After a barrage of speeches, a visit from President Joe Biden and marathon meetings with their Democratic peers, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday remained firmly against meaningfully reforming the filibuster.
When death finally came to democracy, its killer wore blond streaks; a festive, faux-block-print tote; a scarlet-and-purple bullseye skirt over navy leotards; and a matching pair of cute, chunky, white-sole tennies.
Make them vote on it, so the consequences of their actions will be known for future historians. They really should realize Republicans will obliterate the filibuster the moment it is in their way, they have already done it and without any histrionics or discussion.
Manchin may be the only Democrat who can win in WV, but that’s not likely to matter as he will probably leave the Senate then. Sinema is done, she won’t win in 2024 in the primary with this kind of behavior…and she won’t win in the 2024 presidential primary either. She will have zero chance among minorities, she’s betraying their future by doing this. And, good riddance to her, she’s betraying her oath as badly as any Republican jackwad.
Let’s just say it speaks to her, uh, acumen. Which is true of pretty much everything she does. At least Santorum, whose situation seems to have parallels, knew which side of the fence he was standing on.
Just observing and complaining here, got no solution to offer, but it is absofuckinglutely absurd that so many lives can be damaged or even ended by so few whack jobs and assholes strategically placed in positions of power. A handful of these shitheads proceed to fuck over millions, billions if we consider climate change, because they are greedy, stupid, sick, or just plain evil through and through.
ETA: And they do it in broad daylight! And we pay them for it.