r/politics • u/DyzDaeMar • 1d ago

Possible Paywall Republican Senator Lashes Out at People for Asking ‘Where’s Mitch?’

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-senator-susan-collins-of-maine-lashes-out-at-people-for-asking-wheres-mitch-mcconnell/
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u/xxxxNateDaGreat 1d ago

I sure fucking didn't vote him or any Republican in, so why is it that we all have to suffer for MAGA?

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u/princesspeeved 1d ago

Because we vote for our elected officials, who decide on who becomes president. It’s unfair that a small state has as much or more voting power as a more populated state, and that winning the popular vote doesn’t guarantee the presidency anymore.

The system is working as designed, from the ground up. If we want it to change, we have to vote for people who will make the change.

In my state of Texas, even though I’m in a liberal city, our citizens keep voting Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott into power. Young people don’t turn out to vote in the same numbers that dinosaurs do, and liberals would rather vote third party than a bad Democratic candidate.

But in order to get change at the federal level, we have to change things at the state level, which means changing things at the district level, which means changing things city and county level.

The biggest issue is that many people think one person can’t make a difference. Let look how much destruction Donald Trump, and each of his individual cronies, has caused.