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minus-squareVanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoYou’re still thinking Bernie expects this to pass, and he isn’t going to use it against them once they block it. This is ammo for the 2026 and 2028 pocket. “Hey remember when Republicans shot down my notion of raising minimum wage to $17/h?!” “They what!?” “Those fuckers!”
minus-squaresudo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoIf that strategy ever worked Bernie would’ve been president in 2016. Hell I just pointed out he tried it in 2021 and it hasn’t yielded shit.
You’re still thinking Bernie expects this to pass, and he isn’t going to use it against them once they block it.
This is ammo for the 2026 and 2028 pocket.
“Hey remember when Republicans shot down my notion of raising minimum wage to $17/h?!”
“They what!?”
“Those fuckers!”
If that strategy ever worked Bernie would’ve been president in 2016. Hell I just pointed out he tried it in 2021 and it hasn’t yielded shit.