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They should’ve have used the national trifecta they had from 2021-2023 to shore up Democracy. Instead they ignored the problem.
Comment by zoinkability at 03/02/2025 at 15:38 UTC
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They didn't ignore the problem — they implemented a number of reforms aimed at preventing a repeat of the shenanigans of 2020/21. Those reforms didn't save us because we didn't have a repeat of 2020/21.
With 20/20 hindsight, can we identify things they could have done to harden the government against what we are seeing now? Probably — but unless you can point me to the comment or post you made back in 2021-2022 advocating for such things I'm going to say that crystal balls are not in abundant supply.
Comment by EmmerdoesNOTrepme at 03/02/2025 at 19:05 UTC
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It *wasn't* really a "trifecta" though, with Sinema and What's his butt from West Virginia--Manchin--out there playing "spoiler" to any and *every*thing possible.
Yes, we *had* the House & Senate, but it *wasn't* a strong enough coalition in the Senate to get things through without those two.
And with Sinema basically gadflying-about liking to say "Nope!", and Manchin buddy-buddy with so many big-industry folks (specifically coal, oil, & gas), it wasn't really possible to move big stuff *through*.
Comment by lazyFer at 03/02/2025 at 16:34 UTC
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They didn't have a trifecta, they had Manchin and Sinema as closet republicans blocking every effort to pass legislation that could be used to protect democracy.