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  Is a Santos less than a Mooch?
context: I'm not sure what Republicans are upset about, this guy is a perfect reflection of everything they stand for. >
  
  He got caught. >
  
  Plenty of them get caught lying, but he's the new guy and he has no influence. >
  
  You misunderstand. There’s always a newb in congress making outlandish headlines. As long as he can be re elected, they’ll keep him around as a distraction for all the other illegal shit they’re doing. Boebert and MTG did their time as ‘the distractions,’ now it’s the new guy’s turn. >
  
  Santos told them he won’t run for re-election. That’s the only reason they’re doing this. He’s a lame duck so he’s safe to take a mild stand against. In fact they kind of have to. >
  
  I’m still convinced about my ‘distraction’ theory >
  
  Sure. But I think that’s more of a byproduct of their lack of ethics and the base they’re left with rather than a coherent plan. >
  
  If Republicans were serious they wouldn't be calling for him to resign, they'd be talking about an expulsion vote.
  Any calls for Santos to resign are just posturing. Nobody imagines he'd actually resign, nor do they want him to – they're happy to have his vote. >
  
  If politicians removed him for lying,  where would that leave them? That's like their number one go to move. >
  
  Republicans.  Each and every one of them lie.  Democrats are more of a mixed bag.   You're verging on "both sides" here. >
  
  Yeah, just because Republicans are by far the shittiest, like by miles, doesn't mean I have to be okay with democrats still being shitty. Like, I'll still vote for them, but they're still almost always shills too. I just tend to prefer the companies they shill for. 
  Let me give you a basic example. The Healthcare act (Obama care) was hated by Republicans because businesses had to pay more for employee Healthcare.  Simple enough, right? Well,  democrats supported it because it meant more money for insurance companies and medical providers.  If they actually cared about us, they'd have limited or prevented price gouging for medically necessary services like still needs to be done and not just forced everyone to get insurance which profits by proportion of premiums in to payout which only motivates them to pay more so their slice is bigger. 
  Dems and Republicans absolutely know that insurance is what is inflating the costs and aren't doing anything about it. 
  That's just an easy example. And after what the DNC did to anyone wanting to compete with Hillary for the 2016 election, thereby giving that evil orange fuck a win just because they decided it was her time? I don't understand why they're not on thin ice with everyone. Fuck em both. But fuck the gop hardest. >
  
  Your ACA example is a vast oversimplification of what happened between the WH, Senate, and House on important elements like the public option, and what could be voted forward and couldn't be won.  In the end, they passed only what could be passed because, yes, some Dems at that time were representing shithole districts which have since gone deep red, anyway.  
  Bitching about the Democrats, as a whole, instead of individual members as deserved, really does make you a both-sideser.  And that's a fucking awful thing to be.