Dangerous new threats from Trump loyalists require Democrats to act

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We are faced, ⁦@ThePlumLineGS⁩ says, with an “ugly picture of how a GOP-controlled Congress will stoke governing turmoil, to nefarious ends, including but not limited to placing Trump above the law.”
Dems, he says, must defang the threats before 2023

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Opinion | Dangerous new threats from Trump loyalists require Democrats to act
Democrats must disable a big weapon the GOP will wield to protect Donald Trump.
10:48 AM · Sep 29, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/29/trump-maga-house-2022-elections-debt-limit-democrats/

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Democrats cannot say they weren’t warned.

Consider these two developments. On one front, a top House Republican is threatening to use future debt-limit fights to force concessions from Democrats. Relatively sane Senate Republicans are taking this seriously, warning of a “nightmare.”

On another front, a very competitive GOP Senate candidate is insisting Republicans must block FBI investigations into Donald Trump. This echoes other GOP demands, which are only growing.
Put all this together, and what do you get? An ugly picture of how a GOP-controlled Congress will stoke governing turmoil, to nefarious ends, including but not limited to placing Trump above the law.

If Democrats don’t use their power to act against this threat, it will be a serious dereliction of duty. Here’s a start: Pass legislation in the lame-duck session that will disable coming GOP threats to default on the nation’s borrowing limit (causing financial havoc), which Republicans will try to use as leverage to force major concessions from Democrats.

Yes, Democrats can do this; more on this below. But first, here’s how real the threat has become: With the nation set to hit the debt limit in early 2023, Axios reports that Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri — a front-runner for Banking Committee chair in a GOP House — is openly declaring that Republicans should use it to “reverse” the Biden administration’s “radical” policies.

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[Farmer-Rick]

1. Can you imagine all the votes Dems could get if.....

They forgave everyone's student loans.

Just saying those votes are just sitting there waiting to be gathered up by any president.