It's time for Democrats to stand up and fulfill their oath by holding impeachment hearings. Force every Republican to vote to defend Trump's behavior!

I cant fucking BELIEVE i am reading on this site that cons have backbones and dems dont

wow

I'm not saying Democrats have no backbone. Many are fighting for impeachment.

However, what did the Democratic party actually do when McConnell refused to have a vote on Garland? They did nothing substantial and allowed everyone to move on. The vast majority of Americans literally had no idea it was even happening.

We can't allow the public to move on from the Mueller report. Democrats would be violating their oath.

bye

All we have to do is look at the way McConnell ran the caucus in 2009 and 2010 versus the way Schumer runs the opposition today. The difference is like night and day.

McConnell is far more effective in advancing the will of the Republican base in the Senate and his effectiveness grew by leaps and bounds once he returned as Majority Leader.

Merrick Garland, anyone?

Tax cuts for billionaires, deregulation and free money for the destroyers if the earth is their real work.

So they lie all day.
I don’t know what has cowed the entire party and basically corrupted them to this point. Maybe you do. I’m all ears. I suspect it’s a combination of whipping up the rabid trump Idiocracy audience, some blackmail, and heaps of money.

We aren’t playing the same game. Since most of our people are actually trying to solve problems and represent their constituents in this corrupt system they have a much harder job and it’s never going to look unified. We do the people’s work.

they have a principled stand???

The point is that McConnell realized a long time ago that literally anything that stops short of blatant and overt illegality is fair game. He's not in this for the greater good of the US. He's in it for himself and in turn the party that he represents as a means to that power.

That's it... period...

Principles don't come into it.

The belief that one’s enemies must be cowards has killed a lo5 of brave men and women.

Just do what you believe and stand for, regardless of political fallout because you will be honored for fighting for the right thing by your base.

opposition.
and framing it to the public in that way.
but thanks for trying to put words in my mouth.
it's rude though, don't do it again.

Republicans win votes because they have the majority in the Senate, not because they fight dirtier.

It makes zero sense for liberals to repeatedly not bother to show up to support their own candidates and then whine that their leaders don't win votes with a minority. It's an infantile fantasy to want elected leaders to behave like professional wrestlers.

they have rigged the system with gerrymandering, voter suppression, stacking the courts with unqualified and outright partisan hack judges, etc., etc., etc.

and its members cast more than 94,000 votes naming him the front-runner once again.

http://poll.democracyforamerica.com/results

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It was this one:



Do you agree with this post that Bernie needs to stand with Democrats on this issue?

But as to your tangent:

The only time Sanders is a Democrat is when he is campaigning for POTUS. The rest of the time, he represents Vermont and votes in the Senate as an Independent.

You may discuss this with his staff if you disagree. This is his listing on Senate.gov.



https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

They elected him as an Independent, and that's how he votes in the Senate. He does not serve in the Senate as a Democrat.

Do you know something that the voters in Vermont and the Senate recordkeepers don't?

And no, he's not my preferred candidate.

Democracy for America says. He is only a Democrat on the POTUS campaign trail - he is an Independent Senator.

The post, which has since been hidden talked about how he was a Democratic nominee for Vermont, so that made him a Democratic Senator, and I reminded them that he turned that nomiation down and ran as an Independent.

My response to this post:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12040565

was to people who consider him to be a Democrat if they feel this call to Democrats includes Sanders, who is not in favor of impeachment.

legislate and investigate.

We need to get this past his due date human out.

You sure?

My bad.

What a fool. He's killing his majority and possibly his own seat.

for the purpose of serving the ultrawealthy powers he’s thrown in his lot with. Everyone who knows McConnell says he is a power seeker not an ideologue. Personal power in itself is his big end.

The clear, inevitable end goal is to depower us, not just Democrats, all voters. Until they do that, we can not just constantly thwart their wishes but destroy them. It is about arrogance, greed and constant existential threat for them.

dream of exchanging his Chinese billionaire's daughter for the prom queen he fantasized about rescuing from some jock hoodlum.

...to make sure they still vote for him even if they end up not voting for Trump.

I've had deep fried snapping turtle before, and it was delicious. Then again I guess just about anything deep fried doesn't taste too bad.

He'll die. Hopefully he will lose and not die, but that's another possibility.

From what I read, his approval ratings are in the 30's...

'Anonymous,' remember them? They seem to have disappeared into the oblivion of anonymity.

