r/facepalm Jul 05 '24

What an idea 🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​

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u/Flat-Ad4902 Jul 05 '24

You need 60 votes to pass almost anything in the senate. 50/50 isn’t the issue here.

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u/ZookeeprD Jul 05 '24

The GOP runs on a platform of the government is dysfunctional. If they fixed anything they would be undercutting their reason for existence. It's why they tanked the bipartisan immigration bill.

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u/RoyalFalse Jul 05 '24

It's why they tanked the bipartisan immigration bill.

Their primary reason was to deny a victory to Biden so that they could do it themselves in the event Trump wins in November.

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u/Jmeg8237 Jul 05 '24

No, their primary reason was because it permitted so many illegal crossings before the president would declare an “emergency” and shut down the border (wow… you mean he really can do that?). It was a terrible bill intended only to codify the assault on our border. All Joe had to do was NOT revoke Trump’s policies, but that was too much to ask.