Thread by @charles_gaba

⚠️ 👀 Holy Crap. I've never seen the 🌹purist policy "logic" crystalized into a single tweet so perfectly.

"IF IT HAS ANY CHANCE OF ACTUALLY BECOMING POLICY, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE!"

https://twitter.com/ericrennerbrown/status/1300841300342771712

Screen shot in case he deletes it. This is just too fucking perfect for words.

A bit more context:

SIDENOTE re. "don't compromise in your opening bid" argument:

The "opening bid" WAS M4All, and it was made by Bernie/Warren. It was rejected by the bulk of Dem voters.

The SECOND offer was from Harris/Beto. It, too, was rejected.

Biden's proposal is the THIRD offer.

The THIRD offer (ACA 2.0 + Robust PO) is what will hopefully be enough to get Dems *into office*, at which point the next phase of negotiations will begin. That's where killing the filibuster would become critical.

If Dems win a trifecta *and* #KillTheFilibuster, as I hope, then Biden's plan has a solid chance of actually passing both the House and Senate and becoming policy.

If they have a trifecta but *don't* kill the filibuster, ACA 2.0 will likely still go thru but the PO part won't.

If Biden wins & Dems keep the House but don't #FlipTheSenate, the best we can realistically expect is a *weak* ACA 2.0 (call it ACA 1.5 perhaps?). *Maybe* McConnell would "allow" the subsidy cliff to be killed (which would still be a good thing) but I can't imagine much more.

...all of which is why, again, IF YOU WANT *ANY* PROGRESSIVE FEDERAL POLICY PASSED AND SIGNED INTO LAW, you should damned well do everything possible to not only elect #BidenHarris, but to also #FlipTheSenate: secure.actblue.com/donate/retakes…

I guess I should've expected that.