The irony is that senators are historically one of the safer positions in Congress, due mostly to name recognition, the six year term, and preestablished alliances within their party and special interests. Sure we talk a big game about primarying people but that doesn't happen that often, either (even when it should, like with many Dems).

Then again, these aren't historical times and deeply unpopular people like Ted Cruz might actual lose to a democratic challenger if he lost the cults backing, even with RNC and billionaires backing him, so idk. Maybe fear is correct.

That’s the sign of a healthy democracy! /s

So why do we pay these "representatives" through our taxes if they dont fight for us...fucking GOP....doomed us all...

5-10 Republicans, that's all it would take to impeach him in the house, and less required to remove in the senate. Clearly he can ignore most lawful orders, but if Congress came together to stop him, I'd argue that would be the end of him, no matter how hard he wants to fight.

As bad as things are, it's cathartic to watch the old guard, bourbon sipping Republican party that originally weaponized misinformation to further the agenda of big corpo (faux news since they existed: "Herp derp climate change is a hoax for scientists to sell books") realize that though their long in motion coup worked, they lost control of it in 2015 when King confidence scheme scam artist stole their grift out from under them by saying the dogwhistles they used to string their racist base along out loud with a dumb little dance.

Its not helpful, but knowing Mitch McConnell and John Roberts know they sold out their entire society's future not even for their benefit or the benefit of the right small room of classy old money bigots, but for some crass asshole that's as belligerent and willfully ignorant as their sucker voting base to take the reigns of post democracy machiavelian power they so carefully curated since the 70s as they watch powerlessly, and IN FEAR no less?

Poetry.

🎻🎻🎻

They should be equally as afraid of enabling Trump. That’s where we come in.

They're scared of the wrong thing.

We need to show them what they should really be afraid of.

Holy fucking christ.

reach into your purse and find your balls, you servile fucks

Pathetic cowards.

Afraid of what? He will call you a bad name. Oh please, you need to grow a spine or get out of politics.

You're scared? However scared you are is nothing compared to the people you are supposed to be representing. And if they can start making a stand against this you have no fucking excuse for your inaction.

Wow she sure has some strong words. Coward.

DO SOMETHING about it then. They have the power to do it.

THERE ARE MORE OF US

"We are afraid", they say while wiping their tears away with $100 bills.

You and your colleagues could actually stop him instead of lining up to defend/allow his fascist actions.

I mean I get it, because I'm also scared of Donny. But at the same time... It kinda is someone's job to stand up to him, no?

Oh you're afraid the leopard is going to eat your face??

If you can't summon up as much bravery as the folks actually fighting back, GTFO. I'd call her a cunt but she lacks the depth and warmth.

Do your FUCKING jobs!!! You literally have the power to remove him. ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO REMOVE HIM!!!! YOU HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES ALREADY!!!!!!!!

Fucking cowards.

"We are all afraid", says one of the literally only people on the planet with the power to actually do something about it.

Seriously. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, YOU FUCKING CHODE.

This whole ordeal can be stopped by about half a dozen Republicans any time they want.

Threaten to leave the party, go independent, and caucus with Democrats to appoint a new House and Senate speaker. It would take, what, 3? Maybe 4 Republicans in each chamber to flip control of Congress. You don't even have to hold your nose and vote with Democrats on actual funding bills or anything. Just vote with Dems on curtailing Trump's actions and impeaching the fucking bastard. Even if you can't get him removed from office because the rest of your party are spineless cowards, you could at least pass bills to do things like reverse these stupid tariffs and actually reclaim power that was granted to you by the Constitution in the first fucking place.

This woman, Rand Paul, and Susan Collins have all spoken up. All they need to do is find one more Republican willing to say "We are willing to caucus with Democrats to elect a new Senate majority leader unless our demands to curtail these damaging Trump tariffs, reclaim Congressional powers, and reverse these destructive policies are met." That's it. Same in the house. 3 Republicans in the house willing to stand up and caucus with Democrats to get shit back under control.

But if all you're going to do is complain about being "afraid" when you're simultaneously rubber-stamping his entire agenda, then have a coke and a smile and shut the fuck up, because you voted for this. And if the rest of us are going to have to suffer because of your cowardice, then we're going to at least get some entertainment out of it along the way once the leopard starts eating your face.

I have absolutely zero pity for some of the most overpaid, well-protected, resourceful people on the planet when they're the ones complaining about being afraid. Fuck you. What about the rest of us? You seem to have been perfectly OK with it when it was just the brown people and poors being effected.

You chose this. Purged everything that wasn't MAGA so that all that was left was hate. Dont be a bitch now. All those GOP motherfuckers were straight creaming on election night. Lie in your nut stained beds.

“We are all afraid,” Murkowski told the crowd on Monday.

Pausing, she added: “It’s quite a statement. But we are in a time and a place where I certainly have not been here before. And I’ll tell ya, I’m oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice, because retaliation is real. And that’s not right.”

• This, right here, is the most open and honest admission of what the US is today, by the ruling party elite: A dictatorship. An authoritarian state.

If only we had a body of elected representatives that were able to do something about the situation.....