Uh, no. 9 republicans decided to have a conscience for a change. They deserve the credit. Without republican help, the dems would have lost. Again.
Let's not be claiming victories we don't deserve.
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Just thank all representatives who voted on this. Both Democrat and Republican.
What are you actually talking about? You want to give credit to the 9 Republicans that voted for it but not to the two hundred and thirteen Democrats that also did!? In the current political reality, this would have failed if all Republicans voted against it, that's true. But it also would have failed if as few as 8 Democrats did!
I'm an Independent, but this "both-sides"-ing is infuriating. It's literally having double-standards: people demonize and expect perfection from the Democratic party while the Republican one is literally disappearing people off the street, threatening allies, illegally firing people, and stealing money from our congressionally-approved public services to give to billionaires.
In reality, this was a rare bipartisan victory and should be treated as such.
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In this climate the best move i think is to start defending republican senators who vote against what the gop is pushing for. Once we can get republicans to stop supporting trump the more our country can become immune to his insanity. these 9 in this vote for instance will likely recieve a lot of attacks by trumps goons and should be met with support for their choice.
Good! I'm GLAD the Democrats FINALLY stood Together to help Rich People like Themselves Raise Kids while doing NOTHING for Working Class People like US!
The majority party decides what comes to the floor. The Democrats have lots of problems but this isn't one of them.
Of course because it’s something that affects them personally. Honestly are we supposed to applaud them for this?
Yay after a million other counter examples they finally did a thing!!
Fucking embarassing. I know it is meant to give me faith, but it does not in the face of the pure shitshow that is 2025.
Neat.