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> Look at what happened when Obama won. "Elections have consequences." "I won. Deal with it." "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." Politicizing the
by rfrank 10y ago
> Look at what happened when Obama won.
"Elections have consequences." "I won. Deal with it." "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." Politicizing the IRS.
Should I pretend that Yvette Felarca [1] is a beacon of liberal thought in the same way you're doing with that nobody you linked in the Mic article? Do you assume that most Trump voters would condone that guy's behavior? Like, seriously?
GOP is the strongest it's been from a local to national level since the 1920's. The internal conflict they're going through with the Freedom Caucus is something Trump voters anticipated, never Trump Republicans were a thing. Democratic leadership seems unsure whether to follow the more vocal portion of their base further to the left, or refocus on the more centrist Democrats who went Obama in '08 and '12 but voted Trump in '16. Obstructionist moves in Washington are something the left isn't traditionally fond of [2]. That's why the left should reach out. Do whatever you want, you clearly don't seem to mind the politicization.
1. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/14/berkeley-teacher-in-the-spotlight-after-condoning-violent-uc-berkeley-protest/ http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/14/berkeley-teacher...
2. https://newrepublic.com/article/141751/democrats-will-lose-war-obstruction-republicans https://newrepublic.com/article/141751/democrats-will-lose-w...