Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) joined all the Republicans in blocking a temporary filibuster rule change that would have allowed Democrats to pass voting rights legislation with a simple majority.
Boo fuckin hiss.
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, you feckless scumbags.
Heart attacks deserved. 52 of them.
The term Bad Faith will come up.
It’s too weak.
We now have a 48-52 minority. Manchinema is not reliable.
So will “maldita puta”.
As a historical moment, which it is, this one stands out for turning almost entirely on the sheer stupidity and weak character of two members of congress. They’re not really standing for any principle, nor do they have anything faintly resembling a reasonable explanation for their position. It’s pure pose. Their empty pose as “centrists” has the ironic effect of affirming, with an exclamation point, that the concept of “centrism” has itself been drained entirely of content.
This wouldn’t happen without our currently constituted national media. By “currently constituted” I means seriously f***ed up. It’s a disgrace that Manchin wasn’t ridiculed 24/7 for several days when he publicly displayed shocking ignorance about basic facts of the filibuster’s history. The media didn’t really bother to lay a glove on him. It’s an absolute disgrace that the two of them can get away with proclaiming firm support for the bill while personally killing the bill, and grandstanding about it. It’s worse than “segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever”; it’s “centrism forever,” and centrism means absolutely nothing.
It’s a great gig, posing as serious and sincere, while being a monumental asshole. They can keep this up indefinitely.
Shocking.
Boy howdy. Nobody could’ve predicted that.
We knew this was coming. We have to keep fighting.
Fuck 'em. Beat their dumb and performatively dressed/luxury yacht asses this fall. WI, NC, OH, FL, etc.
Oops, PA too.
Inherit the wind. Their lives will now be lived in perfidy. I hope it becomes unbearable to them.
The first moment a GOP majority will benefit from doing so, the filibuster is toast. And that Crazy Nastyass Sinemanchin, retired from the Senate and wallowing in its high-paying private consultancies, won’t care.
Manchin and Sinema both face certain political red-lines which, given their voters, they dare not cross.
This vote, however, was not one of those.
They freely chose to be on the losing side of history. They volunteered to enable racism and evil.
Like the 50 Republicans they french-kissed in their macabre dance of death and decay tonight, they foolishly gloat in winning a battle while losing their souls.
The future, no matter what these fools think, does NOT belong to them.
It may well be that this happens. And, for the Senate GOP, today’s SCOTUS decision will temper somewhat their glee.
I saw, from Ornstein, some talk regarding efforts to continue the legislative fight for both BBB and Voting Rights
I have a hard time imagining a better group of “Nice Replies” except I expect @tena is probably, uh, otherwise righteously stoned. Emphasis on “righteously.”
It also occurs to me that every Democrat running for Senate now is running against Manchin and Sinema.
First and foremost, fuck the GOP and every cowardly member of that caucus. None of them are moderate.
Secondly, I know I’ve somewhat advocated against this in the past, but a party is a party for a reason and certain acts deserve consequences. I’d strip Manchin and Sinema of any committee leadership roles, asap. What a joke.