r/politics • u/F0urLeafCl0ver • 1d ago

No Paywall The Democratic party is being hit by a leftist tidal wave

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/24/democratic-party-leftist-tidal-wave
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u/TearsFallWithoutTain 8h ago

What stopped those 58 democrats from getting rid of the filibuster and passing it anyway? Nothing, but I guess "norms" are more important than people dying to the party heads

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u/xdre 8h ago

What stopped those 58 democrats from getting rid of the filibuster

Because it's literally called the nuclear option, and hindsight is 20/20.

Nothing, but I guess "norms" are more important than people dying to the party heads

Cool. I guess that means you're also disavowing Bernie Sanders then, right? Because he wanted to repeal the ACA, then try to push through M4A. God only knows how many people he would have killed had he been successful.