• Lovely_sombrero [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      Because the president/party can't act on what is good or moral, he will only do this as a reward for the stupid piggies who keep crying about abortion so they STFU.

      • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        I mean, even if he cared overnight, wouldn't there be forces within even his own party to stop it? He could try to enforce party discipline, but then threats would come from other sources (ie their donors).

        Not to excuse this sack of shit, of course.

      • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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        2 years ago

        If he did it ahead of time and still lost, he is losing leverage on voters

        Failing to pass it before the election would do more to show that the dems want to pass legislation, they just need more seats than this shit.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Allegedly he can't bring Manchin and Sinema to heel. He could literally declare them terrorists and have them tortured and it would be legal, but he's just a big soft baby who has no power.