If he faces a good Democratic opponent, he might need to cheat to win. Meanwhile, blocking anything Dems try to do is nothing new for Mitch. He did that to Obama from day one. He is one of the worst things that has happened to our democracy in the 21st century.

in Kentucky, right kentuck? That's how I see it. He's positive he'll still be majority leader. What's up with that? Is there any hope at all for unseating this monster?

do the work we need to do (GET OUT THE VOTE!) even if he wins his own seat he would be a part of the minority party - still able to do his slimy shit, but possibly to no avail.
GAWD, I HATE HIM!

... because he wants to be re-elected. There are a few Democrats left in Kentucky, I'm told. Let's hope the worthy Democratic opponent can rustle up enough votes next year to send ol' Moscow Mitch into retirement.

"Mitch McConnell, the face of obstructionism. He's the reason the government can't get anything done right."

And the second.

And the third.

And the fourth.

And the fifth.

And you get the idea. Our side damn well better weaponize this, BIGTIME.

Fuck you Mitch. Btw, who owns YOUR ass, Mitch? One of Vlad’s pals?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211657130

Every single Republican running for Senate needs to be marked with Mitch as the albatross around their necks.

He can't be Majority Leader if he's in the minority.

And the ad should include the footage of him bragging "I'm the one who decides what gets voted on."

But it is a convincing reason to vote against ANY GOP Senate candidate, in order to deprive him the majority needed for him to continue to obstruct.

like he has been for several years.

Fuck him.

The Democratic candidate should shout this over and over again. Get the fucker out of there!

Who is running against him?
How do I donate?

Schumer met with Amy to discuss the idea. She would be formidable imo.

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article226204550.html

Thanks.

I generally don't like it when celebrities run for office, but in this case I think I'd make an exception. Isn't George Clooney from Kentucky? Ashley Judd? Johnny Depp?? Tom Cruise? Maybe a celebrity would put the so-called fear of God into McConnell!

Maybe Ashley Judd, but I wouldn’t bet the farm on it.

Letting them divide us up so they can remain in control of the Senate.

Or a private citizen.

is the insurance policy to work on. We may not be able to win Kentucky (nice if we could though) but if we win enough Senate seats he is NOT the majority leader.
Great place to start!

See: Obama's 2 terms in office.

He'll block and obstruct until he's dead. KY doesn't have enough Democratic voters to toss him in 2020.

On everything.

McConnell already broke the Senate. Burn it down.

Gander

Reid removed it for Judiciary nominations, in response to McConnell's obstruction. Which was what McConnell was trying to bait him into doing.

McConnell is good at this. Destroying the remainder of the Filibuster is probably only the way to circumvent his obstruction if the GOP is back in the Minority where they belong.

Comity is dead. Regular order is dead.

and a Democratic President. If we can't accomplish that, it might be a sign that McConnell is doing what the voters want. The "Green New Deal" failed in this Senate with no yes votes. In fact, McConnell put it to a vote and dared Democratic Senators to support it.
As a Democrat who does vote, support for the "Green New Deal" is something that might persuade me not to vote for a candidate.
From Wikipedia

The Green New Deal is a list of related agenda items. It is not not a fully fleshed out set of policies to build on that agenda. That's up to a Democratic president and Congress. I assume you believe that Earth's climate is in immediate deadly peril if progress toward zero emissions is not begun immediately. If that's not the case, please advise.

because Jill Stein thinks it's a good idea.

KY can do better than sending that SOB back to congress.

Someone give me a date?

How will it feel? When you're on your own? With no direction home?

It will feel like you're a rolling stone...

All the more reason to take back the Senate.

McConnell, you said you were going to make Obama a one term president, how'd that work out for you.

is planning a repeat performance of the way he treated President Obama for 8years. OUT with this sicko senator!

I have a feeling that as the house moves forward with its investigations Mitch is going to need to 'duck and cover' if you know what I mean. He should do the country a favor and resign and go back to Kentucky.

hard for 2020

McConnell is large part why the Country is in such disarray

He obstructed everything. That's why Trump was able to appoint two SCOTUS justices.

I've never been confident we can take the Senate. What's needed is for someone to defeat him. But I'm betting Republicans love him.

Think the repukes will be in the majority?

His opponent needs to use it to show that nothing gets done to help the American people because McConnell is an obstructionist. Raise social security payments NO, MedicAre for all No rebuild the infrastructure No because Mitch says NO! I can just see the ad being run all over the media inKentucky and the billboards Mitch says NO!

Voters let’s say No to Mitch being re elected in 2020!

Let's boot his ass out of office. It's Kentucky, but he's not popular there and he's running in a presidential election year when turnout will be higher.

