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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
I can't speak for him, but I imagine that he isn't interested in wasting his time dealing with the elected Republican senators, and for good reason seeing the events carried out this week. He knows the only way to make the changes we need is to get elected and take back the houses. Yelling at Republicans is pointless since they are shameless and not willing to change a vote under any circumstances.
If you were in his shoes knowing the inner workings of the senate, would you bother trying to do anything in that corrupt house? Exactly.
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So silence and appeasement is the proper course to take? Now we know why Democrats have a reputation of being spineless boobs.
If you take an oath to protect the constitution, and you don't have the balls to stand up and at least speak out against the abuses that are going on, you are just as complicit as those abusing the constitution. Every senator in that chamber should be punted. The Republicans for not following their oath, and the Democrats for not doing everything in their power to stop the abuses.
If I were in Sanders' shoes I would be in front of the news cameras and on the talk shows every day outlining the very abuses the Republicans are undertaking. I would be reminding the American people every single day that the very institutions that this country was founded on are being attacked and dismantled by the Republicans in a gross power grab. I would be speaking truth to power at every opportunity, but that requires courage, honor, and integrity. All of those qualities are in very short supply in this congress, and it is embarrassing.
Democrats are every bit responsible for this mess as Republicans. The Republicans are mugging the constitution, and instead of taking action to prevent it, or calling for help, the Democrats are looking the other way and doing the absolute minimum to hinder the process. The election won't matter if this sham is successful. All norms will have been shattered and the United States will officially be nothing but a banana republic with nuclear weapons.