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5. To be fair

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 12:21 PM

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The attitude Republicans have is that they a clear mandate when they ALSO have the presidency.

When they only control Congress the GOP just does everything they can to make the Democratic president fail.

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If Dems have the slimmest majority in both chambers of Congress BlueCaliDem Wednesday #1

Hard to argue with you based on past practice... displacedvermoter Wednesday #2

To hell with reaching across. Those clowns have joy buzzers anyway. GreenWave Wednesday #3

Nope. Fetterman will become a Republican first. hedda_foil Wednesday #4

To be fair ITAL Wednesday #5

If we win less than a supermajority we will hear the same old bullshit as usual and voters will put Republicans back in chowder66 Wednesday #6