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I hope Chuck Schumer is buried next to Mitch McConnell so I can piss on both of their graves and save a plane ticket.
Seven Democrats and one Independent who caucuses with the Democrats sided with Republicans:
Dick Durbin of llinois,
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire,
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania,
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada,
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire,
Tim Kaine of Virginia,
Jacky Rosen of Nevada
And Independent Angus King of Maine.
All I want to know right now is, what was their price?
They were all safe, either retiring or elections far off.
This is the kind of shit that will make a 3rd party viable. Call it the progressive party. Democrats certainly aren't.
So much less than you'd expect. I read a report years ago about John Deere lobbyists buying off senators and representatives about the "Right To Repair" bills that were defeated at the time.
The lowest payout was $500. Not $5,000. $500. That was given to something like 4 representatives. The highest payout was to the Senator from New York or Massachusetts for $250,000. The mean payout ended up being $15,000 to a total of something like 44 to 64 representatives and senators.
In this case I would expect the mean payout to be $50,000 because a couple of them took way too little and caved.
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I respect what you're doing here but somehow I don't see threats against Democrats being taken seriously.
Well, I take them seriously. If no one else does, then that's on them. But even tho I'm republican, I am not gonna just sit around and watch people ask for dem senators address so they can go "behead" them or teach them what "violent revolution" can do.
I report, do my part, move on. I can only do what I can do.
THEY ARENβT FUCKING ROGUE. Schumer told them to be the fall guys in a meeting beforehand, since they either arenβt going to go for reelection or wonβt be for several years.
This is all nothing but a pageant for the masses.
exactly, even on reddit everyone knew it was schumer orchestrating it, as if he was against the shutdown from the beginning, and suddenly "he performatively opposes it" as to not catch flack. everyone knows how susan collins murowski does it too, same thing.
Cowards trying to save face for their constituents, get empty promises from Republicans to undo damages that they did, and to hold a vote on the very thing they already refused to negotiate on when the Dems actually had leverage with the shut down. Except Fetterman; he's not saving face, he's just a fucking sociopath that's inches from crossing the aisle at all times. The rest negotiated with terrorists and now they're going to reap what that has sown and bring us all along for the ride. Get fucked all 8 of you (but particularly you, Fetterman. Eat shit).
I had a suspicion the DINOs were always going to cave, most likely orchestrated by schumer behind the backdoor.