Posted on 01/06/2021 8:55:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Democrats and leftists immediately called for radical legislative action to be taken to ram through the entire agenda of Democrat Joe Biden following Reverend Raphael Warnock’s projected victory over Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) in Georgia’s runoff election.
Democrats have not yet officially gained control of the Senate because the other Georgia runoff race, Democrat Jon Ossoff vs. Sen. David Perdue (R), has not yet been called, although it is trending in a positive direction for Ossoff.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board warned last week that if Republicans lost control of the Senate it would effectively end the prospect of any meaningful oversight over Biden, including the scandal involving his son, who is under federal criminal investigation over his taxes and foreign business dealings. Having lost control of the Senate Committees, Republicans would also lose the ability to stop any of Biden’s nominees.
The Journal added:
Some of our friends think Democrats couldn’t blow up the 60-vote legislative filibuster rule with a mere 50 votes. Their confidence hangs on West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, who says he supports the filibuster. But imagine the political and media pressure on Mr. Manchin if Republicans use the filibuster to block Joe Biden’s agenda. He’s always been a loyal party man when it really matters.
If the filibuster stays, Mr. Biden will need to compromise to get GOP votes for an infrastructure bill, new ObamaCare subsidies or repealing Section 230 on tech liability. A public option on health care is probably out of reach, as would be much of his climate agenda.
But if the filibuster goes, so do bipartisan restraints. Statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico become possible, with four new Senate seats to cement a Democratic majority. Mr. Biden’s aggressive union agenda has a chance, including overtime pay mandates and easier organizing of franchise chains. So do nationwide mandates for ballot harvesting and mail-in voting, a ban on arbitration in business contracts, price controls on drugs, huge subsidies for green energy and perhaps a carbon tax. We could go on.
Following Warnock’s projected victory and the likely victory of Ossoff, Democrats and left-wing activists immediately called for eliminating the filibuster, packing the courts, and adding new states in areas that will all but assure that Democrats end up with a total of anywhere from two to four new U.S. Senators.
Brian Fallon, a former aide to Hillary Clinton, wrote on Twitter: “Make DC a state. Restore the Voting Rights Act. Eliminate the filibuster. Reform the courts. Revive democracy.”
Make DC a state. Restore the Voting Rights Act. Eliminate the filibuster. Reform the courts. Revive democracy.
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) January 6, 2021
Left-wing activist Paige Wolf wrote on Twitter: “Well I’M calling it. We got the f***ing trifecta. Take no prisoners. Burn them to the ground. Kick that turtle shell straight to hell. Pack the courts. End the filibuster. Make DC and Puerto Rico and Guam all motherf***ing states.”
At least Democrats are being honest now about what they’re going to do. pic.twitter.com/5sr8q6sArW
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 6, 2021
Adam Jentleson, former aide to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NM), wrote on Twitter: “If Democrats win both Senate seats in GA, it’s going to be hard to explain why they should promptly re-empower McConnell by seeking small-ball deals with him instead of getting rid of the filibuster and passing Biden’s big, bold agenda. Biden has a mandate. Time to use it.”
If Democrats win both Senate seats in GA, it’s going to be hard to explain why they should promptly re-empower McConnell by seeking small-ball deals with him instead of getting rid of the filibuster and passing Biden’s big, bold agenda. Biden has a mandate. Time to use it.
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) January 6, 2021
Left-wing activist Walker Bragman wrote on Twitter: “Democrats will have complete control of the federal government for two full years. They can pack the court. They can end the wars. They can cut the (monthly) checks. They can guarantee healthcare. They can forgive student and medical debt. If they don’t, you know who to blame.”
“They will have to employ the nuclear option and eliminate the filibuster,” he added. “But they can do it. And given the GOP’s willingness to throw traditions out the window for power, they should. Eliminate the filibuster, ram through huge relief for everyday people and ride it to 2022.”
They will have to employ the nuclear option and eliminate the filibuster.
But they can do it. And given the GOP’s willingness to throw traditions out the window for power, they should.
Eliminate the filibuster, ram through huge relief for everyday people and ride it to 2022.
— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) January 6, 2021
Radical Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) wrote: “VICTORY in Georgia must lead to transformative change across America! Recurring survival checks, union jobs that pay a living wage, guaranteed health care, racial justice, voting rights, immigration reform, climate action, repro justice, education, and MUCH more. It can’t wait!”
VICTORY in Georgia must lead to transformative change across America!
