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In reply to the discussion: The SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade can be easily remedied [View all]FoxNewsSucks
(10,429 posts)32. And that's why the voting laws really mattered
It was probably the single-most important thing to get passed. If we can't vote and take the offices we win, this country's democracy is over. Thanks to two "Democratic" Senators, we can do nothing about the system that republicons are exploiting to steal elections we win.
The majority of the public votes D, and wants liberal democratic policies. But if certain Democrats we elect work with the republicons to thwart us, we'll still end up with fascist rule.
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We couldn't even get enough Democrats to show up to elect a woman president.
LongtimeAZDem
May 2022
#1
The Electoral College, 16% of the population controlling a majority of votes in the Senate...
Spider Jerusalem
May 2022
#7
Yes! 10 senators are sent by states whose combined population is less than that of Los Angeles. :-(
TheRickles
May 2022
#22
Of course SCOTUS can take any law Congress managed to pass and rule it Unconstitutional
SoonerPride
May 2022
#28
People do get off their asses. 2020 was a record year. "Vote harder" at this point has diminishing
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2022
#33