They had a 60-seat senate majority in the senate in 2008 and chose not to codify Roe. They twirled their thumbs while Republicans openly plotted to do exactly what they did, for decades. If Democrats had been in power in 2016, Republicans would have done the same thing in 2020, or 2024, or whenever they got power back.
I’m not saying don’t vote Democrat, but electoral politics is not enough.
Thing is, there’s no reason the US should ever have the Republicans in power in the first place so maybe if people actually took the time to realise their vote matters and that politicians have power, they would go out and make sure it’s people that will actually improve their lives who get in power instead of going on the internet and say “Politicians don’t do anything, it’s done unknown person hiding in the shadows who make decisions.”
They had a 60-seat senate majority in the senate in 2008 and chose not to codify Roe. They twirled their thumbs while Republicans openly plotted to do exactly what they did, for decades. If Democrats had been in power in 2016, Republicans would have done the same thing in 2020, or 2024, or whenever they got power back.
I’m not saying don’t vote Democrat, but electoral politics is not enough.
Thing is, there’s no reason the US should ever have the Republicans in power in the first place so maybe if people actually took the time to realise their vote matters and that politicians have power, they would go out and make sure it’s people that will actually improve their lives who get in power instead of going on the internet and say “Politicians don’t do anything, it’s done unknown person hiding in the shadows who make decisions.”