Recurring survival checks, union jobs that pay a living wage, guaranteed health care, racial justice, voting rights, immigration reform, climate action, repro justice, education, and MUCH more.
It can’t wait!
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) January 6, 2021
Left-wing activist Julie Roginsky wrote: “Trump has led his party over the precipice. First thing Democrats should do is eliminate the filibuster and get some real work done. Second thing they should do is grant statehood to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.”
Trump has led his party over the precipice. First thing Democrats should do is eliminate the filibuster and get some real work done. Second thing they should do is grant statehood to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
— Julie Roginsky (@julieroginsky) January 6, 2021
I’m pretty sure Manchin and Sinema won’t let them get through their most crazy stuff.
I feel like background checks and DACA are the big winners last night.
what about lowering Medicare age.
Hey , I will take it.
Let the snowflake generation worry about how to pay for it
BLOCK them NOW
No need for that. Just keep rigging the elections.
You are mistaken in your assumption
As vice president, Kamala Harris would cast the tie-breaking vote in a 50-50 Senate and not only make Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., majority leader, but give the chairmanship of some powerful committees to some seasoned Democrat leftists.
That means Joe Biden will push all those things he called for in the primaries and his very public appearance after the nomination. Among them: Raising taxes; the Green New Deal; expansion of ObamaCare as the first step toward nationalized healthcare; a massive stimulus bill; immigration reform with border security in name only; and appeasement with China.
A Democrat Senate would mean Vermont’s two left-of-center senators in powerful slots: Bernie Sanders, 79, as budget committee chairman and Pat Leahy, 80, as chairman of the all-powerful appropriations committee.
Another favorite of progressive Democrats, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, would chair the banking committee under Democrat control.
Capitol Hill observers generally agree that one of the first pursuits of a Democrat-controlled Senate would be admission of statehood for both the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico — a move that would guarantee both two senators and a Democrat Senate majority for years to come.
Under Obama, They got ObamaCare, a stimulus program, and bailouts, but not much more. This was a lot, but more could have been done given their control of the Senate and the House. The Biden team, experienced in Washington politics, will not waste this opportunity. The first 100 Days of the Biden administration might very well go down in the history books as the ‘100 Days of No Return.
They want to “burn it to the ground” I’m willing to help them with that.
You don’t rule without the consent of the populace the Dems do NOT have consent of the populace.
If they try to entrench their totalitarian laws they’re going to think last summer was a picnic.
This is a circle the wagons moment, but it is not all bad. If the Republican senate candidates had easily won the run-off election President Trump would have been thrown under the bus today.
Instead a bunch of feckless GOP Senators are being forced to do something that they really don’t want to... get behind President Trump and reverse the fraudulent presidential election.
If the two Georgia Republicans had an easy victory... President Trump would have been screwed. Now the whole shady cabal from Mitch to Linda will be singing a different tune or the Supreme Court and the entire federal judiciary will be packed with lefties, we will have several new states, and who knows the extent of the damage that would be done through other legislation. President Trump is looking like their only hope.
I’d trade the two Georgia Senators for President Trump any day of the week. Don’t tell a GOP Senator, but the Democrats were given just enough rope to hang themselves in the run-off. Fraud will be proven in this race as well and the two GOP candidates will eventually win this. And the theater provided has caused losers everywhere to reveal themselves.
No. Every presidency. No and no.
We’ll see then. If court packing or new states are added, I’ll eat my hat.
Yes, if the two Republicans had won, the narrative would have been that Republicans just didn’t like Trump.
Seeing as how they got fewer votes than Trump, it kind of spoils that narrative.
I know it doesn’t provide much comfort in the short-term. But it does give some hope that in the next few years we can MAGA-tize the GOP from Top to Bottom.
Trump could not succeed until the GOP is fully purged, and that purge starts now.
“I’m pretty sure Manchin and Sinema won’t let them get through their most crazy stuff.”
And hopefully Tester too.
What color is the sky on your planet?
The commies are salivating.
The Dems are hated in red America. The nation may not hold together. The Red States have tremendous power if they hold together. The Dems have small majorities. Red state Govs must stand up.
“I’m pretty sure Manchin and Sinema won’t let them get through their most crazy stuff.”
Not a chance. But even if one of them did, Mitt Romney would side with the Rats and cancel out the defection.
Manchin and Sinema will never break ranks when it matters, never.
Might as well help these lunatics push the country over the cliff. They've been aching to do so for awhile and I'm tired of approaching the cliff by inches.
Here's your burnt offering mother f*ers.
When they say by any means necessary, they mean it. You under estimate them at your peril
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