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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's not fair to blame Biden re: For the People Act.
Surprised to see the post saying that some are blaming the White House.
Let's put this into perspective. The For the People Act is the single greatest legislative endeavor in decades.
It's also the "end" of the GOP.
The MORE people who vote, the better the DEMS do. Just look at 2020 and the expanded opportunities to vote.
So the GOP resistance was entirely predictable.
It was "Dead Bill Walking" from day one.
The GOP would rather pass into law Universal Abortion and Universal Firearm bans than pass voter rights.
So the next step... now work on more streamlined Voting Rights Bills and use this in '22 and '24 to demonstrate GOP recalcitrance.
We MUST keep moving. President Biden is successful right now because he's exercising competent governance. 2022? Yeah, we're going to have to GOTV, hard. But that's the way it always is.
Keep the chin up... keep moving forward.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)WarGamer
(12,491 posts)But I agree with you. I'm proud of the ambitious goals.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)from saving the world, not the Republicans. It's in their wiring.
FBaggins
(26,782 posts)You can blame the Republicans... or even the other side of some imagined Democratic divide... but Biden?
WarGamer
(12,491 posts)betsuni
(25,745 posts)They always blame Democrats, it's that PACs reason for existence. Psaki said about that Justice Democrats person: "Those words are a fight against the wrong opponent." As always.
bdamomma
(63,944 posts)is all the liars in the GQP Party. They are pure EVIL.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Bettie
(16,139 posts)it's the white supremacists in the Republican party.
But, there are senators in our party who have chosen permanent Republican rule, by ensuring that there is no For The People Act.
That's who I'm frustrated with, regardless of whether it's misguided belief in "bipartisanship" or just a desire for...something.
gab13by13
(21,478 posts)between factions of the Democratic party? I'm not partaking.
WarGamer
(12,491 posts)Not the people discussing it.
msfiddlestix
(7,288 posts)really stupid if people on this board are blaming Biden for anything that the GOP is doing.
I must be misunderstanding something, I can't bring myself to let something like that sink in my head.
Oh, and I agree with everything you said in the OP.
Excellent points, excellent perspective.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,776 posts)I am not a fan of the just us democrats