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lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
4. Republicans stab you in the front.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:17 AM
Jan 2022

Manchin and Sinema ran as "Democrats"; they deceived their voters.

They are stabbing their voters in the back.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
9. Well said and all TRUE
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:24 AM
Jan 2022

Lest we forget the 50 Republican Senators who LACK the 4 chief virtues of being good leaders.
WISDOM
FORTITUDE
JUSTICE
TEMPERANCE

Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema have shown us they too lack these virtues as well.

MrsCoffee

(5,803 posts)
11. A chain is only as strong as it's weakest link.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:49 AM
Jan 2022

“The chain is only as strong as its weakest link, for if that fails the chain fails and the object that it has been holding up falls to the ground.” ― Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

Democrats have been the champions of democracy in this country since I was born. You better believe we are going to focus on the strength of the chain.

The GOP will always be the force that makes the chain necessary to begin with. They are the Jim Crow, vote-rigging, segregation party. The country has focused on their leader for over five years now and they only dig in deeper.

So we focus on the chain and try to reinforce it. If the chain fails, democracy falls to the ground.










Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
10. I get the hate but more than Trump? Come on.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:40 AM
Jan 2022

Trump has brought nothing good for us. For all the wrongs Manchin and Sinema brought, they at least got us the senate majority, tons of judges, infrastructure bill, etc. they deserve some hate but more than Trump or republicans? Come on, man.

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