• hraegsvelmir@ani.social
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    5 hours ago

    How many times do this rogue Democrats have to buck the party line to work with the fascists before we actually get some party discipline? Yes, I get the whole “big tent party” thing, but there should be a point (which has long since and repeatedly been passed) where the party closes ranks and starts either censuring these members in a meaningful way, like a monetary fine or loss of some campaign funds or something, and escalate right up to expelling them from the party and making them campaign openly as the republicans they really are.

    I’m not saying they should be policing every single action of them, but when you have assholes like Joe Manchon or Susan Collins, who tank key pieces of legislation that represent major planks of the party or directly work against the interests of the constituents, it shouldn’t be up to grass roots movements to primary these bastards, much to frequently do so against the DNC continuing to back them. They should already be gone based on their part misdeeds, and the party should be proactive in this.

    • Semester3383@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Wut.

      Susan Collins IS NOT A DEMOCRAT. She is a REPUBLICAN. I don’t mean that she’s a DINO, she’s literally a Republican.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Maine lugging around a record number of “Fell For It Again” awards with that POS senator.

    But better still is anyone who believed the “You need 60 votes to pass anything in the Senate” line we’ve been swallowing since Clinton.

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    She knows it gives her the best chance of being re-elected.

    Do these people think they’re going live forever? Something twists the minds of everyone who gains power. They become absolutely incapable of giving it up voluntarily.

    • IzzyScissor@lemmy.world
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      Truly - What do they care about what happens after they’re dead? … They’ll be dead.

      They have no empathy towards anyone who will suffer the consequences because they won’t have to be the ones to deal with the fallout. “Fuck you, I got mine” is their entire strategy.

  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    Fuck this old crone. Every one of these old establishment dems like schumer, pelosi and collins need to fucking die already. If you’re gonna sit in that seat and deny your constituents true representation until you die, then you might as well get it over with.

    Thanks for literally nothing, you useless, feckless coward.

    • TallonMetroid@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      No argument about Schumer, et al. But Collins isn’t one of them. She’s, in fact, part of the actual pedocon party.

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      She’s a Repedolican, but I can see why you’re confused because everyone likes to pretend she’s somehow less extreme than the other ones. She’s not, just puts on a little show of “being concerned” about things, but always votes right along with the rest of them.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    This is why no Republican should be allowed into office, ever.

    Even the “moderate” ones will betray America.

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      8 hours ago

      From the article.

      According to a recent scorecard, Collins has voted with Trump 96% of the time — the same rate as Mitch McConnell and two points above conservative Rand Paul.

      She’s as moderate as Mitch McConnell

    • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Both of our parties are unconstitutional private organizations, and both have been bought long before we were born

      Democrats won’t save you

  • Formfiller@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I read save act will block a lot more republican women from voting than anyone else because married democrat women are far more likely to own a passport

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    9 hours ago

    Leadership of our parties are all old vultures like this hag, who has sat in office for THIRTY YEARS