Says President Nero while attempting to grab a nearby fiddle with his tiny, tiny bruised hands.

  • StabbingSky@lemmy.zip
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    7 days ago

    If enough Democrats win, they can push legislation through without him being able to block it.

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      7 days ago

      Ohh for sure, maybe even impeach, but the headline implies something else entirely though…wonder if he would flee to russia lol

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        6 days ago

        It’s entirely possible he could flee given the investigations he’s about to face. He knows what happens to pedophile in prison. And while his legal team, even though inept, will keep him from ever seeing the inside of a prison. That fear would be enough to make him flee.

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      6 days ago

      the odds of democrats sweeping the upcoming senate elections, including every single one of the twenty-two republican-held seats, is as close to zero as you can get without actually being zero.

      then on top of that, you have ‘unreliable’ ““democrats”” holding office which you can’t count on to vote with their party of record.

      so the net chance of the upcoming senate session being able to override a veto is zero. not gonna happen. hell, the democrats would be extremely lucky to hit 60 seats.

      over on the house side, democrats might get a 5-10 seat advantage, they’ll never get the veto-proof majority there either. way too much rigging of the vote and maps by republicants for that.

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      6 days ago

      Nope, not this cycle. They’d have to win every single Senate race, which would put them at 67. Or as my math works, 66 + Fetterman.

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      6 days ago

      Are enough Republican seats (that are likely to flip) even up for election to do that this midterm? I seem to remember that being a problem in 2018, that there was backlash but not enough Republicans up for election to make much headway.

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        6 days ago

        Technically yes, but highly unlikely. Every single seat has to go D, no exceptions, and the resulting 67 seats would still include the bald imbecile from Pennsylvania.