Trump's not alone in destroying our democracy -- he has enablers

[UCmeNdc]

There were those who helped make Trump’s job of destroying liberal democracy that much easier before he’d even entered the political arena. Following Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s determination to make Barack Obama a one-term president, congressional Republicans committed themselves to pure and unadulterated opposition, working to block every single initiative he put forward. This involved the use of the filibuster with unprecedented frequency and the blocking of judicial appointments up to and including the theft of a Supreme Court nomination that was rightfully Obama’s to make.

That level of obstruction—to the point where government looks increasingly ineffective, unable to deliver on its promises—helps break down people’s faith in institutions, makes people willing to consider alternatives, including perhaps a strong leader who can break through the impediments, who can get things moving again even if it’s at the expense of democracy.


https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/trumps-not-alone-destroying-democracy-enablers/?comments=disqus

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Of course. If we had a decent Congress we wouldn't be in this mess.

[pretzel4gore]

3. the fascists are stuck

this is fact: a country works when its citizens feel it's theirs, and the fascistic trick is to reduce the numbers of those who prosper under the reactionarky system they set up....so the nazipoohs get greedier and greedier, and the damage they do gets worse and worse (notice some of toughest US enviro laws are in texas, so that says the 'poohs KNOW regulation is necessary, but- they slip law stopping poisoning of air/water in during nightime, or something, nudge/wink style)..the problem is that Trump trumps the moderate fascists like jeb bush or mccain, the chambre of commerce etc and the ruination of enviro gets worse while laws tossed out, and reactionarky's control the entire stage, the audience, the news reviews, the effective political agencies, and meanwhile, they wage secret war against the decent and honourable, and THEY CAN'T STOP! if they try to stop, there's outright lunatics heavily armed and in position to KILLEM!
Poor 'ukkin arses...hands tied behind backs...

[onetexan]

2. He cant do a thing if the GOP wrecking machine

Isnt there to hold him up. We knew that from day 1.