• kinsnik@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    So when Biden and the party said 50 was enough to do stuff…

    The Inflation Reduction Act passed only because of that extra senator. So it was true. 50 is good enough to do stuff. 50 is not good enough to do everything, only as progressive as the least progressive “democract” (which at the time were Manchin and Sinema

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      2 months ago

      50 is not good enough to do everything, only as progressive as the least progressive “democract” (which at the time were Manchin and Sinema

      Party leadership said it was enough for the Dem party platform…

      That’s why the GA runoffs got an insane amount of donations from the entire country, hell I gave.

      It’s not that I’m arguing against you. I’m pointing out voters were lied to and that causes turnout depression for a significant amount of time, and for that reason alone the party needs to stop lying.

      It may help short term, but it hurts more long term