Mitch McConnell can clearly read the writing on the wall, after working to pass that piece of shit “tax reform” bill without a single hearing or any input from members of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate.
He got what he wanted, and now, it looks like he thinks that he can turn on a dime and begin the new year by reaching out to the Democrats in Congress to come back and work together “like the American people want us to”.
Who in the hell does he think he’s kidding?
Well, for starters, I would guess Chuck Schumer (the Minority Leader).
Because nothing smells like progress to long-serving members of Congress as much as the other side coming, hat in hand, asking for help.
But we, the Base, must NOT let this happen. Not if we want to see a true #BlueWave or even better, a #BlueTsunami next November.
Bipartisanship must not commence WITHOUT A PRICEWe simply cannot sit quietly and watch the leadership in the Democratic Party start wondering aloud if the time has come to “do the right thing”, because they’ll mistake biting into a ‘poisoned apple’ for the Republicans finally coming to their senses.
No such thing is about to happen in January. Mitch McConnell is a lying sunovabitch, and he has no intentions of actually working with the Democrats. He just wants to appear to make nice so that the Media will stop talking about how SHITTY that Tax bill was, and how many people hate it (and will hate it more as time goes on), and begin talking about the miraculous sense of comity coming back to a US Senate which has been stuck in partisan hell for years.
We must not allow such a thing to occur. It will derail all of the work of the millions of us who
Joined the Women’s March on January 21, 2017 Attended protests at our US House Rep/Senators local & DC offices Made phone calls, wrote emails and letters Worked on one of the winning special election campaigns in 2017 Registered voters and worked GOTV in 2017We cannot allow this to happen without demanding a price be paid by those bastards.
If McConnell wants to smoke the peace pipe? Let him bring something worthy to offer the Democrats FIRST.
A clean DACA bill A clean CHIP bill A committee chaired by a Democratic member, to pursue revisions to that fucking Tax Bill, with the result to have at least 30 hours of hearings and be open to a cloture vote for passage of it.If he won’t agree to that, then fuck him.
Let him get out a surfboard and get ready for next year, cause it’s gonna get wild and those waters will be rising…
#MuellerTimeDon’t forget — the Special Counsel continues to investigate and Trump continues to sound and act like the moron which he truly seems to be.
Letting the Senate slip back into some sort of managed Détente before those investigations come to a close would be FOOLISH on a scale I can’t truly convey.
With convictions under his belt and more data coming in, there is truly hope that Trump will face impeachment or be forced out — and revelations of the last month appear to put Mike Pence in the same bear-trap with Trump and the rest of All the President’s Men.
Courtesy Dave Granlund, political Cartoonist. www.davegranlund.com and PoliticalCartoons.comPaul Ryan has all but announced his retirement and none other than Bill Kristol has publicly stated that he’s spoken with a number of people on The Hill and that we shouldn’t be surprised to see Ryan leave in January or February 2018. Just around the corner! (I heard that last bit directly from Bill Kristol, himself, on a panel last week)
So as long was we wait out the end of the investigations of the Special Counsel? We may end up with someone like Gerald Ford, the man who replaced Nixon when he resigned. A Republican, but one we could stand for the rest of the Trump term.
Don’t wait for someone to tell you on TVCall YOUR Senators if they’re Democrats, the day they’re back in business (January 3rd).
Tell them you DO NOT want them to #TakeTheBait which McConnell appears to be waving already.
Tell them to STAND FIRM on not working with the Republicans without iron-clad agreements in writing before they begin.
McConnell, remember, was the asshole who stood up in public and said that President Barack Obama was not going to get to appoint the next Supreme Court Justice (as the Constitution says he was empowered to do), and he stuck to his guns to make sure a conservative was appointed to the seat left empty by Antonin Scalia.
Tell them all to remember THAT, and not to pretend that comity is more important than getting the Democratic Party back in power — and every metric available says that our side has a huge advantage going into 2018.
We can’t destroy our own best chance to turf out one hell of a lot of seated Republicans by allowing our representatives already IN the Congress to be fooled AGAIN by these lying, scheming cretins.
2018 can be the year which brings the Republicans low. But only if WE remain vigilant from Day One (okay, day 3).
Put your House Rep & Senators DC numbers in your phoneOr at least put the Congressional Switchboard in there
(202) 224-3121 or (202) 225-3121
Spend five minutes of your day each week calling them, like I do.
Make sure our side stands strong and on principle.
Don’t allow them to be swayed by Media bobble-heads, because you know damned well those folks will be bleating about ‘how refreshing it is to see the two Parties working together for the best interests of the nation, again’.
But THAT will be just another lie to keep the Republicans in power.
Remember, we WON in 2017 when we were the Resistance.
IF we remain strong, it will bring us even greater victories in 2018.
#Resist
UPDATE: For those who didn’t catch what I did yesterday — yes, that’s exactly what he said. He’s sure that it’s time FOR THE DEMOCRATS to start working with him for him and the Republican Horde.
xMcConnell forecasts bipartisanship in new yearhttps://t.co/4xlMKYT81fpic.twitter.com/bKSAy95iQK
— POLITICO (@politico) December 26, 2017