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3catwoman3

(29,263 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2025, 10:15 PM Feb 2025

Piss off Trump, get primaried and lose your seat. Piss off your constituents...

...and lose your seat. Does it not occur to these chicken-shit legislators that if they make enough of their voters mad enough they may very likely lose their seats anyway?

Talk about suckers and losers.

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Piss off Trump, get primaried and lose your seat. Piss off your constituents... (Original Post) 3catwoman3 Feb 2025 OP

One would think but my opinion is, they're more scared of TSF than losing their constituents' votes Deuxcents Feb 2025 #1

Part of the problem is that they consider the seat to be theirs, when in reality cloudbase Feb 2025 #2

Knr UTUSN Feb 2025 #3

They are weak and unprincipled Redleg Mar 2025 #4

We keep hearing that they are afraid of physical threats to them and their families from the Trump machine and followers Intractable Mar 2025 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author D_Master81 Mar 2025 #11

I hope that happens Meowmee Mar 2025 #6

A lobbyist job awaits the faithful. rubbersole Mar 2025 #7

Well..... Mountainguy Mar 2025 #8

Their districts are so gerrymandered. It doesn't matter Danmel Mar 2025 #9

They allowed it to happen. Now if they don't stand up against it, Emile Mar 2025 #10

Most of these are places full of MAGA Cultists JI7 Mar 2025 #12

Deuxcents

(26,583 posts)

1. One would think but my opinion is, they're more scared of TSF than losing their constituents' votes

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2025, 10:38 PM

Feb 2025

cloudbase

(6,257 posts)

2. Part of the problem is that they consider the seat to be theirs, when in reality

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2025, 11:19 PM

Feb 2025

the seat belongs to the residents of the congressional district.

UTUSN

(77,606 posts)

3. Knr

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2025, 11:20 PM

Feb 2025

Redleg

(6,904 posts)

4. They are weak and unprincipled

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:17 AM

Mar 2025

They have no business being in Congress.

Intractable

(1,985 posts)

5. We keep hearing that they are afraid of physical threats to them and their families from the Trump machine and followers

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:26 AM

Mar 2025

The constituents are far less scary.

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D_Master81 This message was self-deleted by its author.

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)

6. I hope that happens

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:48 AM

Mar 2025

It can't happen soon enough but it will not happen so quickly.

rubbersole

(11,182 posts)

7. A lobbyist job awaits the faithful.

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 02:35 AM

Mar 2025

I keep waiting for Americans to say 'enough'. Money is running this shitshow.

Mountainguy

(2,145 posts)

8. Well.....

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 02:37 AM

Mar 2025

Their constituents probably won't try to have them killed by a mob of far right radicals.

Danmel

(5,761 posts)

9. Their districts are so gerrymandered. It doesn't matter

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 07:07 AM

Mar 2025

There aren't many competitive districts, which is why
statehouses matter.

Emile

(42,016 posts)

10. They allowed it to happen. Now if they don't stand up against it,

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 07:32 AM

Mar 2025

it's all on them.

JI7

(93,519 posts)

12. Most of these are places full of MAGA Cultists

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 08:32 AM

Mar 2025

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