You know, I haven’t always agreed with Hakeem (that may be needless to say, I don’t know that I’ve ever always agreed with any politician) but this is exactly what he is supposed to do in this situation and we gotta get behind him a thousand percent.
Remember: if we can stall long enough, sometimes we can outright prevent the thing from happening. Therefore stalling is valuable. In fact, stalling is vital. Even if you say to yourself, dude, they’ll force it through next month, what’s the use, well—how many people do you think can get out of the country or get out of their red state or get better prepared in a month? More than zero right? So it’s worth it. When we can’t stop it, we stall it.
And if you have a Democratic member of congress—please call their office and tell them that this is what you want them to do. It’s just as valuable as telling them when they screw up, maybe more. Tell them that if they hold the line, we’ve got their backs.
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