Progressive California Rep. Ro Khanna argued against centrist Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz's statement that Democrats should not try to pass ambitious bills that President Donald Trump wouldn't sign if they win the midterms.
I love the Democratic party. The strongest position we have in it is “let’s make the Republicans look bad”. Like, holy fuck, talk about how you’re going to override the veto, talk about how you’re going to first pressure Republicans in purple seats to side with you on universally hated things like datacenters; to show that a 2/3rds vote is possible with pressure from the population.
Talk about how you ARE going to pass Medicare for all by pressuring Republicans about to be purged from office in 2028 to “walk out” and not be present for the veto override voting. (The 2/3rds is based on members that are present, not actual house or Senate capacity).
Hell, point the stroke gun at some old fucks not voting with you. Show some fucking balls.
Like, holy fuck, the “best” position right now is “we’re gonna fail, but we’re gonna make Trump look bad”. Fucking hell dude. We are at the absolute floor. No one left in this country that likes Trump is changing their opinion when he vetos Medicare for all. It’s a fucking cult. Stop trying to make the cult leader look bad to the 20-30% of Americans in the cult. Stop treating your Ls like wins. We don’t need “philosophical victories”. We need material change through legislation and a democratic party thats going to fight through every method possible.
I swear; when the Dems win in a massive wave, they will spend the next two years passing legislation they know will be vetoed and then talking about how important 2028 is. Will win massively in 2028, and then literally follow the Obama playbook post Bush. No trials for war crimes, no arrest of ICE murderers, and another “we tortured some folks” reflection of how we need to “move on”. And then pass some more useless neoliberal Reagan like reforms that just lead people to get frustrated and vote for the next fascist in 2032 or 2036.
Can we stop this cycle? This party is a fucking op. Even are “best” are fucking useless.
I love the Democratic party. The strongest position we have in it is “let’s make the Republicans look bad”. Like, holy fuck, talk about how you’re going to override the veto, talk about how you’re going to first pressure Republicans in purple seats to side with you on universally hated things like datacenters; to show that a 2/3rds vote is possible with pressure from the population.
Talk about how you ARE going to pass Medicare for all by pressuring Republicans about to be purged from office in 2028 to “walk out” and not be present for the veto override voting. (The 2/3rds is based on members that are present, not actual house or Senate capacity).
Hell, point the stroke gun at some old fucks not voting with you. Show some fucking balls.
Like, holy fuck, the “best” position right now is “we’re gonna fail, but we’re gonna make Trump look bad”. Fucking hell dude. We are at the absolute floor. No one left in this country that likes Trump is changing their opinion when he vetos Medicare for all. It’s a fucking cult. Stop trying to make the cult leader look bad to the 20-30% of Americans in the cult. Stop treating your Ls like wins. We don’t need “philosophical victories”. We need material change through legislation and a democratic party thats going to fight through every method possible.
I swear; when the Dems win in a massive wave, they will spend the next two years passing legislation they know will be vetoed and then talking about how important 2028 is. Will win massively in 2028, and then literally follow the Obama playbook post Bush. No trials for war crimes, no arrest of ICE murderers, and another “we tortured some folks” reflection of how we need to “move on”. And then pass some more useless neoliberal Reagan like reforms that just lead people to get frustrated and vote for the next fascist in 2032 or 2036.
Can we stop this cycle? This party is a fucking op. Even are “best” are fucking useless.