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    1. Adam Villani  🐵‏ @adamnvillani May 2
      Replying to @HeerJeet @Theophite @michael_litke

      Any way you slice it, electing more Dems is the solution to the problem.

      2 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 2
      Replying to @adamnvillani @Theophite @michael_litke

      Obama had 60 Democrats at one point and had explicitly promised to codify Roe into law.

      8 replies 1 retweet 15 likes
    3. Dr. Bhaskar Ⓥ‏ @xbhaskarx May 2
      Replying to @HeerJeet @adamnvillani and

      Question: Did all 60 of those Democrats that Obama “had” support codifying Roe into law? 🤔

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 2
      Replying to @xbhaskarx @adamnvillani and

      You don't really even need 60 if you are willing to over-ride the filibuster (for which you only need 50). Is it your position that the Dems never had 50 votes to entrench Roe into law?

      2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    5. mind of mencius (still @theophite)‏ @Theophite May 2
      Replying to @HeerJeet @xbhaskarx and

      no it's that they never had fifty votes to override the filibuster, which, again, you know. you were there.

      3 replies 0 retweets 25 likes
    6. J "King Slime " Hennessy‏ @Jamesthesnake May 2
      Replying to @Theophite @HeerJeet and

      Bernie didn’t even want to get rid of the filibuster till 2019

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 2
      Replying to @Jamesthesnake @Theophite and

      There have been people arguing to get rid of the filibuster for decades. It's always been an option.

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    8. mind of mencius (still @theophite)‏ @Theophite May 2
      Replying to @HeerJeet @Jamesthesnake and

      for whom has it been an option. is it just the spirit of optionality, belonging to no one in particular?

      3 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 2
      Replying to @Theophite @Jamesthesnake and

      Political parties have agency to pick tactics if they want to achieve a goal. The GOP pushed procedural extremism to the limits to overturn Roe doing things never done before.

      4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    10. mind of mencius (still @theophite)‏ @Theophite May 2
      Replying to @HeerJeet @Jamesthesnake and

      i am not asking you about parties. i am asking you which officials should perform which particular acts in order to achieve the goal you want to achieve. what you saying is that the party should be more than just a campaign which is erected and packed back up every four years.

      2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet May 2
      Replying to @Theophite @Jamesthesnake and

      Jeet Heer Retweeted dan from the internet

      I'm saying that Obama, when he had 60 Senate seats, should have fulfilled the promises he made as a candidate. Being a Democratic partisan, you are shocked at the idea of a party doing anything on behalf of its constituents.https://twitter.com/danfromtheweb/status/1521362565195988992 …

      Jeet Heer added,

      dan from the internet @danfromtheweb
      obama promised to make roe v wade law when campaigning in 2007. people depended on him. he then said protecting abortion rights wasn't a priority. then republicans took power back and it was too late. republicans hate you, democrats fail you. pic.twitter.com/iozoaurFzj
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        2. mind of mencius (still @theophite)‏ @Theophite May 2
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Jamesthesnake and

          should obama have threatened them with a gun. which act which a person can perform should he have done. should he have shot some of them to threaten some of the others.

          10 replies 0 retweets 33 likes
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        2. J "King Slime " Hennessy‏ @Jamesthesnake May 2
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Theophite and

          You act like seats aren’t indepdent people with their own opinions and agendas?

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Surreal Jones‏ @surrealjones May 3
          Replying to @Jamesthesnake @HeerJeet and

          It may be helpful to know that in Canada, where Jeet is from, they aren't. ... of course, he really should understand the difference between the two systems, given his job. But, well, *shrug*

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. J "King Slime " Hennessy‏ @Jamesthesnake May 2
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Theophite and

          Just curious how you would handle Lieberman in this situation ?

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. William Li‏ @WilliamLiDC May 2
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Theophite and

          This analysis misses both the composition of that sixty, as well as that number existing for a few months before Scott Brown became senator. Windows close fast and I think it’s better to focus on that lesson looking forward than looking backward and missing that lesson.

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