Don’t get it twisted - the US Government is not a big homogeneous monster acting as one
There are measures coming out of Democrat controlled House of Representatives in the form of bills. The 14 day sick leave bill? House of Representives. Push for better protectios for unemployment? House of Representatives. Medicare expansion? House of Representatives. House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives is part of the US federal government and it is trying so hard.
What’s happening- over and over - is that the Republicans Majority in the Senate are refusing to vote yea on the bills coming from the House so they can take effect when Mitch McConnell(KY-R) allows the bills to be voted on at all.
So kill the narrative that the US government is stopping a sane and reasonable result to COVID19 and focus on the specific aspect of the federal government that is preventing progress in the face of a pandemic - the Republicans in the Senate who won’t approve their constituents medical care or time off even if it will save jobs, savings and lives.
This. Have you seen the stack of bills McConnell *proudly* displays as bills he didn’t even allow the Senate to vote on? Here’s the stack:
https://twitter.com/SenWhitehouse/status/1207312222441136128
McConnell is the Senate Majority Leader and has built his reputation on being the man of “Nope.” All he does or says to ANYTHING that is not explicitly GOP driven is: “Nope.”
It’s a very simple and very blunt strategy. And it fucking works.
Everything that is happening right now is happening because McConnell is the one saying “nope” to any and all solutions to address the situation.
Because he doesn’t want to let the ‘other side’ have a win.
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