After a monthlong honeymoon for the G.O.P. at the start of President Trump’s term, lawmakers are confronting a groundswell of fear and disaffection in districts around the country.
Dems could have run on fixing the actual flaws in the system that are allowing this coup
It would have accomplished exactly nothing if they did. Voters aren’t interested in “fixing the system”. It would have come off as Democrats caring about nothing but “making power grabs” while ignoring kitchen table concerns such as the price of groceries. It would have come off as Democrats being more disconnected from the needs of everyday voters than they already are.
Harris, or whoever the dem nominiee would have been, would have been focusing on “fixing the system” while Trump just made all the same empty promises about “bringing down the price of eggs on day one”, and he would have won by an even wider margin. Your average voter gives exactly zero shits about how things work in DC and what does and doesn’t need to be fixed.
“Liberals are furious that [the Supreme Court] is abiding by the Constitution,” said Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin, branding court reform efforts as “a toxic power grab” chipping away at the constitutional separation of powers.
Here’s the Democrats trying to give people in DC access to representation:
Republicans warned the Democrats’ bill is an unconstitutional power grab that will result in the District receiving greater benefits than citizens of any other state
This isn’t hypothetical partisan complaining… the past is littered with examples of Democrats attempting to do the very things that people complain they aren’t doing – with Republicans whipping up lies to feed the electorate undermining those efforts.
It would have accomplished exactly nothing if they did. Voters aren’t interested in “fixing the system”. It would have come off as Democrats caring about nothing but “making power grabs” while ignoring kitchen table concerns such as the price of groceries. It would have come off as Democrats being more disconnected from the needs of everyday voters than they already are.
Harris, or whoever the dem nominiee would have been, would have been focusing on “fixing the system” while Trump just made all the same empty promises about “bringing down the price of eggs on day one”, and he would have won by an even wider margin. Your average voter gives exactly zero shits about how things work in DC and what does and doesn’t need to be fixed.
Even if it didn’t have that outward appearance, the liars would have lied to ensure that was the message.
Here’s an example of this with Democrats trying to improve access to voting:
https://barr.house.gov/2021/3/rep-barr-denounces-house-democrats-h-r-1-the-election-power-grab-act
Here’s Democrats trying to fix the courts:
https://www.courthousenews.com/republicans-wont-budge-as-biden-details-supreme-court-reform-plan/
Here’s the Democrats trying to give people in DC access to representation:
https://oversight.house.gov/release/hearing-wrap-up-republicans-warn-h-r-51-is-an-unconstitutional-unworkable-democrat-power-grab/
This isn’t hypothetical partisan complaining… the past is littered with examples of Democrats attempting to do the very things that people complain they aren’t doing – with Republicans whipping up lies to feed the electorate undermining those efforts.
Democrats try to win debates. Republicans try to win power.