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True but neither will provide solutions to the problems a leftist party would want to address.
So? Just because Democrats aren't doing things the way you want them exactly doesn't mean
1-that they aren't doing some stuff that you kinda would want, even if it's not perfect and
2- Republicans, or letting Republicans win, is a good idea.
Sure, if you only care about tankie horseshoe brainrot like leaving NATO or dismantling capitalism. Meanwhile the Democrats have been trying to pass meaningful healthcare reforms for decades and have been stopped at every turn by Republicans. They fight for social safety nets, strong regulations that protect consumers and the environment, and manage it all while not blowing up the economy like every Republican ever that takes the polar opposite positions. So what fringe policies do you care about that warrant both sides'ing these parties? Because on every single issue I care about the Democrats are unimaginably better then the Republicans.
Their last big win was a Heritage Foundation policy that they nerfed without a single republican vote because it wasn't far enough to the right.
Source?
Lots of big talk coming from you without a source.
Mb, I assumed it was common knowledge, but I guess when people are dumb enough to both sides Democrats with Republicans I shouldn't assume anything.
https://housedocs.house.gov/rules/health/111_ahcaa.pdf section 321
https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3962/text/
That the ACA was based on Heritage Foundation policy?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngoodman/2016/02/15/where-did-the-idea-of-obamacare-come-from-a-defense-of-the-heritage-foundation/
Obama made no secret of it.
They haven't been trying. They've held both houses and the presidency twice in the 22st century.
You're right, they've actually been succeeding, good catch. Biden's infrastructure bill was insane, and capping drug costs for seniors and diabetics? What a chad. Strengthening Medicare, conditioning grant funding to companies on whether they provide affordable childcare to employees, raising the child tax credit, bailing out pension funds, I mean god damn, check out his climate policy https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/ira-charts-a-path-that-is-both-pro-climate-and-pro-worker/
The man was pro-labour af at every opportunity and passed a shit load of legislation worth trillions. Greatest president in living memory.
The Child Tax Credit? You mean the one Biden let get killed, doubling child poverty in the process?
I wouldn't mention that if I was you, tounge washing the balls of the Senator from MBNA. Who made sure Trump could win in 2024.
Nice cherry pick, followed by bullshit. Also are you trying to say "tongue", but in an English as a second language kind of way? Kinda sus.
Now, you say "killed", but that's not true because it still exists at its previous level. Biden just boosted it during covid, plus democrats tried to continue it but were a single vote short. Just another example of Dems trying, and Republicans wasting oxygen.
Either way the point still stands, Biden was the most pro-worker president I've ever seen, and the piss babies that disagree are just mad because they don't know shit about politics, or democracy, or anything really.
The Democrats literally controlled both houses. What you're leaving out here is that the Democrats didn't line up and vote for it. And Biden was the leader of the party.
Right, who can forget how he got the PRO act passed?
Little boy, I was pounding the pavement for the Dean campaign while you were probably sucking on your mom's tits. I've seen exactly the rotating villain play in person too many times.
And here we see, like most shitlibs, you can't answer on the record of your precious Team Blue, so your only response is name calling and hysterical "you're not SERIOUS, I'm not listening, Dems are so good!" tantrums. No wonder you idiots keep losing to an insane game show host.
The people you are speaking to simply do not understand the concept of the saying "don't let perfect be the enemy of good".
They want it the way they want it. They don't want to acknowledge that the Dems are WAY, WAY better than Republicans and that they have absolutely done good for the middle/lower classes. I assume many of them are simply completely unaware of Dem accomplishments because they don't seem like the type of people to do their homework.
They honestly think they can magically skip the years/decades of work and magically put a 3rd party in control of our federal government.
so keep doubling down on electing more trumps. that's really working great!
Keep doubling down on centrist candidates. It beats admitting you're wrong.
You said that like it's a bad thing compared to doubling down on trumps. If you think doubling down on centrists is worse than doubling down on trumps, then your mask has slipped mr trump supporter.
It can be a bad thing without being worse than trump, but you can't pretend I'm a trumpist for not worshiping whatever genocidal shit you demand unquestioning devotion to any other way.
There is no remotely viable true leftist party in the United States. Welcome to reality.