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Fetterman just took over Manchin's position as Senate DINO. Schumer left his entire party high and dry at the last minute and out of nowhere to vote with Trump. That 2/3 vote may be a lot closer than you think.
2/3 is 67 senators. Republicans have 53 in the senate. You need 14 Fettermans
Given that we're seeing Democrats in both the House and Senate rolling over and playing dead, getting there may not be as difficult as one would expect. Last week, if you'd have said 10 democrats would join with Republicans to censure one of their own, or that Schumer would bail on his own party on a crucial vote at the last minute with no warning, people would have been skeptical. But here we are.
And remember, it's 2/3 of all members present. If a couple of these cowards just stay home, they make the GOP's efforts significantly easier. And I could easily see a few of these cowards sit it out.
House dems aren't as much. The censure vote is stupid, sure, but censure is just paper with no teeth. House spending votes do matter and all House Dems minus 1 all voted against the bill Schumer wants to get through. They are fucking pissed at Schumer right now. They're actively pressuring him (and publicly so) and starting primary efforts. State AGs are also pressuring Schumer not to go through with this
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https://www.axios.com/2025/03/14/house-democrats-angry-chuck-schumer-shutdown
If they do actually try and start impeachment against a judge, do keep the pressure on the senate to vote no, but don't preemptively doom about it. It just makes people defeatest and stop fighting
The fact that the supplication was performative just makes it all the more craven.
This would be a lot easier to do if Democrats hadn't spent the past 2 months crumbling like a house of cards at every opportunity the minute they feel even a hint of pressure. We've collectively said numerous times that "THIS" is going to be where Democrats hold the line and take a stand, only to watch them step aside and not even attempt to resist every single time.
It's like watching re-runs. You already know what the outcome is going to be, and if you see it enough times you can start reciting the script yourself.
The democratic party has gone the way of many hit TV shows. They're kept alive way past the point where they should have been taken out to pasture, but they just keep pumping out the same formulaic bullshit.
"Jumping the shark" is the term for this. I remember watching Happy Days when the Fonz did just that.
We also have to remember that they’re getting increasing pressure (death threats and bribes) to go along with the Republican destruction of democracy.
Edit: also, Trump has already shown he’ll withhold funding for people who don’t support him and his agenda.
I think the plural is Fattermen.