I’d disagree. Last year and this year proved to be a thorough rejection of the GOP’s fascist bullshit. If the Democrats had actually run candidates in the other off year elections this year in the deep south, I feel like we would have seen some purple poking through
Last year saw the GOP take the house less than they were supposed to. That is not a win, it just felt nice. 2020 saw Biden win with an 80,000 vote swing. Things are so much closer than people seem to think. The game is rigged. The house is gerrymandered, the Senate is completely rigged in favor of less populous states, and the electoral college says “hello.” I wish I had room to be angry at people like Manchin, but I don’t. There isn’t any.
Trump won West Virginia by nearly 40%. A Democrat is not winning this seat.
Like him or not, Justice Jackson wouldn’t be on the court if it wasn’t for him. The billions in climate action and infrastructure wouldn’t have been passed. Extensions to COVID relief and unemployment in early 2021 wouldn’t have passed. A 300 billion dollar corporate income tax increase wouldn’t have passed. An 80 billion dollar budget increase for IRS enforcement wouldn’t have passed. Medicare drug price caps wouldn’t have passed.
Yes, he’s incredibly annoying, but the fact of the matter is that we cannot prioritize some personal distaste over the vast amount of objectively good things that have happened because of this annoying ass coal baron from West Virginia.
Unfortunately, no. That seat is lost to the Dems for the foreseeable future.
I’d disagree. Last year and this year proved to be a thorough rejection of the GOP’s fascist bullshit. If the Democrats had actually run candidates in the other off year elections this year in the deep south, I feel like we would have seen some purple poking through
Last year saw the GOP take the house less than they were supposed to. That is not a win, it just felt nice. 2020 saw Biden win with an 80,000 vote swing. Things are so much closer than people seem to think. The game is rigged. The house is gerrymandered, the Senate is completely rigged in favor of less populous states, and the electoral college says “hello.” I wish I had room to be angry at people like Manchin, but I don’t. There isn’t any.
Trump won West Virginia by nearly 40%. A Democrat is not winning this seat.
Like him or not, Justice Jackson wouldn’t be on the court if it wasn’t for him. The billions in climate action and infrastructure wouldn’t have been passed. Extensions to COVID relief and unemployment in early 2021 wouldn’t have passed. A 300 billion dollar corporate income tax increase wouldn’t have passed. An 80 billion dollar budget increase for IRS enforcement wouldn’t have passed. Medicare drug price caps wouldn’t have passed.
Yes, he’s incredibly annoying, but the fact of the matter is that we cannot prioritize some personal distaste over the vast amount of objectively good things that have happened because of this annoying ass coal baron from West Virginia.