Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Eko

(9,687 posts)
7. They are the ones that need at least 8 Democratic votes to pass this asshole presidents budget.
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:44 PM
Wednesday

Personally I think rolling over on this will be the last bad decision our party could do because if we let them do what they want to do it wont matter if you have a D or an R behind your name. Its not like we would be asking for crazy things, just to put a lot of things like they have been and are supposed to be per our Constitution. US citizens are being arrested by masked thugs and held for having the wrong skin color. The asshole president has created executive orders to nullify amendments. He has withheld funds appropriated by Congress, extra-judicially killed people with our military, put the military and his brownshirts in our streets! . These are not minor political disagreements he is dismantling our Democratic Government!! Do you really think we have 13 months left at this rate? They are not going to wait for the midterms, I can tell you that frankly. They are not going to wait. I give it 6 months and his cronies will control the majority of the media and social media. Either outright owning it, using the threat of litigation or just straight out threatening it (like it did today) to force them to fold. I've read this history book. I've seen this documentary. Multiple times I have seen, and read and listened to it. When Hitler won power he put judges that supported him and would let his thugs off while imprisoning the opposition for violent actions.
Does this sound familiar?
In 1935, local prosecutors brought 23 SA (Brownshirts) guards at the camp to trial on charges of torture and brutal mistreatment, including widespread “suiciding” of prisoners. The SA defendants were all convicted and sentenced to prison.

Within a year, they were all out, released on Hitler’s orders. After the trial, senior Nazi officials demanded their release and acquittal. Then, in November 1935, Hitler pardoned every last one of the convicted men.

The things that dump is doing is right out of the Autocrats playbook.
Tell me why we want to vote for funding that?
So that later down the road we can vote in an election in an Autocratic country?
Tell me when that worked.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Latest Discussions»Editorials & Other Articles»Should Democrats be willi...»Reply #7