[leptons]

>the fact that Democrats continue to be the opposition party, and failed to even imprison Trump over four years for the things he'd done

I'd like to point out it was NOT the Democrats who failed us, it was Republicans in congress who failed us. I'm really not sure how you can suggest Democrats failed us, when they had 2 successful impeachments against trump, but it was Senate Republicans that voted to not remove him when 60 votes were required in a Senate split 50/50. Every single Republican Senator except Mitt Romney in the first impeachment failed us. The second impeachment for insurrection got closer at 57 votes in the senate, but Republicans failed us again.

Democrats absolutely did not fail us, they were the ones trying to hold a criminal accountable. It was and always is Republicans who fail us.

[lynndotpy]

I want to clarify my framing. In the same way one might say their goalie failed them, and not that the enemy who struck the ball failed them.

My phrasing that Dems "failed us" reduces politics to a "my team versus enemy team" framing, and I'd add more nuance if I were to express it in longer form. But I don't want to get in the habit of writing purely about politics here.

[tmountain]

Thanks for this. It’s amazing how quickly people are trying to rewrite history.

[lynndotpy]

I understand the feeling, but I'd appreciate if my off-the-cuff feelings about the capabilities of one political party was not articulated as a bad-faith intentional rewriting of the historical record.

[leptons]

My correction was more for everyone else reading, and not specifically you.

Far too often the Democrats have been called out for "failing us" or other both-sides nonsense (not saying you did that here), when in reality they are the only viable choice (capable of winning elections, don't get me started on 3rd parties) to actually fix the calamity the Republicans always cause.

Describing them as "failing" is always going to trigger me. They've done a great job in every single hearing and debate at spelling out exactly how craven the Republicans are - if people just aren't listening and describe them as "failing", then that's a problem. They've done amazing work. The people that really failed us are the voters, but more specifically the people who just didn't show up to vote because they think the Democrats are losers, which is how "failing us" sounds to someone reading random comment threads.

[darepublic]

You are thanking the guy who said "it was and always is the Republicans who fail is" for being true to history?

[leptons]

Since they adopted the "southern strategy", yes, definitely true to history.

[tmountain]

Thanking them for reminding everyone to hold the GOP accountable regarding allowing Trump to return to power.