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Originally Posted by wittynickname
Is it "propaganda" about the right to just...watch what they do and listen to what they say?
McConnell openly held open a SCOTUS seat for nearly a calendar year because he wanted a Republican president to fill it. Only to now alter course to rush and fill another for political gain.. He has gloated about not bringing legislation to a vote because he doesn't like said legislation.
Trump has said the quiet parts out loud.
Many Republicans have flat out said they want to repeal Roe v Wade.
It's not propaganda if they're explicitly saying these things.
The GOP has moved dramatically farther to the right and their clan has followed them. They're at a race to see how far to the right they can get, and they win at it because all those "moderates" vote right along with them.
The "left" has far more nuance, from Clinton/Biden at center-left and then AOC/Bernie farther to the left, which is what helps the GOP win, because there is nuance and difference of opinion, but if the right keeps sliding toward authoritarianism, of course the divide will continue to deepen. Even those in the center-left have no stomach for some of the harrowing things the GOP has let slide.
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I don't disagree with the fact that the right has moved more to the right. But the left has moved more to the left.
There is a bigger gap in the middle. And both sides think moderates are "extreme", which of course is a failure.
As for the SCOTUS nomination - Obama and Biden have both wanted to install justices in the final year of a presidency. The hypocrisy goes both ways.