The GOP can't even condemn the elements of their party that openly rejected the results of an election and incited a violent insurrection.
The time for bipartisanship has long passed, because the GOP has never wanted it.
Let's take a trip down memory lane.
The time for bipartisanship has long passed, because the GOP has never wanted it.
Let's take a trip down memory lane.
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1356969691080781830
In 2009, @BarackObama took office under rather similar conditions to @JoeBiden. The prior administration had completely failed to respond to a crisis. The economy was diving into the worst recession since the Great Depression.
How did Mitch and the GOP embrace "bipartisanship"?
How did Mitch and the GOP embrace "bipartisanship"?
“The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president”
- Mitch
“We're going to do everything — and I mean everything we can do — to kill it, stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”
- John Boehner (the GOP House Leader)
- Mitch
“We're going to do everything — and I mean everything we can do — to kill it, stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”
- John Boehner (the GOP House Leader)
Over the two Obama terms, the GOP became the party of complete obstruction, refusing to pass a comprehensive stimulus despite the continued recession, and refusing to seat judges (including a Supreme Court Justice).
politico.com/magazine/story…
politico.com/magazine/story…
That's what Trumpism is: it's not a deviation from the Republican Party. It's the end result of a political strategy rooted solely in obstruction. It's the rejection of the legitimacy of the opposing party.
We are seeing how deeply autocratic that is, increasingly every day.
We are seeing how deeply autocratic that is, increasingly every day.
We heard it in Trump's "lock her up"
We saw it in the wholesale rejection of an election.
And then there's Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who supported calls to execute Democratic politicians.
It all stems from McConnell's complete obstruction approach to governance.
We saw it in the wholesale rejection of an election.
And then there's Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who supported calls to execute Democratic politicians.
It all stems from McConnell's complete obstruction approach to governance.
That's all the GOP's calls for bipartisanship - while they are in the minority in both the Senate and the House, while a Democrat sits in the White House - represent.
They don't want joint legislation. They want to obstruct.
And we've seen where that leads.
They don't want joint legislation. They want to obstruct.
And we've seen where that leads.
Instead, @JoeBiden needs to strike a different path.
Rather than constantly allowing McConnell opportunities to obstruct and delay endlessly, Biden and Democrats need to turn a people-focused vision into a reality.
They have the power. They just need to use it.
Rather than constantly allowing McConnell opportunities to obstruct and delay endlessly, Biden and Democrats need to turn a people-focused vision into a reality.
They have the power. They just need to use it.
Pass COVID relief.
Pass meaningful legislation to avert climate change.
Make it *easy* for Americans to participate in our democracy.
And when 2022 comes, let the voters decide what they prefer.
The do-nothing, obstructionist GOP, or a government that works for its people.
Pass meaningful legislation to avert climate change.
Make it *easy* for Americans to participate in our democracy.
And when 2022 comes, let the voters decide what they prefer.
The do-nothing, obstructionist GOP, or a government that works for its people.
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