This meant that to pass legislation at all, Trump needed to either:
- use the reconciliation process to pass one bill per year that *every single GOP(e) senator would sign on to
- get every single GOP(e) member AND a handful of Dem senators to sign onto https://twitter.com/onewalleee/status/1280374131998035968
- use the reconciliation process to pass one bill per year that *every single GOP(e) senator would sign on to
- get every single GOP(e) member AND a handful of Dem senators to sign onto https://twitter.com/onewalleee/status/1280374131998035968
Alternative was, of course, filibuster reform, something that Trump constantly called for and which could occur w/a simple majority
But guess who could be literally guaranteed to vote against it?
Many of the same people who refused to use reconciliation to do anything useful
But guess who could be literally guaranteed to vote against it?
Many of the same people who refused to use reconciliation to do anything useful
To fund our agenda, Trump needed an alternative source of funds
Most POTUS would have just shrugged & used the excuse
Trump ordered the repurposing of funds using an Emergency Decree (mocked by the Dissident Right), then vetoed Congress (inc GOP folks) who tried to overturn it
Most POTUS would have just shrugged & used the excuse
Trump ordered the repurposing of funds using an Emergency Decree (mocked by the Dissident Right), then vetoed Congress (inc GOP folks) who tried to overturn it
He then gave us the uniquely Trumpian Mexico Agreement, which he achieved by leveraging tariff & other threats against the MX government
Thousands of Mexican National are defending our borders
Trump built a wall out of Mexican National Guard & Mexico paid for it
Thousands of Mexican National are defending our borders
Trump built a wall out of Mexican National Guard & Mexico paid for it
So many on the right got high on our God-Emperor memes & simply do not understand how our government functions
To see some of the countless policies that are more important than a million “black unemployment” & “Botswanan gay” tweets, read this
https://mobile.twitter.com/onewalleee/status/1134290988405579776 https://twitter.com/onewalleee/status/1134290988405579776
To see some of the countless policies that are more important than a million “black unemployment” & “Botswanan gay” tweets, read this
https://mobile.twitter.com/onewalleee/status/1134290988405579776 https://twitter.com/onewalleee/status/1134290988405579776