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House Republicans had a bad day: Most of them voted against a sweeping funding bill. One threatened to overthrow Speaker Johnson. Another Republican resigned early. And Santos caused turmoil in N.Y. (www.nbcnews.com)
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Friday began with House conservatives holding a press conference to trash the $1.2 trillion spending bill their leaders negotiated with Democrats, sparking some fears about its prospects. 

It squeaked through — requiring 67% of the House, it ended up winning 68% — but a majority of Republicans voted against it.

It was just the first headache of the day for House Republicans as they adjourned for a two-week recess, offering a distillation of the infighting and disenchantment that continues to plague the party 15 months into its narrow majority. Things were about to get worse.

Moments later, far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., shocked her colleagues by filing a motion to overthrow Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., blasting his stewardship of the chamber and threatening renewed turmoil at the helm of her party.

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[–] 50 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's not the dedicated trump voters that need this.

It's the dumbasses who have seen everything over the last 8 years and are somehow still on the fence

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    "I know Trump was the worst President we ever had, but why does that mean I should vote for Biden?"

    Motherfucker, the fact that you even had to ask that question means you don't deserve the responsibility of participating in the electoral process.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately, picking and choosing who gets to participate in democracy isn't democracy. We're stuck with morons among us.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Unfortunately, picking and choosing who gets to participate in democracy isn’t democracy.

    That's not necessarily true- direct democracy isn't the same a representative democracy, for example. Also, a very strong case can be made that the US functionally isn't a democracy, since one political party wields outsized amounts of power compared to "the will of the people." A "true" democracy wouldn't allow a President who lost the popular vote, or require a party to get 60%+ of the popular vote to get barely 50% members in Congress.

    And yes, I realize the idea that requiring voters to be informed on issues and government opens the door to suppression of voters for illegitimate reasons. I don't know what would be a more ideal solution, but I do know that this

    We’re stuck with morons among us.

    is a big chunk of the problem. A functioning government requires an invested and educated populace, and too many Americans aren't.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Nobody is on the fence about this. There are only open Trump supporters and those that won't admit to it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It is less about being on the fence versus being motivated to actually go vote. Most people are like "whatever", and "my vote doesn't matter anyhow" and "if I vote, I'm going to get jury duty". If the politicians can't get people to vote, they lose.

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