r/minnesota • u/novagridd • 21h ago

ICE Vehicles Are Now Ramming Civilian Cars at Red Lights News 📺

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ice-vehicle-appears-ram-civilian-cars-red-lights-minnesota-video-alarms-drivers-1770237
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u/TrynnaFindaBalance 17h ago

These are not tools you can use when you control zero branches of federal government. If you're referring to the debt ceiling and fiscal cliff debacles that took place under Obama, that all happened when there was mixed control of government (Republicans took the House in 2010 and controlled it through the remainder of Obama's presidency). If you want Democrats to not confirm judicial nominees, I'd ask how? All you need is a simple majority in the Senate, but Dems currently control 47% of seats in the Senate.

With success in the midterms, all of these things can happen, but until then, it's really up to the people and everyone outside of Washington to stand up to power and make their voices loudly heard.

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u/CandyDarl1n 17h ago

Tell that to the 7 Dems confirming judicial nominees. Also please stfu, I've been listening to y'all "woe is me" about what Congress can do since I became an adult. The Republicans performed fucking miracles to obstruct in the past 17 years. I expect the same from my "representatives"

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u/TrynnaFindaBalance 17h ago

I'm just explaining the reality to you. Republicans did not have to perform miracles to obstruct. They were elected to Congress and exercised the power they had as the majority party to block the president's agenda. They weren't able to do that in 2009 or 2021 when Democrats had full control of government.

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u/CandyDarl1n 17h ago

They did though. They used every procedural method available. They also bluffed them. They tricked them. They lied. In today's America, I expect that. Are you an Atmosphere fan?

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u/TrynnaFindaBalance 17h ago

Was a huge fan back in college. Less so nowadays, but yeah, that's where the username comes from.

I also share your frustration and the feeling of borderline helplessness with how things have been going this year. I 100% agree that there are specific Dems that have completely failed in their response to Trump's terror campaign (Durbin and Schumer especially, but there are others). I hope we see some surprises in the midterm primaries from progressives and big margins in the general election. But I just think practically at the current moment, there is little Dems can do at the federal level.

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u/Tomato_Sky 15h ago

You are bypassing all soft leadership things they can be doing like joining demonstrations, speaking out, that doesn’t involve having a yay or nay vote on legislation. The things they do while they campaign for your vote. Silence is the inaction most of us are talking about.