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HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

I mean, that is what I said except this isn't what a distraction is. It won't distract anyone. It will just help the case that they also passed policies.

To be quite honest, while I think it puts us on the same line of thought and same end result, I kind of feel like if the concern genuinely motivating democratic leadership is fear of the "do nothing democrats" narrative then they're making a mistake.

I think that's a bogus narrative and one they can easily fend off regardless of the USMCA and if that's their motivation here it's a mistaken one IMO.

I think the more legitimate one is to provide cover for the at-risk members of the caucus by giving them something tangible to show their constituents in showing they're working on the populist economics that helped fuel Trump's 2016 bid. It's a similar thought pattern but the difference is significant in how they're thinking strategically IMO. It is also something I am uncertain is really effective to be honest, seeing as how credit/blame for these things always goes to the President so I don't know how much this helps downballot in these places as split-ticket voting seems to become more rare. And also, of course, because I think the data has shown that the populist economic argument/"economic anxiety" is mostly a mirage here for racial resentment but that's not an argument the party can really make because the country clearly isn't ready to have that discussion.

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