Dwain Northey (Gen X)

This something that Democrats are getting accused of by the Trumpublicans… mostly FAUX So Called News and other rightwing media outlets. (will not call them conservative because they aren’t)

In reality the Democratic party has, to my knowledge, never spiked the ball because we never feel like the job is done. Historically only the GOP tend to claim victory, even when victory hasn’t been accomplished, anyone remember G.W. Bush claiming mission accomplished only to have the Iraq/Afghanistan conflict to continue for 20 more years.

I had someone tell me the other day that Biden has no right to take a victory lap because everything has been accomplished while he has been in office was because of Trump. I did ask them, What were Donalds victories in his 4 years? I was met with silence followed by “he saved this country.”

Let’s go ahead and list what was passed under DJT and Mitch McConnel.

The first thing that the ‘right’ will say is that he got 3 Supreme Court Justices appointed.

True McConnel held up a seat that Obama should have appointed, then between Trump and Mitch they convinced Justice Kennedy to retire then going back on his own rule McConnel let Trump appoint a justice only days before the 2020 election. I feel all those seats were stolen.

Trump and the GOP set about repealing regulations that protect the Environment, National Parks, Civil Rights. In the 2 years they had control of both chambers they did a lot of damage and gave away billions to the ultra-rich.

The GOP and Trump claim victory over things that were already doing phenomenally well under Obama that he had rescued after a disastrous Bush Presidency.

Trump continually took victory laps about the soaring stock market, completely ignoring that fact the 90% of Americans have no money in the stock market.

Biden has pulled us away from an economic crash that has stricken the world not just the U.S., he rolled out a COVID Vaccine that has enabled Americans to get back to work. The Democrats and Biden pass a sweeping infrastructure bill that has actually brought manufacturing back… every week under Trump was infrastructure week but it never happened. What is notable is that every time Biden signed a bill into law that actually helped Americans, he didn’t have to make an event out of it… know why… because it is his FUCKING job and he didn’t require a spectacle for doing it.

Now that Biden is taking some credit for what he has accomplished the GOP and Trump are name calling saying ‘why should he get credit for just doing his job.’ Well truth be told I think Biden, Pelosi, and Schumer should be out there everyday talking about what they have been able to accomplish with unprecedented obstruction. The current GOP controlled House has done nothing but hold sham hearing. Pelosi not only pass 100s of bills but also had a Jan 6 committee that proved beyond a doubt that the 2020 election was attempted to stolen by Trump and his cronies.

Democrats won’t spike the ball because we always feel there in more works to be done…I am not saying that we won’t raise a glass and cheer when Trump is finally convicted for federal crimes.

Thanks for putting up with another rant.