This is either a schism deepening in the GOP ranks, or more likely, an act to appear better to the public while knowing nothing will come of it.
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Did a little reading on don bacon, the representative mentioned.
He represents nebraska's 2nd district, a district where the majority voted for biden and harris. He is known for being a moderate republican who is noted for working bipartisanly. He retained his seat by a narrow 50.9%:49.1% margain.
Basically he's one of the most likely republicans to support something like this. And if viewed purely cynically, with the slim margin of victory, he has an incentive to introduce bills to nowhere like this use for the upcoming 2026 reelection campaign.
Until this bill gets cosponsors or goes for a floor vote, it doesn't indicate a breaking of ranks. He's the kind of republican who often goes against the party line.
an act to appear better to the public while knowing nothing will come of it.
just like Democrats
Both sides!
Eh normally I'd be with you on that. But the last three months haven't exactly shown the dems willingness to fight against the insanity and evil. There's a very small number of them that have been talking game. The rest, including their leadership, have been either absent or willingly shrugging.
haven’t exactly shown the dems willingness to fight against the insanity and evil
It's awesome to blame the victims of our own collective fuckwittedness so we don't have to feel guilt for fucking up a mind-numbingly easy binary decision to a point so bad it will echo a hundred years from now (assuming we still have records).
I'll happily put blame on the people in power, yes. Especially since i voted those people in.
Maybe if you were American, instead of cosplaying as an angry voter, you'd understand.
The Democrats would have totally laid off half the government, threatened universities with funding cuts based on speech, and started a trade war with the whole world if we had kept them in power.
I never said that's what they would have done.
But what are they doing to stop it?
You're probably not even American anyways, your cosplay concern trolling doesn't matter.
If the Democrats wouldn't have done the same shitty things or worse, then both sides aren't the goddamn same. If the country didn't want Trump to do the shitty things he said he would do. maybe they should have voted in another President and party.
How's you country doing? Stick your political analysis to your own government. Cuz i know for a fact you're not American.
There's a saying that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold. Non Americans are very vested in this mess, and have a right to comment on it, Cletus!
I'm American. They're right.
So there you go.
Thanks. I'm also an American, living in America. That commenter's facts aren't very reliable.
You can chant it all you want but only 15 out of 47 Democrats in the Senate voted to stop arming Israel. Everyone else joined the Republicans to vote for "we must allow the genocide to continue."
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00165.htm
But look over here! Gaza plays well to your audience.
I dunno why you're getting down voted, this is the world as it is unfortunately.
I mean didn't Schumer just bow to the Trump admin to get their budget passed? I don't know about everyone else but I see most dems talk a big game but when it comes down to actions I just don't see them following though.
I would like to caveat this with, I did vote and I voted blue across the board( even though few dems on my ballot were actually progressive). I'm not saying both sides are the exact same but in my mind the decisions the DNC made up to this point are part of the variables on how we got here. Ex: if Hilary wasn't hamfisted in in 2016 maybe we wouldn't be in the worst time line, and that's the tip of the tip of the iceberg.
Yeah, the DNC is a huge and essential part of why this country has gone to shit because there are a lot of just straight up evil people in the Democratic party, and until that changes nothing in this country is going to meaningfully improve. Anytime there's a news article about a Republican doing something awful there should be a comment pointing out how certain Democratic party members have enabled them to do that thing.
That all being said, there are also a lot of good people trying to do good things in the Democratic party as well (an essential difference between them and the GOP), when the Democratic party in general loses elections to Republicans, the evil people get stronger and the good people in the Democratic party get less influential. So, yeah, voting blue across the board is the right call, frustrating as they may be.
requiring the president to notify Congress
Oh, like he was "required" to do before cutting USAID? Cool.
Guess who would need to sign this bill to make it law. This republicans playing politics hoping voters won't notice they aren't doing jack shit to stop these tariffs. I hope they all burn and republican lose all their seats.
You know congress can overrule a presidential veto, right?
The Republicans have spent 8 years purging the party of all non-MAGA members. Congress struggles to do anything against the will of Trump. I can hardly imagine it would get a ⅔ majority to overturn a veto.
I tend to agree, but as you've seen, just yesterday, 100s of thousands of people came out against this. Republicans in Congress still have to get elected. Trump doesn't have to worry about that anymore, so he doesn't give a fuck. He'll play golf, spit nonsense, and do crazy old man shit.
Plus, follow the money. Trump has now fucked with wall street and they put up huge dollars to buy politicians on both sides. Looks at Elon, he is already saving grace to help his failing companies.
Fuck Trump btw
I think any Congress person who would vote against the tariffs might get a phone call.
Maybe the corporation, who's stock they hold, gets a tariff exemption if they vote this down?
Maybe, if they show their hand that they plan to vote in favor of this they get primaried.
All this to say, our current crop of politicians can't be trusted to do the right thing. Although, they can be trusted to do what's in their own self interest.
I don’t know. Trump quite possibly just wrecked the economy and definitely made everyone poorer. Even if you don’t own stocks or have a 401(k), you’ll be poorer from the inflation and possibly unemployed. I could see Congressional Republicans being more worried about causing a depression and getting crushed in the next several elections than whether they have a primary opponent in 2026 or threats from a President with an approval rating in the tank. It’s already low but it might be 20% once the effects of his dumbfuck policies are impossible to ignore.
After the Smoot-Hawley Act exacerbated the Great Depression with idiotic tariffs, Democrats won every election and controlled the House, Senate, and White House from 1933 to 1947. In the 1936 presidential election, the Republican candidate got 8 electoral votes and FDR got 523.
I really enjoy your optimism and historical accuracy. I hope you're correct and that's the direction things take.
who’s
Yeah, I'm not good with the words.
Democrats should block it. They made their bed, let them sleep in it.
Hmm, I wonder if Bacon is feeling the heat from his constituents. He might be feeling like his career is cooked....
Would be spicy if republicans in congress also allow the tariffs. What a midterm election that would be.
So, someone finally made them read up what happened in 1932, and they shit their pants?