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DCPetterson

9 Jul, 11 tweets, 2 min read

By now you've all heard and seen the video of Republican lawmakers "praising" Senators Manchin and Sinema regarding the filibuster.

Republicans know what they're doing. They are here intentionally stirring up fights within the Democratic Party and among Dem votes.

1/9

Be aware: Manchin and Sinema aren't up for reelection until 2024. Republicans want Democrats to fight about them for the next three years. Republicans want to re-take the Senate, so want to cast Manchin and Sinema as turncoats to break up Democratic unity.

2/9

Since President Biden took office, Manchin and Sinema have both voted with the Democratic Party 100% of the time on every issue that has come to the Senate floor.

Regardless of how you feel about the filibuster (I want it ended), we need both of them in the Senate.

3/9

If we lose even one Senate seat in 2022 Turtle McTraitor again becomes Senate Majority Leader, and EVERYTHING you want to see enacted is dead.

Everything.

Manchin and Sinema have supported the filibuster--using words, not votes. They have taken ZERO actions to maintain it.

4/9

What Manchin and Sinema HAVE done is help to reveal Republican hypocrisy and lies, as Republicans try to convince the non-Twitter public that Democrats are partisan hacks, whereas Republicans want to reach bipartisan consensus.

5/9

I know and you know that's the opposite of true. Republicans are fascist criminals, every damn one of them. And they know how to lie, and how to leak misleading videos. And they desperately want Democrats to fight each other.

6/9

Manchin and Sinema have repeatedly said they want both parties to work together for the good of America. By their actions and words, they are revealing for all Americans to see that it is Republicans who are standing in the way of saving our country.

7/9

I don't approve of the way Manchin and Sinema are going about it, but I'm not a political strategist. I can, however, recognize a Republican / Rightist / Russian psyops operation when I see it.

Remember who the traitors to America really are.

8/9

Remember who blocked the nonpartisan 1/6 Commission. Remember who attacked America. Remember who has voted against the Democratic agenda very single time.

It wasn't Manchin and Sinema who did that.

9/9

(Manchin and Sinema have a better voting record than either Senators Warren or Sanders, and better than anyone in "the Squad." I'm not surprised most of the ire directed toward Manchin and Sinema is coming from the self-described "socialist left." Don't let them break us up.)

Oh, and as of now, only 14 Democratic Senators have expressed support for nuking the filibuster, which means we need to convince 36 more. Concentrating on two of the most vulnerable isn't the way to go.
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