Off the top of my head, individual lawmakers could have put holds on his cabinet nominees to slow down their consideration and limit the amount of damage they could do, but instead they let people like Marco Rubio sail through and only started exercising that power on lower level appointments after Rubio had already destroyed USAID
I’m pointing out that delaying bad things is it’s own benefit. Your original argument relies on the premise that a delayed outcome is no different than an instantaneous outcome and that is obviously not true. I’m not sure why you need me to connect those dots for you.
Use their positions as public officials to rally support, reach out to their union and activist allies to plan mass demonstrations and strikes, use the filibuster?
Yes glad you figured that out Dems. Where have you been? Now do your elected jobs and do something about it.
taking a power nap
wake them up when it’s fundraising time again
Considering they have minority status in all three branches of government, what do you suggest they do?
Off the top of my head, individual lawmakers could have put holds on his cabinet nominees to slow down their consideration and limit the amount of damage they could do, but instead they let people like Marco Rubio sail through and only started exercising that power on lower level appointments after Rubio had already destroyed USAID
Delaying isn’t stopping anything. You’d be making the same comments just a little later.
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You… you don’t know the difference between electing cabinet members and taking meds?
Your bad faith lacks nuance
I’m pointing out that delaying bad things is it’s own benefit. Your original argument relies on the premise that a delayed outcome is no different than an instantaneous outcome and that is obviously not true. I’m not sure why you need me to connect those dots for you.
The complaint is that there is a power grab that democrats aren’t stopping because they can’t. They don’t have enough votes.
If that power grab happens tomorrow instead of today then the complaint happens tomorrow instead of today.
This is common sense. I’m not sure why it needs to be explained to you.
The same things Republicans do to prevent the Dems from doing anything at all when they get a majority.
Democrafs still vote for the shit the Republicans want. Like breaking the country into parts to be sold.
Use their positions as public officials to rally support, reach out to their union and activist allies to plan mass demonstrations and strikes, use the filibuster?