> That’s not how politics works. You can’t abuse a crisis to ram something unrelated down the opposing party’s throat. This is exactly how it works in practice

> That’s not how politics works. You can’t abuse a crisis to ram something unrelated down the opposing party’s throat. This is exactly how it works in practice in the US because the government is in terminal gridlock. > You end up alienating everyone including the moderates. The largest political party in the US is the non-voting party. Again, how it works in practice is that almost half of the population is already alienated.