Democrats are a MINORITY in both houses of Congress! [View all]
Every time someone here says "The Democrats need to do this or must do that," they are forgetting that the minority party can't do much of anything. It can't insist on stuff to be included in bills. It can't block anything. It can't "go to the mattresses."
Everything in Congress gets voted on. When the majority party wants to make something happen, it simply votes that way. The minority party, which is the Democratic Party right now, can do absolutely nothing to stop that from happening.
The only way that Democrats will be able to make things happen is to win a majority of seats in the House and Senate. The ONLY way!
I wish everyone would understand that simple fact and stop getting angry at congressional Democrats for failing to do things. They simply cannot get anything through either house right now. We failed to elect enough Democrats in 2016 to gain a majority in at least one house of Congress.
When will we all learn this lesson? If we want to win, we have to win at the ballot box. If we want Congress to do things, we have to elect enough Democrats to make up a majority. If we fail, or don't bother, to do that, we have only ourselves to blame.
Want to win? Then GOTV like crazy in 2018! Don't feel like doing that? Is that too much trouble? Then you'll get more of the same.
What's so hard to understand about that? Sheesh!
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