• Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
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    3 days ago

    We need congress to grow a pair of balls and this is apparently how it will be done.

    The Republicans control both houses of Congress; even the best case midterm scenario wouldn’t give the Democrats enough votes to override a veto.

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      Technically the ABSOLUTE best case, in which Dems pick up every single Senate seat (which would probably translate to the requisite 2/3 in the House) they have the barest of margins to do so.

      But then let’s talk about our Fetterman problem…

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        3 days ago

        Technically the ABSOLUTE best case, in which Dems pick up every single Senate seat (which would probably translate to the requisite 2/3 in the House) they have the barest of margins to do so.

        The realistic best case scenario—particularly after Republican-slanted gerrymandering—won’t be a two-thirds majority in the house, and definitely won’t be a two-thirds majority in the senate.