• ClownStatue@piefed.social
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    3 months ago

    Actually, the other side mostly wants things to stay the same. Their constituents, on the other hand, would like to see better healthcare, education, unions, and stronger safety nets. But since the other side aren’t fascists, their voters are stuck with them.

    • GreenBeard@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      This right here ☝️. The grassroots democrats I could support. It’s the Chuck Schumers and John Fettermans that will undermine the party from within that make supporting democrats difficult.

        • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          3 months ago

          He was elected in 2022, so his next election is in 2028.

          Senators are elected for 6 years. House Representatives have election every 2 years.

          Edit: gotta love the down vote, as if facts didn’t matter, just feelings or as if I wrote the Constitution.

        • Corn@lemmy.ml
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          3 months ago

          Rotating villain. He allows them to tell their constituents “we want what you want, we just don’t have the power because of thay one guy, but if you vote just a little harder, we won’t pull the football away this time”, while telling their donors “we ain’t giving them shit lmao”.

        • very_well_lost@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          How would that work, exactly?

          PA senators are not subject to recalls, so it’s out of the hands of the voters. He could technically be impeached and removed from office by the Senate itself… but for what, exactly? It’s not illegal to vote a certain way, even if it’s against the wishes of your constituency.

          And even if Fetterman were somehow removed, PA is an extremely competitive state. Remember, he won against Doctor fucking Oz, so the chance of someone even worse coming in to replace him is quite high. The devil you know, etc etc…

          Best case scenario is that he gets primaried into irrelevance in 2028 by someone with actual integrity. But even then, I’m not holding my breath…

        • DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          Because he was elected and is still serving his term?

          And it doesn’t appear that he’s the type of person to resign.

          Do the 21 people who have upvoted you thus far not understand how our government works?