You're asking if federal spending and the open border are local issues, rather than congressional?

Wokeism (race, tranny, climate stuff) is absolutely in the federal gov't's/Congress's purview. Not exclusively like spending and the border, but look at recent big spending bills and it's littered with wokeism.

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I imagine over half the country would disagree with this, post-Hobbs.

You just got done being critical of an echo chamber that exists on this board, and then, as an attorney no less, you argue that Hobbs is an Evangelical social conservative policy as opposed to a legal matter, correctly called by SCOTUS.

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How, specifically?

Trust me, Democrats do not agree with this statement.

How specifically? Have you been awake that last few years? Did you see Republicans in congress fight tooth/nail to curb the radically out of control spending? Do you think Republicans, now in control of the House, will demand the pentagon back up some of its wokeism or suffer budget cuts? Do you think the FBI/DOJ will be held to account for politically-driven prosecution of their remits? Where have Republicans stood up and fought like hell against anything the Dems have done recently?

Why would Democrats ever agree with that statement Conservatives agree with that statement, and we're not talking about a fringe on the Right.

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Posted on 1/6/23 at 8:32 am to David_DJS

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You just got done being critical of an echo chamber that exists on this board, and then, as an attorney no less, you argue that Hobbs is an Evangelical social conservative policy as opposed to a legal matter, correctly called by SCOTUS.

My personal analysis/opinion and how the population as a whole see Hobbs are 2 different things.

You can push the "it's only states rights" meme as much as you want, but the people trying to do this on a larger scaled failed at framing the narrative that way, nationally.

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Did you see Republicans in congress fight tooth/nail to curb the radically out of control spending?

No, because that's a campaign talking point that constituents like as words but not when it affects them.

Only extremists like me want real spending reductions. Everyone else only wants them as long as they don't affect them, personally.

I'll give you an example. I want to end Social Security and Medicare, today. Stop taxing for it and stop spending it. And I don't expect to be given back any money already taxed from me. THAT is not typically acceptable as a policy and is the perfect example of why "reduce spending" never works in practice.

Trump had the #1 or #2 largest spending term in US history. Wasn't spending one of his major issues, too? See what happens when you actually have to govern?

People don't want less federal spending. They want to say they want less, but when teh rubber meets the road? Naw.