn’t the first time (in History).
mortem tyrannis
izlamo delenda est …
We’re not getting out of this peacefully.
No. No, I’m not going to waste any time pretending to listen, so I can pretend to respond thoughtfully, to anyone that burps the idiotic lie of United States’ government “legitimacy”.
They are a foreign occupation force. No different than The United States in Iraq. The United States in Afghanistan. The United States in America.
As my Asian friends would say SAT CONG…FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC!
I destroyed the legitimacy of the Senate by appointing a horse to it.
Know what they did abut it?
Nothin’…
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