• PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s not about legislation. It’s about opposition. They don’t want solutions. They want power.

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      This is literally the second time Trump helped torpedo a border deal between Democrats and Republicans. Remember back in 2018 when Democrats were ready to give Trump initial funding for the wall and then Fox and Friends convinced him that he could get better and then Democrats basically took their ball and went home?

      GOP is constantly snatching defeat from the jaws of victory at the behest of Trump. I guess the GOP thinks Trump’s penis tastes like a creamsicle. It’s just sad watching them do it to themselves for a second time.

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      Blaming Trump for them being something they’ve always been minimizes their contribution to the enshitification of the country.

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      I mean idk is it really that good? Like, maybe it’s really fun to play with? Maybe they’re all hungry bottoms?

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      Biggest shoot yourself in the foot gaf the republicans have ever done, so far. I have confidence in them… alas.

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      well, no, that would seem to mean they’ve hurt themselves, which they haven’t done. hurting themselves would have been to vote for legislation which biden would sign, making it his success. they’re gearing up for a presidential/house/senate election where they needed the issue to campaign on, and passing this legislation would have not only taken that away, but be claimed as a democratic victory.

      the word gaf also doesn’t apply, and they’ve done all this willingly on the bet it doesn’t matter to their racist voters, who couldn’t care less about any single piece of legislation, but care most about putting trump back into the white house, whatever that takes

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    The face-eating leopard is eating its own face. Fascinating. If thousands of Ukrainians weren’t dying as a result I would be enjoying the spectacle.

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      Right? My only hope is that the EU starts shoveling them ammo. Biden needs to be on the horn now more than ever.

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    Apparently serving Russia and scuttling the Ukraine part of the deal is much more important than getting what they’ve wanted. It’s so obvious that this whole thing is about holding up aid to Ukraine, no matter what the issue would’ve been over. The goal posts were always going to move no matter what, Dems handing a border deal to them on a silver platter proves it. Dems could hand them a total ban on abortion and they’d still turn it down if Ukraine aid was attached to it.

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    If I didn’t have to watch my country fall apart this would be entertaining. If you’re a Brit, this must feel like Brexit feels.