Subject: Re: Vote Republican, cut ACA
The Democrats don't have that. They are in the minority. They can't implement policy, they can't "carry out policy actions," they can't bring bills the floor, they can't even vote something out of committee. Not because they don't have ideas, but because they are out of power.

Nice attempt here, but I clearly stipulated after they sweep the midterms.

Then they can pass all the legislation they want. It won't go anywhere as Trump could veto it but a functioning political party would use the opportunity to showcase what they would do with a White House win in 2028.

But that's not the modern democrat party. No, they'll merely use their legislative majorities to run Star Chambers, just like last time.

Again, they're offering lots of policies. You just don't like them. Or more likely, you just don't hear about them

Oh? Such as?

Free healthcare we've discussed. Immigration is something they're running away from as fast as possible but we both know the second they think no one is looking the border will be flung wide open again. Their electoral survival depends on it as California stands to lose 4EVs and other blue states are bleeding them out. Fewer EVs mean the democrats get less power, and that party is all about power and nothing else.

Tax policy? They want to increase taxes. democrats learned from Walter Mondale to never be honest about taxes, and haven't since.

National defense? They'll continue (much more quietly) focusing on China although they'll loudly throw the Ukrainians a bone and flush more money down the toilet (while continuing Trump's policy of selling US weapons to europe to hand to Zelensky).

Tariffs ? Biden kept them in place. So would a theoretical democrat President in 2028. The democrats will also fight tooth and nail to keep this power in the executive branch.

How about Project Vault? They'll keep that also, albeit quietly and less successfully.

EV mandates also aren't coming back. The market has spoken.

So it's no surprise that they're not "carrying out their policies" the way Republicans are. That's an excellent strawman. No one said they were carrying out anything. What IS being said is that even if they could, they are intellectually bankrupt as a party and as such have no ideas.

democrat ideas are roughly the equivalent of a sardine sandwich cooked in the microwave for several hours: never very good to begin with, and only got worse with the extra re-heating.