If the American people give control of congress to the Republicans.

[fightforfreedom]

It will unleash hell upon our country. It will put the traitors who are being investigated for an attempted coup in charge.

They will hold corrupt fake hearings, investigations, at a level we have never seen before.

They will investigate Fauci, Hunter Biden, the J6 committee hearings. They will spread massive propaganda through their hearings attacking the Georgia investigation, the Garland investigations.

They will completely obstruct Biden's agenda, they will harm the economy further and celebrate it because it will help them in 2024 election.

This election is going to tell me a lot about the American people. Do they have the ability to protect themselves or have they become so ignorant, so under the control of propaganda, they will destroy themselves.

Trump voters have become such a threat to themselves and our country, They believe authoritarianism, fascism, is not a threat to our democracy. They believe our congress, our laws, our constitution, can keep an authoritarian, fascist, president in check. They believe Trump was kept in check during his presidency. They believe the attack on the capital was no big deal. They will tell you what Hunter Biden did is worse. What ever that is? This is dangerous, flawed thinking.

We can only lose our democracy if the people decide to end it. It's time for the people to decide. Good luck to all of us.

[betsuni]

1. Agree.

[Initech]

2. I have never been more truly scared of where this country is headed than I am right now.

[Marcus IM]

3. If they cut SS and Medicare/Aid, the economy will crash too. n/t

[Walleye]

4. They will have the best of both worlds. They won't improve the economy, they will blame it on Biden

[fightforfreedom]

7. That's the plan.

They don't give a shit about the people, including their own voters. That is one of the great mysteries in our country. How can average Trump voters, republican voters do not recognize the Democrats take better care of them than the Republicans.

[Walleye]

10. Probably because they prefer to believe lies that make them feel better.

It really is a mystery to me though how people can vote against their own self-interest so consistently. They all talk about the borders. Meaning of course a southern border. Does this even affect their lives at all, I don’t think so. It’s just that they get to express the prejudice they have had to keep to themselves for decades before this

[Amishman]

5. If they do, we better learn our lessons from this.

Because ultimately people vote their wallet above all else.

Inflation is hurting voters. We tried to downplay inflation at first, a few even tried to claim it was a good thing. We pivoted to blaming corporations, which fell flat with everyone but our core base. By doing this, we made it even easier for the Pubs to pin the blame on us.

We've forgotten the words of James Carville. 'It's the economy, stupid!'

Nothing - not social justice, abortion, Jan 6, or Trump - is going to preempt that.

Workers and wages needs to be the top priority all the time. Everything else is a sideshow.

[Sparkly]

8. I don't see it that way.

Democrats are the ones who actually walk the walk on jobs, salary, labor unions, benefits, work conditions, affordable housing, etc. They didn't create inflation, didn't try to 'downplay it' or put blame where it doesn't belong, but passed legislation to bring it down. Republicans have said they would repeal Inflation Reduction.

In fact, they'd make the next two years as painful as possible - we've seen this before ("sequestration," anyone?). Suddenly, they discover the national debt and decide deficit spending is bad, so they cut everything to "austere" levels to the point people are miserable, setting themselves up for 2024.

[Polybius]

14. Yes, but the average voter is uninformed, and I'm being kind

They blame the Party in power for inflation and gas prices.

[GenXer47]

9. lessons will be too late

The first thing Repukes will do is cement their power. Voting will be symbolic only, and we will always lose.

[Elessar Zappa]

15. But what should our message have been regarding inflation?

We can’t magically make it go down. We did pass the Inflation Reduction Act which will help in the long term. And it’s not like Republicans have offered any solutions regarding the economy or inflation.

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, very similar happened in Spain when coup plotters were kept in charge

[2naSalit]

11. If that happens...

I'm thinking of leaving.

[PortTack]

12. They will control the congress and the stuff they try to pass on ending the SS net will die in the

Senate.

Yes, ridiculous investigations….lots of grand standing. those won’t go anywhere either..if they refer Dems to the doj for criminal investigation, you think that will go anywhere?

Impeach President Biden..okay… a 2/3 senate vote isn’t happening

[Bayard]

13. Never careful about what they wish for

So far, I have refused to contemplate the possibility, or I would not be able to function.

[maxrandb]

16. Could you imagine if President Biden had spent the last year

holding rallies all over the country claiming that if Dems lose the midterms, it's because of massive, corrupt voter fraud?

Imagine he had used these rallies to tell folks that they need to be ready to march on their state capitals to "stop the steal", "it will be wild".

Imagine if he told his supporters that they needed to "monitor" ballot drop boxes in "Dumbfuckistan, Murika" parts of the country.

Imagine if he told Democrats in the House and Senate that they were p****ies if they didn't refuse to reject election results and just refuse to leave office.

Then, try to imagine the country rewarding him with a victory at the polls.

If America rewards the Retrumplicans, our fucking country is finished.