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You calling Kristen Sinema and Joe Manchin "centrists" just shows you have no idea what you are talking about. They are 100% corporate Democrats who took millions from oil or pharmaceuticals lobby to kill bills that were unfairable to them. Hence Build Back Better and Medicaid prescription drug negotionations being neutered into nothing. But you continue living in your denial bubble.
John Fetterman voted with Republicans more than he voted with Democrats. He's a a simple sellout to a foreign country and primarify funded by The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). He should be treated as a traitor.
I and 70%+ of the country prefer Tim Walz style rural vision.
With a 1 seat majority in Minnesota he did:
Yeah. centrists.
Yeah. A centrist.
You clearly have no understanding of what centrist means. Neither of them represent the middle of the country. Even going by party affiliation and definition used by US corporate media, the center of two right wing parties is still right wing.
Just because you have to suddenly pretend that they're not the most emblematic members of your wing of the party, that doesn't mean you have to gaslight.
They represent the right flank of the democratic party. They're centrists.
The right flank of the Democratic party is just right wing. Not central. Their policy stances are not middle of the road, they're self enriching and aligned withbig pharma and a coal industries
So why do we let them run the party?
They don't. But being the squeaky wheel in one party in a two party system where the other party is hellbent on blocking anything their opposition wants, regardless of what it is, gives you a lot of leverage.
If they don't, did Build Back Better just kill itself, one piece at a time, over the course of months?
I'm not sure how to dumb this down any more for you ...
Condescension: from people who like the status quo but can't defend it.
Just someone who understands what words mean.
Well, when manchin singlehandedly did what you wanted and killed Build Back Better for you, he was running the party.
You love it but can't admit it, so you get condescending instead. Enjoy watching the poor people you hate suffer.
You really seem to struggle with reading comprehension. You have pulled an entirely fabricated assumption of my stance out of your ass.
Manchin dictated policy. He was the de facto head of the party.
You are not smart enough to continue having this conversation. Good bye
You got everything you wanted from the manchin presidency.
It isn't gaslighting to point out that you're using a word wrong.
they really wernt centrists, manchin was a republican that couldnt get elected as one so he switched parties to D, and kirsten was very similar.
They absolutely were centrists.