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  True. Sad though.
context: Those midterms were not bruising enough. >
  
  No they weren't, many were razor-thin margins. It's a damn good thing that the GOP is a hair better than the Dems at shooting themselves in the foot. >
  
  The thing about that is, by several measures, the republicans should’ve swept congress up. Between the gerrymandering, ownership of many crucial roles in state governments, and the midterm schlacking every dem pres seems to receive after their first two years, the fact that they didn’t even fully take congress, even if by razor thin margins, is a disaster for them. >
  
  Ya if it's even close to the same environment in 2024 they are fucked and they know it because a new voting rights act will destroy all their gerrymandering. >
  
  Wouldn't the House (and Senate, but the House'll be held by the GOP) need to pass a new voting rights act? Or did they pass one and I missed it? >
  
  As I recall, the House tried by passing it and it died in the Senate. >
  
  The House will deliberately pass bills knowing the Senate won't pass them. Too many corporate shills in Congress. If it weren't for Biden getting on their asses all the time they wouldn't have passed ANYTHING. >
  
  The only thing the House is planning to do for the next two years is attack Biden. Because somehow that'll lower inflation and crime. 🤷‍♂️  The WH is already hiring lawyers in preparation that's how little of a secret it is. >
  
  Strategy??
  "The people don't want to ban abortions"
  "I know, but how do we make them THINK they want to ban abortions?" >
  
  Invent terms like “partial birth abortion,” and pretend they’re commonly used by irresponsible hussies and evil devil worshiping democrats and ignore the fact that they’re one of the rarest forms of abortion that’s almost exclusively performed when a woman’s life is in danger or the fetus is no longer viable. It’s actually an effective strategy to get votes. The problem is when you get enough votes to create change, the change reveals the lie. >
  
  Go further, actually. Keep spreading stories about “a new law” democrats are trying to pass that allows children up to X months after birth to be killed.
  Watched that one happen in my family idk how many times at this point.
  “No literally no one wants that what the fuck?” They don’t care. It validates their hate of dems. >
  
  How is it that the same argument in the opposite direction does not work ?
  "You want to force women to marry their rappist."
  "You prefer that a woman dies because her foetus has a medical condition than abort her. It is just murder at this point." >
  
  Republicans are good at victim blaming. The replies to your questions would be
  "What was she wearing?"
  And
  "Should have kept her legs closed."