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Learn how a bill becomes law and you will realize why and how important it is to get as many Dems elected as possible.
Last time Dems had trifecta (2021-22) they had 50-50 senate - with 2 asshole republicans disguised as Dems (Sinema and Manchin) who blocked every progressive bills such as election integrity laws, immigration, reproductive rights. Of course that doesn’t absolve actual repubes. In fact not even 10 out of 50 republican senators had balls to stand up for what’s right.
If the Democrats want to get as many votes as possible they should give people more reasons to do so. Now is the best time to introduce a universal healthcare plan, even if it can't pass it provides a PR field day when Republicans reject it.
Sinema and Manchin were doing exactly what party leadership wanted.
I also have massive issues with Sinema and Manchin but you can’t look at their voting record against actual republicans’ and say that with a straight face. Last I looked at it the most agreeable Republican voted with democrats like 25% less frequently than Manchin and Sinema did (been a while so definitely an IIRC situation). The takeaway though was that it doesn’t even compare. Especially given what we’d get out of a WV Republican, which would almost always be a “no” out of spite.
It’s not so much about how they voted. It’s more about how they refused to vote on key bills. Because of their position so many bills couldn’t even come to floor. I distinctly remember while heated debate was underway about student loan forgiveness, immigration, and inflation reduction - those two were running around in Texas with republicans to “find a common bipartisan ground”. Mind you the same republican they were hanging out with had publicly stated that they had no interest in solving problems whatsoever.