An email first sent over the weekend sent by Fetterman’s campaign came from the address “info@gopsquad.com” and vowed: “I’m always going to reject Socialism and the Anti-American way of life.” Other recent appeals sent from the same address encourage readers to help President Donald Trump pass new voting restrictions, to read an “urgent memo” from House Speaker Mike Johnson on fighting the left, and to back Republican Mike Rogers for Senate in Michigan over Abdul El-Sayed, whom the email compared to a terrorist and a “threat to our way of life.”
Not having the option of recall elections for senators is insane…
Six year terms and on day one they can just go mask.off with zero repurcossions.
It should be on every midterm/presidential primary ballot:
For each of a states seat, while keeping the normal scheduled elections as well. 2 years still isn’t perfect, but the existence of that mechanic would prevent Collins/Fetterman politicians who just make blatant lies to get elected then tell voters “what are ya gonna do about it?” once they’re in office.
The Senate can do expulsions, but the last one was in the 1860s. And while normally you’d be able to count on the other party to expell, they’ll never do it when the target is getting expelled for going against their constiuents wishes in favor of the other party.
2/3s majority ain’t happening for anything and that’s been true for a while.
That essentially means the only way a Senator like that will leave office in under 6 years, is in a body bag. The more stress the average American is under, the more likely that becomes.
Like, we’re getting damn close to people legitimately having nothing to lose. Politicians like Fetterman who seem to enjoy trolling their own voters don’t understand how desperate and irrational people are getting.
If midterm elections don’t seem fair to voters, a lot of individuals are going to decide the first two boxes aren’t working, and it’s on to the last one. Like, even more than they have been.