The GOP narrative on the Senate and Supreme Court is bullshit

[genxlib]

Of course we know it is hypocritical and power mad. That goes without saying.

But even the stated excuses are BS. I won't repost it here but the turtle claims the right to fill the seat because the American public voted for the Senate Republicans in 2016 and 2018.

So here are the actual vote totals from the last two Senate elections

2016 - Democratic Candidates 51,653,808
Republican Candidates 41,324,322

2018 - Democratic Candidates 46,712,691
Republican Candidates 39,333,695

It is the on-going effect of small states getting disproportionate representation in the Senate. Even when we supposedly "lose", we really represent a great deal more Americans than the Republicans do. This is the travesty of American politics and I think it is vastly underappreciated. I have described these things to people before and they look at me like I am speaking Greek.

The counter narrative needs to be that the MINORITY party fronted by the 3 million vote loser backed by a Senate representing 10+million fewer Americans is trying to change the landscape of American politics for a generation. Couple this with an honest assessment of all the popular policies that are at risk and I think we can ratchet up the public response and outrage.

I don't think it will work because I think they will accept the electoral price to get this seat. But damn it, people need to be angry about this.

[TDale313]

1. All correct. Including the fact that they'll accept...

Any backlash to get this seat. Cause let’s face it, this is why their voters and donors have stood by them despite the bullshit. This was what they’ve been fighting for all along, and they’re expect to get what they paid for. This was the “prize”