I wonder if anyone is doing any polling about the "sit-in" held by the House Democrats last week. What do Americans think of that event? To be clear, I'm sure that the Democrats are polling privately on the subject. We should get a good idea what the public thinks when we see what the Dems do after they return following the Fourth of July. I'm just wondering about public polling.
Here's the thing: on the one hand we have the reality of the situation.
1. The bill for which the House Dems were demanding a vote had already been defeated by the Senate. There is no way for it to pass this year so that makes a House vote purely symbolic.
2. The bill for which the House Dems were demanding a vote is almost certain to lose in the House if there ever is a vote.
3. That same bill is almost certainly unconstitutional. It takes away the civil rights of American citizens without any due process at all. The alternative bill which would provide due process was voted down in the Senate by the Democrats themselves.
4. The so called sit in was all for show. It may be the only sit in ever in the USA where the participants had a bountiful buffet in an adjoining room for participants who might get hungry.
5. The only real result of the sit in was an avalanche of fund raising letters from the Democrats to potential donors.
Then on the other hand, we have the political narrative of the passionate House Democrats standing up for America to do something about guns.
I wonder what most Americans believe.
Here's the thing: on the one hand we have the reality of the situation.
1. The bill for which the House Dems were demanding a vote had already been defeated by the Senate. There is no way for it to pass this year so that makes a House vote purely symbolic.
2. The bill for which the House Dems were demanding a vote is almost certain to lose in the House if there ever is a vote.
3. That same bill is almost certainly unconstitutional. It takes away the civil rights of American citizens without any due process at all. The alternative bill which would provide due process was voted down in the Senate by the Democrats themselves.
4. The so called sit in was all for show. It may be the only sit in ever in the USA where the participants had a bountiful buffet in an adjoining room for participants who might get hungry.
5. The only real result of the sit in was an avalanche of fund raising letters from the Democrats to potential donors.
Then on the other hand, we have the political narrative of the passionate House Democrats standing up for America to do something about guns.
I wonder what most Americans believe.
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