re: Be careful what you wish for. New DSA Congress members already making demands

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The electorate is so ignorant they will likely elect a Democrat for President.

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I mean, a Republican has no shot at this point. Did Tuesday not prove that?

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this good or bad compared to Schumer?

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Meh who knows I just want to see Chuck burn.

This will not end well for Democrats.

We need to lick our wounds and use this time in the wilderness to plot our next move.

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cutting off aid to Israel.

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How bout cut off aid to everybody?

I called this. Ol sleepy will have to call in some markers...and that still may not be enough.

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The disaster that may befall us from aggressively taxing people like Bezos, Zuck, and Musk and using that revenue to fund things that will benefit average people would be unbelievable.

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Advocating for stealing from the rich because of your own envy and jealousy is indicative of how soft and weak the people of this country have become. If you want what they have, earn it. Nobody is stopping you from starting your own version of Amazon or SpaceX.

The last place those funds would be used is to help average Americans. Sure, it will help illegals and be used in foreign countries to launder back to politicians, but it will not be used to help Americans. Probably what you are advocating for anyway.

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An agency like ICE that has been around since Washington was President is an indispensable pillar of our democracy.

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If we don't control illegal immigration, then we don't have a democracy. Letting people stay in the country illegally and decide our elections based on the interests of foreign nations is not democracy.

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And cutting off aid to poor, impoverished Israel?

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Trump has already worked out a deal with Netanyahu to cut off aid and move to a transactional relationship at the end of this year.


You sound like a pussy.

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Every single kid in America living at home playing video games voted for all that.

So did the 21 yo girl at McDonalds, the barista at Starbucks and every young person today just about.

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And they're all enemies to myself and my children who are being raised the exact opposite.

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I expected Schumer to be pushed out

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Writers at the WSJ seem to think this is his time to shine.

WSJ

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The Associated Press had projected that Democrats would succeed in their long-shot effort to win back control of the Senate—and not just by flipping a few seats, but by flipping at least seven.

“Is this a night?!” the jubilant Senate minority leader asked as he greeted journalists and staffers in a courtyard of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee near Capitol Hill late Tuesday night. “Oh man! Wow, wow, wow!”

In the spring of last year, progressives and activists had bombarded the 75-year-old New York Democrat with calls to resign and primary threats after he voted with a small group of other senators who caucus with Democrats to keep the government open. The backlash was so profound that Schumer had to postpone a planned book tour because of security concerns. He was cast by progressive critics as too old-school and out of touch with voters consumed with anger at President Trump.

Now, after two risky government shutdowns and—as Schumer put it—“against all odds,” he made clear he expects to be re-elected as Senate Democrats’ leader in the next Congress, this time in the majority. Democrats will have at least 54 seats in the next Senate, with Alaska and Mississippi still too close to call.

On Wednesday morning, he posted a photo of himself cooking on his backyard grill, with photos of defeated Republicans among the hot dogs and burgers.

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It goes on.
You raise a very good point. I don't know if the DSA-types have the numbers to form an effective caucus of sorts. That they are simply demanding things doesn't mean much.

There are 5 of them out of 338 members of Congress, as in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.