The federal government spends around $26 billion per year on subsidies to prop up the fossil fuel industry. If those subsidies were taken away from fossil fuel companies, which are already highly profitable without them, and used to prop up alternative energy companies that agree to locate in less urban communities, jobs would be created in areas that are suffering now. For example, you can locate a solar panel or wind turbine manufacturer anywhere, but if you work in the oil or gas industry, you have to move to where those resources are located. Out-of-work miners could have good jobs without having to move. Those companies and jobs bring in more tax revenue for the community, which also helps to maintain healthcare options. Rural hospitals have been closing at an alarming rate because there is not enough money to keep them operating (at least at the profit levels their mostly corporate owners demand).

Democratic candidates really need to show how the Green New Deal could benefit rural communities with jobs and more prosperity and without increased taxes simply by stopping the needless subsidies of fossil fuel companies and using that money to subsidize alternative energy.

Shocking...

on reducing the filibuster to its CORE use of having to maintain CONSTANT 24/7 speaking by ONE senator...lets see how long any filibuster would last with McConnel's threat. Besides, what if McConnel isn't in the Senate or not the minority leader? Would 40 GOP senators support a complete blockade of Senate business?

Of course they would if it stopped Democrats from making appointments and passing our legislative initiatives into law.

as many GOP senators are up for re-election in 2022 that are at risk as in in 2020, the democrats could win a 67 seat majority if GOP screws up.

"You elect me, you pay me, I do nothing!"

(OK, he'll do tax cuts for the rich and suck up to Putin)

"If you re-elect me (for the 6th time), I will continue to stop the Liberals from giving America away to the Blacks and Browns no matter what the Northeast and West Coast want."

That message plays well in the South, and has for 154 years.

getting into his jail cell.

Hilarious. Prison Rape is just hilarious.

McConnell will die in his own bed in about 5-10 years, probably still serving in the Senate, and will be feted with a State Funeral like McCain was. He'll never face any consequences for his actions, least of all an extrajudicial sexual assault, and you know it.

Let's save him from that burden and relieve his party from control of the Senate.

what a fool he is!

He's getting everything he wants, and he barely says a word to support President Asshole.

No need to oppose Trump as they want the same things.

He's been doing it for at least ten years.

Forget working with the Republicans. We must destroy them.

He thinks he'll be in the Senate after 2020. I hope that's as delusional as I think it should be.

At least he'll die a happy man.

Mitch McConnell is why state elections are so very important. If people took all the passion they have invested in electing one person, and diverted it to all the individuals who represent them, we would not be in Trump-land. The last election cycle someone told me that the election of a President was the most important election, because they 'set the tone'. Trump has certainly done that, but he could not have done anything without the full support of the majority Republican party.

Democratic Senate opponent.

Not sleeping well at night, traitor?

everything will be different.

McTurtle and tRump could get re-elected. The Ruskies hacked the voting systems of many states. I personally think that it is too convenient the tRump won by 75, 000 or so votes over 3 states and just enough not to trip automatic recounts. Easy to rig vote counting in KY. McTurtle got millions for his last campaign from the Russians through 2 Russian owned US companies.

Kentucky has a lot of Democrats living there. Anyone?

What we do is bring this to the voters and say "this is the reason you need to vote for the D's in 2020.

what happens to him if he loses in 2020.

He seems to think he's a lifetime appointee.

Seriously, how is it any different.

He's garbage and he'll continue to be garbage. Oh NO! Mitch, say it isn't so!

McConnell qualifies his threat with "If I'm still majority leader". To be the majority leader he won't be "the last man standing" - he must have at least 50 Senators standing behind him. If the Dems can advance a dozen or so seats, Moscow Mitch will become Minority Leader and can block very little.

Before he has a chance to inflict his evil agenda.

from what he did during the Obama administrations?

The American people are on to you now. Soon you will have no place but your shell to hide.

if they'd stop electing that prick they might not suck as much and be a lot better off.

“There is incredible grassroots energy for Amy McGrath to run against Mitch McConnell,” said Ryan Aquilina, executive director of the Ditch Mitch Fund. “We had one of our best days ever in terms of fundraising, and that proves in no uncertain terms just how much appetite there is for Amy to run and to defeat Mitch McConnell.”

National Democrats have been aggressively courting McGrath to run for the seat, but her team has not said whether she has made a decision. A call to her campaign headquarters was not immediately returned Tuesday.

McGrath’s House campaign attracted national attention with a viral web video introducing her candidacy. She won the Democratic primary by beating Lexington Mayor Jim Gray, whom national Democrats had recruited to run against her. She was only 3 points behind Andy Barr...

I believe many people would send Amy McGrath campaign funds ,,,she is awesome! I would donate..and I am not in her state..

And this is why it's imperative that we take back the Senate as well. He's impeded our government and stopped progress for far too long. I often think of how much more President Obama, the smartest guy in any room, could have accomplished if not for this stubborn sorehead standing in his way - and this country's!