Unity is Already Being Weaponized Against Biden

[Nevilledog]

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Dan Pfeiffer
@danpfeiffer
Joe Biden ran on a message of unity. Less than 72 hours into his presidency, the unity message is being weaponized against him with bad faith arguments from Republicans and others. Here's whats happening and what we need to push back on.

Unity is Already Being Weaponized Against Biden
Less than two days into the Biden era, the conversation around "unity" has taken a turn towards stupid
messagebox.substack.com
10:14 AM · Jan 22, 2021

https://messagebox.substack.com/p/unity-is-already-being-weaponized

[C_U_L8R]

1. Republicans are cordially invited to unite around justice and accountability

RSVP

[Thekaspervote]

2. exactly!! Can't imagine if the circumstances had been reversed

[Salviati]

3. And the minimum price of entry is:

1) convicting trump in his second impeachment and barring him from further office
2) full investigation and prosecution of people who committed felonies in the Jan 6 insurrection
3) expulsion from congress and prosecution of members who provided direct aid and support to the above

[Nevilledog]

5. Don't forget: declaring there was no election fraud and Biden clearly won the election.

[Salviati]

9. Also true

[randr]

4. Unity is not being offered to assholes

[frazzled]

6. Wise words

For those who don’t like to read whole articles, some snippets:

Much of the discussion of Biden’s pledge for unity will be focused on whether he can work with Congressional Republicans — the majority of whom promulgated a conspiracy theory about the legitimacy of his win. However, that is a reductive interpretation of Biden’s unity message. ‘Healing the soul of the nation’ is about much more than Congressional politics.

... Joe Biden won the election. Republicans lost. Joe Biden doing the things Americans elected him to do is not divisive. The Republicans may not like it, but that’s their problem. A majority of Americans voted to rejoin the Paris Accords, repeal the Muslim ban, implement more comprehensive pandemic measures and so on. Pushing forward on agenda items supported by the majority of Americans is not divisive just because Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson find it irksome.

Biden’s obligation is to reach out to Republicans to try to find common ground, it is not to abandon his agenda in favor of the rejected Republican agenda. The opposition is trying to set up a false choice between unity and progress, we can’t let them do that.

... Biden’s pledge to unite Americans is politically, substantively, and morally correct. He absolutely needs to reach out to all Americans, including Congressional Republicans, but it takes two to tango. President Biden should be held accountable for his efforts, but that judgement should be fair and it shouldn’t absolve Republicans from responsibility.

[DSandra]

7. Unity of the people, screw the morally bankrupt and insanely selfish Republican Party

[Irish_Dem]

8. Bullies/socipaths use your own words and values as weapons against you.

[BlueIdaho]

10. Their cynicism stinks.

If you rally to a traitors flag - you are not welcome in the great American experience.