Republicans successfully prey on the irrationality of Democrats as well as of Republicans
This is the narrative I've been hearing in the news lately, which I agree is true about how voters respond, but I find infuriating:
Democrats have to succeed in passing Biden's agenda, or their chances to win in 2022 (even aside from Republican voter suppression) are slim to none.
Why would they lose? Because they didn't deliver.
Why didn't they deliver? That part doesn't matter.
I was listening to Joy Reid earlier today covering this basic narrative, and she and her guests didn't really care to dig deeper than this. They not only took it for granted, but seemed to think it was perfectly reasonable, for voters to be less motivated to vote for Democrats again if they don't get what they want from Democrats now.
Apparently it's not supposed to matter that Republican obstruction is making it so hard to make progress.
Apparently it's not supposed to matter that the real solution is MORE democrats, not fewer, so we can get rid of the filibuster and overrule the obstructionists in our own party.
Nope. Either Democrats prevail against enormous odds, or they aren't worth being given another chance with better odds. Republicans can and should be rewarded for deliberately harming our country in a cynical plan to seize power.
People like Joy Reid are, as they should be, angry as hell at Republicans for what they are doing. But she, like most political commentators of all sorts, won't ever address the irrationality of voters. Worse, they act like this kind of irrationality isn't just expected, but that it's essentially justifiable.
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