Don't worry, Senator Collins voted against it so she can show Maine how fucking moderate she is.
After checking with the party first to make sure they had the votes...
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She always has that confused puppy look.
Well it's obvious she wants to be seen as a loyal GOP supporter or Trump with her 'yes' vote, but still wants the bill to be delayed. Having the house delay the bill makes her look like a loyal lapdog for optics, but secretly wants changes and can blame someone else for the bill being delayed instead of having the delay blamed on her vote
Coward
secretly wants changes and can blame someone else
So many of these Republicans are fully aware that the bill will break the back of the healthcare industry in their states. None of them want to stick their necks out for it, though. The mega-donors will forgive them in the end, but the primary voters are only going to hear "You're a Secret Democrat for voting against MAGA".
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
Coward
Real pissed my senator is being a dumbass.
I am honestly suicidal over how blithely these ghouls are playing with our health and safety. Every day, I read a new article about how some white dipshit from the fringes of InfoWars and Christian grifting thinks that he knows better than my fucking doctor. I should just start treating my congresspeople like doctors and start mailing samples of my piss and shit to their offices. After all, they're the ones making my medical decisions.
We need you, anon. Tell me about your favorite character.
Never kill yourself for something that's somebody else's fault.
Or even if it is your fault.
So just…never kill yourself?
I'm sorry but I'm chuckling at Guy Fawkes making this statement.
That's the general gist of the standard advice, yeah.
While I understand you may have meant that as a figure of speech, I also don't want to shrug what you typed off either. Politics can be very stressful, and the challenges in our life can feel completely overwhelming at times. If you are truly feeling hopeless, please reach out for help. If you're in the US you can call 988. If you're elsewhere please reach out to a friend, emergency services, or even a stranger. The world is a better place with you than without you.
Second this!
What the actual fuck.
Not quite the same level as McConnell filibustering his own bill after the Dems supported it, but it's close.
She is more centrist than most Republicans, but she's still afraid of being primaried.
I don't buy it. There a small handful of them like her, and they just trade off who gets to act more centrist, but always leaving enough votes to pass the BS they want to pass. Its a ruse so they can keep winning their seats so people can say, see, she's better than others.
And on the other side, always just enough dems to thwart any meaningful progress even when they're given majorities, even "super" that one time, that actually then wasn't.
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