11-15-2016, 11:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-15-2016, 11:54 PM by Eric the Green.)
We need to spur the Democrats on to fight back, both inside and outside congress. Bernie and Elizabeth are two of the best fighters.
I don't know what they can do in the congress now. Will they have the guts to filibuster whoever Trump nominates to the Supreme Court? Critics and those who say we "shouldn't be partisan" (in other words give in to tyranny and destruction; good luck with that), might complain that the Democrats are behaving like the Republicans did. First of all, Republicans controlled the Senate and didn't even allow a hearing. When Trump's pick comes up, (s)he would have already gotten a hearing and a committee vote. And second, Republican strategy works, to block progress. Democrats can do no less, to block regression. D means forward, R means reverse.
They might not be able to stop the repeal of Obamacare, supposedly because it was passed by "reconcilitation." What else can they do by reconciliation then? Anything? Destroy Medicare? Privatize Social Security? Destroy the EPA? All the other wonderful things they want to do to us? When they repeal OBamacare, they will have to get agreement on what replaces it, among Trump, Republicans, and maybe Democrats unless they can pass it through "reconciliation"
The enormous tax cuts for the wealthy, can the Democrats stop that? Probably not. What can they stop?
Organize for the mid term elections, hoping that Trump is so incompetent and outrageous that people will vote in a bunch of Democrats to the House and take control. It's a long shot, but besides state and local political races it's all Democrats can do.
I don't know what they can do in the congress now. Will they have the guts to filibuster whoever Trump nominates to the Supreme Court? Critics and those who say we "shouldn't be partisan" (in other words give in to tyranny and destruction; good luck with that), might complain that the Democrats are behaving like the Republicans did. First of all, Republicans controlled the Senate and didn't even allow a hearing. When Trump's pick comes up, (s)he would have already gotten a hearing and a committee vote. And second, Republican strategy works, to block progress. Democrats can do no less, to block regression. D means forward, R means reverse.
They might not be able to stop the repeal of Obamacare, supposedly because it was passed by "reconcilitation." What else can they do by reconciliation then? Anything? Destroy Medicare? Privatize Social Security? Destroy the EPA? All the other wonderful things they want to do to us? When they repeal OBamacare, they will have to get agreement on what replaces it, among Trump, Republicans, and maybe Democrats unless they can pass it through "reconciliation"
The enormous tax cuts for the wealthy, can the Democrats stop that? Probably not. What can they stop?
Organize for the mid term elections, hoping that Trump is so incompetent and outrageous that people will vote in a bunch of Democrats to the House and take control. It's a long shot, but besides state and local political races it's all Democrats can do.