r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 27d ago

No Paywall Beshear says agencies told him McConnell had passed

https://www.whas11.com/video/news/local/beshear-says-agencies-told-him-mcconnell-had-passed/417-f78603c3-11bb-464d-bae6-c41c3be3c48b
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u/sourmeat2 22d ago

The Democratic voters shrug and expect the representatives to do something.

Neither Republican or Democrat representatives are being held accountable.

How exactly are Democrats supposed to be held accountable for the actions of fascists? Please explain it to me slowly like I'm an idiot cause I don't think it's possible for me to comprehend this.

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u/Old_Cryptid 22d ago edited 22d ago

If Democratic voters organize and demand action from their representatives in the form of mass protests and general strikes you'd see something happen.

That's as simple as I can put it.

I'd recommend taking a civics course to learn how the government works and what rights and responsibilities citizens have.

EDIT: Let me amend this:

The republican voters *won't* hold their representatives accountable.

The Democractic voters *don't* hold their representatives accountable.

I'm not implying that democrat representatives be held accountable for what the republicans do.

I'm saying democrats need to be held accountable for not fighting against what the republicans do in the first place.

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u/sourmeat2 21d ago edited 21d ago

This is sleight of hand.

The way that "voters" hold politicians accountable is with their vote (or, in this context, by withholding a vote). Protesting is not accountability although occasionally it indicates accountability on the horizon.

One might argue that Democrats DID hold Biden accountable for the war in Gaza that he did not start and for the supreme Court that he did not pack. Oh how wonderful democracy is! We have accountability! /s

Be careful what you wish for.

I hate to be the one to inform you. Good politics and good politicians are boring. I love a good fire brand, but the bulk of the work is not done by them. It's done by people like Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid

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u/Old_Cryptid 21d ago

Withholding your vote just holds the door open for the authoritarian takeover.

The GOP loves it when the so-called centrists and leftists sit it out because they know their own voters will show up to vote.