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The cruelty is the point (lemmy.world)
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You might be the dumbest person on lemmy I've seen. Conservatives completely control the fed. They could do it if they wanted to.

They're using Democrats as a scapegoat so morons like you fall for the "but the Democrats won't play ball" hook line and sinker.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What do you mean by this? The democrats are literally engaging in a filibuster. Did you not see Katherine Clark say “There will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have.”?

    They literally just have to let the budget go to vote.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    For one thing the filibuster standing rule can be ditched by simple majority. Neil Gorsuch's nomination is in fact an example of the Senate overcoming the filibuster if they want to. The SC nomination was so important to the GOP they did it.

    However, the consequences of the government shutdown are not as important as having a conservative majority in the supreme court to the GOP. Or the GOP are intentionally delaying as a strategy to try to let the narrative of blaming the democrats sink in before they 'miraculously' overcome it and take credit for fixing it after the democrats 'broke' it.

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