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The fillibuster has nearly no relation to what the house does. I don't know why you're hung up on it. I mean read your own damn quote. Do you think anyone cares if a party leader decides to speak for 8 hours in the house before a vote? For a day? They don't need a supermajority to stop them, they just let them run out of steam. The Senate it matters, but it's just theater in the house .
Yes...
In the run up to a very important election it's important for dem leadership to show potential voters that Dems will fight for what voters want.
Like. Why would you think that isnt important to voters?
But...
It's disappointing that you don't remember when Republicans did it in 2021.
Republican voters did, and it contributed to their gains in 2022. Because their voters believed Republicans would fight even if they knew they couldn't win.
And that's what voters want out of their representatives.
Because the reason many leftists are dissatisfied with Dems is that they're largely performative, and you're arguing for more performative nonsense that achieves nothing.
No.
I'm arguing that bare minimum they should be doing "performative nonsense that achieves nothing."...
Why do you think that "literally nothing" is better?
Edit:
I think the difference is you want actually stuff accomplished. I do too.
But that's not going to happen, so I at least want "performative nonsense" because that will keep Trump out of office.
And like Biden supporters keep saying, that is the most important thing about the upcoming election.
I just want party leaders to start acting like it instead of just saying it as an excuse for their actions or lack of actions.