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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Matthews just said
that Dems in Congress need to prevent a SCOTUS nomination in any way possible. And that the base need to roar now.
Link to tweet
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Demonstrations? November may be way too late to fix this.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)and Senators/reps, LTEs, protests. Just saw that Trump plans to move quickly on nomination. Dems need to get down to gumming tge wheels.
gordianot
(15,262 posts)H2O Man
(73,715 posts)Mr. Matthews is correct on this. It's time to fight the Good Fight, and kick it into a higher gear.
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Someone tell us how congress at least slows the process.
briv1016
(1,570 posts)50 votes +Pence gets them a seat.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He's not been replaced, has he?
briv1016
(1,570 posts)There's a reason they're waiting till fall to hold the vote instead of doing it over the summer.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)But I'm no longer sure about anything!
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Nt
rockfordfile
(8,712 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)they'll spin it to their voters. Right before the mid-terms. The Blue Wave relies in part on Repub voter complacency or disgust. But "obstruction" by the Dems will probably rile them up and get them to the polls.
If the Dems don't slow it, that's also fine wiht them. They get their ace in the hole, and the future of the country is changed forever.
Checkmate.
exboyfil
(17,867 posts)and secure the House and try to limit the damage in the Senate.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)handmade34
(22,759 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)I guess even he has a breaking point.
I agree with him 100%.
We should obstruct.
BannonsLiver
(16,549 posts)This is an L. Period. The votes aren't there. Beyond that, if it drags into the fall, you'll have every fundamentalist moonbat from Bugtussle to Bumblfuck dragging their dicks over 12 miles of broken glass to vote in November, blunting any advantage Dems might have with enthusiasm.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)So the Dems might as well go down fighting.
The future of the country will change forever, with the appointment of another Repub justice, esp appointed by Trump. No more unions, Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, protections for immigrant children, environmental protections, national park protections, etc.
The USCT will rubber stamp the Trump Party.
exboyfil
(17,867 posts)and vigorously debate it on the floor, but the sooner that it happens the better. This is a no win situation. Point out the utter hypocrisy, but the die was cast in 2016.
The time to get nasty will be during the election. Fire up the base. Direct the energy there.
BannonsLiver
(16,549 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,049 posts)The Democratic Party needs a real strategy to dominate the elections.
Our strengths are also our biggest weaknesses. No more of this
kumbaya nonsense - we got to focus and fight together.
C'mon. We're liberals and we stand for great things. Without apology.
Things that will improve everyone's lives. Fox and Trumps have
cluttered their minds with lies and nonsense and people don't
believe us so much right now. We need to convince them,
persuasively, tangibly, overwhelmingly or it's over.
tritsofme
(17,449 posts)exboyfil
(17,867 posts)so much for the liberal mainstream media.
Thekaspervote
(32,827 posts)uponit7771
(90,378 posts)... abuse it
malaise
(269,370 posts)When push comes to shove he delivers
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)He just hasn't been listening.
Some days I wonder if anybody is.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)ecstatic
(32,814 posts)What a nightmare!
Oneironaut
(5,551 posts)Become the liberal version of the tea party on steroids. Stop tweeting and start organizing. They need to see us everywhere they go. No violence - just loud, angry citizens demanding to be heard.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,128 posts)Bayard
(22,257 posts)C'mon Mueller--now's the time!
exboyfil
(17,867 posts)You cannot stop him from nominating someone even if he had impeachment charges pending against him in the House and he was in the middle of the Senate trial. In fact he could pardon every US citizen of every federal crime that they committed to that point.
Freethinker65
(10,119 posts)Let her be the Conservative legacy. Get her just enough votes to be seated.
Let her have fun and run to FoxNews and make a mockery of the court.
Maybe in a few years she will get bored like Thomas, and miss her old life.
This is really the best we can hope for.