'The dog that caught the car': Republicans brace for the impact of...
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Posted in r/LeopardsAteMyFace by u/Spatulars • 18,712 points and 1,599 comments

You know why we only hold power and never use it? Because using power makes enemies! When you do something, there's always going to be somebody who doesn't like it. And we don't like what you did! Now we're mad! Backlash time, baby! Finally enough people are going to be angry enough to vote and oh baby it's coming for you. And what are you gonna do about it? Make it impossible to vote? Lol. Stack all of us into one district? Lol. Infiltrate the bureaucracy with ideologues and administratively coup the government if you lose anyway? Lol. We're going to vote in numbers too big to steal. I've already filled out my mail-in ballot. You fucked up.

  • AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    My Conservative father in law was just talking about this. Just so everyone's clear, they think the Democrats are the ones that reversed Roe v. Wade. He legitimately blamed it on the Democrats because "They have the majority in Congress and could have stopped it if they wanted to" Like, homie, I don't know where you're getting your information from but this was the Supreme Court, not Congress. Whatever propaganda the far right is spewing on this topic is already making conservatives blame Democrats for getting conservatives way. Its just so stupid and exhausting that they spent 50 years trying to accomplish this and within a day of it happening they've already done a complete 180° and are now somehow apparently in support of abortion rights and are blaming Democrats for not stopping it from being banned. Call me crazy but it's almost like there's absolutely no issue that matters to them at all other than hating Democrats for anything and everything, even it means making up things to be mad about.

    pure :brainworms:

    • FirstToServe [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      There probably is a sizable segment of the republican base that was convinced they were just dangling all these social issues in front of their base like the democrats do, who are faffing about with each other coming up with the party line. I hope this one is the winner so liberals are getting it in both ears.