Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency

Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency

Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, routing Republicans nationwide with historic victories that will give them powerful new leverage over Donald Trump for the remainder of his presidency.

Democrats will soon have the ability to hold up not just Trump’s legislative agenda, but also any appointments he makes to his cabinet or the federal judiciary – including the supreme court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority.

  • stringere@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    MAGA voters can’t be bothered to get off their asses if Trump is not himself on the ballot. The situation might be completely different in two years.

    Trump cannot run for a third term. Unless he runs for a seat in congress or a state office, he won’t be on a ballot. Maybe as vice president but his ego wouldnct allow that.

    • Vintor@retrolemmy.com
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      2 days ago

      Ok, good point. But then, do his voters know that? There’s still time to introduce a substitute – but you’re probably right that his ego will stand in the way of even that.

      • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Fortunately for us Trump is a unique draw for these people. An extremely rare mix of absolute evil and inexplicable charisma. It’s also fortunate for us he’s a lot of an idiot.

        • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I dont get the charisma part. Trump is a piece of shit. Is this a civilization ghandi situation where the shittiness causes a integer overflow error.and it flips.the negative to a positive?