President Donald Trump told voters to pretend he was on the ballot in this year’s midterm elections.
They did. And they resoundingly rejected both his policies and his Republican Party.
Democrats have captured full control of Congress, NBC News projects, with voters delivering a forceful repudiation of Trump’s agenda, coupled with a clear-cut message that Congress has not done enough to provide checks on his administration and needs to do more to address affordability and corruption.
Oh boy, gridlock here we come. Enough votes to send stuff to him, but not enough to override his veto.
It’s much more than this, but even this part is an absolute win. No more rubber stamping whatever Toddler Trump wants. It’s a return of checks and balances. It opens up doors to investigations, shutting down budgets that fund his nonsense, blocking everything he wants to do, blocking appointments, and impeachment (though I still expect it never to pass the Senate unless they can show some smoking guns - even then I’m not sure).
I could see Republicans agreeing to impeach Trump under the backroom deal that the Dark Enlightenment’s own fuccboi JD Vance is left out of it.
I’m not entirely sure that deal is worth taking.
Everyone with an R by their name is complicit.
EV RY ONE.
You have a r in your name. So do i! ARE WE COMPLICIT!!!11!1! DUN DUN DUUUN.
I am very tired this is a stupid joke. No i wont say sorry. But i do need more nyquil.
its also sadly meaning trump will block anything they want to do too.
I wouldn’t be so sure, things are going to get weird. I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump signs some early Dem legislation just to spite Republicans for losing. People seem to forget the president has the most obvious case of NPD ever seen and dementia.
Fucking good. That way when Dems try to actually pass legislation and make shit happen, Trump can veto it and all the blame can be squarely laid at his feet.
Dems need to actually keep that in the news cycle too. Establishment dems definitely have a “people don’t want us to brag” mentality, but it means that republicans are really good at auto-fellation in comparison. Congress needs to keep putting wildly popular legislation on his desk, and every single time he vetoes it, they need to raise hell.
Every single bill he vetoes should be a branding iron on his flabby pale ass. Forcibly brand him as the president who vetoed universal healthcare, livable minimum wage, guaranteed paid maternity/paternity leave, etc… Don’t let the news cycle (and voters) forget why the gridlock is occurring.
I am an atheist and I want Talarico on the news every fucking day talking about how God supports the Democrats path for peace and prosperity or however he wants to phrase it. Like 2/3rs of Americans are religious and the right somehow claimed them all without any kind of fight from Democrats.
Gridlock is the better option, compared to the last two years.
The problem is that the process will be gridlocked, while he’ll still be exercising his executive power unchecked.