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'Call This What It Is—Theft': Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History
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this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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This shit is so fucking lazy.
Biden enacted plenty of progressive asks during his term. Harris outlined plenty of progressive asks in her campaign as well.
Just because it wasn't 100% of what YOU personally wanted doesn't mean it wasn't good legislation.
Hope none of your family dies because of this, because if they do it's on you, mr protest voter.
The percentage of people who don't vote hasn't changed much in 100 years. Call them lazy, uneducated, apathetic, etc, it makes no difference. They don't vote and that's all there is to be said about it. If you're waiting around for them to start voting for your preferred candidate you're going to be waiting for the rest of your life. Stop talking about them and start making other plans.
And it swung the 2020 election. Biden still holds the record for the most votes of any president ever, Trump was number 2 for the most votes ever in that same election.
You cannot swing for the center and hope to flip some republicans. They vote on a single issue, and that issue is usually, "who will hurt the people I hate most". They like to play it off as "Fiscally republican" or some other shit, but it's all lies and falls apart if you pull on the threads of their reasoning.
Like another plan like move out of the country to somewhere smart ?
so only non voters and MAGATS are left behind to shoot them selves in the foot
I think they are already doing that.
There is plenty of discussion how this last election people didn't move rightwards, they moved couchwards. The absolute numbers voting for president went down substantially. I bet a good number of those were protest non voters.