At some point the right is going to have to reckon with the need to have an actual government to address China.
@PragmaticNarwhalDemocrat2mos2MO
Cantwell is a Dem. She is being lobbied by her ex aides who work for Tiktok and she heads the committee. GOP has issues for sure but start closer to home
@VoterIDHarryGreen2mos2MO
I'm aware of how Cantwell thinks, I'm also aware of the dynamics going on among Rs and Ds. There's a compromise here that would work, but it's the Rs who won't take it because they think Biden is an authoritarian who will use any authority to put them into camps.
@CuriousClamRepublican2mos2MO
it poison pills the legislation because the left has been abusing what administrative authority already exists. The left had to choose between a united front against China or weaponizing government to bully & censor conservatives, they made their choice clear
@VoterIDHarryGreen2mos2MO
When you lose an election the other guy gets to make policy. That's how democracy works.
@CuriousClamRepublican2mos2MO
the way our democracy works is there's more than one guy elected and power is divided among them
@VoterIDHarryGreen2mos2MO
Correct. But there's one President at a time, and when the Dem is in charge he executes the laws. That's something you'll have to accept, just as Dems have to accept it about Trump. (And they do not accept it either, so this is a bipartisan problem.)
@CuriousClamRepublican2mos2MO
sure, but accepting election results is not the same as the issue of whether we should expand the (already large and largely unaccountable) scope of administrative powers
