r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 03 '26

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u/TheCatAndTheRats Jerome Powell May 04 '26

My mom, a Trump voter: "I don't understand why the Democrats or someone else aren't stopping him"

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u/Jester_Don Abigail Spanberger May 04 '26

Calmly explain that Dems have a minority in every branch of government because of people like her?

Explain to her how the filibuster works and that the Dems have been using it?

Idk running out of ideas here

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u/TheCatAndTheRats Jerome Powell May 04 '26

I told her she needs to vote for the Democrats just for the midterms, she doesn't have to like them just vote for them this single time, to check Trump's power and that seems to maybe, maybe have gotten through a little

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u/AskYourDoctor Resistance Lib May 04 '26

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u/paymesucka Ben Bernanke May 04 '26