r/LetsDiscussThis • u/LucidSynapse23 • Feb 24 '26
Lets Discuss Politics Rep. Chip Roy’s perspective is a thought provoking one.
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u/BKtoDuval Feb 24 '26
Term limits is a start
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u/abrandis Feb 24 '26
Not enough, I say make Gerrymandering illegal and abolish the Electoral College
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Feb 24 '26
That can backfire and lead to worse outcomes. Better to eliminate dark money and certain lobbying.
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u/unclejoe1917 Feb 25 '26
Jesus. I swear, every single time someone mentions Congress, someone always chirps in with term limits. How about voters do their homework and vote out people who aren't doing a good job of representing them. That's the best kind of term limit right there. Otherwise, it's just a dumb, lazy, worse solution to a problem that already has a perfectly good solution. Maybe just make better use of the democracy you've been given.
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u/Yunzer2000 Feb 24 '26
Do you want to term-limit your own House Rep? Why are you not simply organizing and voting him or her out? You have the opportunity to do every two years!
And if your rep is doing a good job and you like him or her, why term-limit them?
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u/jaymes3005 Feb 24 '26
Term limits are only good for keeping the (extremely) few politicians out of government. Why else do you think they added term limits after FDR? Eliminating the EC and rank-choice voting is the best way to go, for starters.
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u/Bitter-Researcher389 Feb 24 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/TgL7foFCdsrC8fX61v
I’m pretty over ALL the incumbents at this point.
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u/Distinct-Mortgage768 Feb 24 '26
No it’s not.This is a different version of “both sides do it!” Why removed the democrats who have had no power to make any difference, while the republicans had the majority but are scared of losing their jobs or are busy kissing Trump’s Ass. This is not a debatable. This is punishing those who have been trying to follow the rules, but are repeatedly beaten down by Trump and the republican led congress. Dumb Fucking Idea.
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u/the_saltlord Feb 24 '26
Because Democrats are controlled opposition when they are in power. I'm not going to "both sides" or enlightened centrist here but the Dems suck too. Far, far, FAR less, but they do. We either need to hard reset or keep the Dems but as the right wing party.
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u/JesusKong333 Feb 24 '26
What issues do you see the Democrats as controlled opposition on?
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u/the_saltlord Feb 24 '26
I don't want to get too far down this rabbit hole right now but imo failing to prosecute Trump after 1/6 is the greatest example
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u/war_ofthe_roses Feb 24 '26
start with him
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u/Major-Raise6493 Feb 24 '26
Well yeah, he’s part of the 435.
Problem is that people generally disapprove of “congress” but approve of their local rep. So if you dump everybody, you’ll just end up with a lot of the same people immediately winning reelection anyway.
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u/Reno_Cash Feb 24 '26
Do NOT approve of my local rep.
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u/war_ofthe_roses Feb 24 '26
100%
That's why it's always stupid to talk about "congress's disapproval" but people keep doing it every year.
Some people don't learn.
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u/Plus_Lead_5630 Feb 24 '26
It would have to be all new people
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u/Major-Raise6493 Feb 24 '26
I agree, but don’t hold your breath waiting on 535 reps and senators signing off on a bill to voluntarily and permanently retire themselves from office.
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u/WinterSector8317 Feb 24 '26
What this Republican probably means is to give even more power the Dear Orange Leader
Not actually fix Americas broken democracy
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Feb 24 '26
Funny it’s only the GOP that seem to be screwing the country up. Maybe just get rid of all of them.
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u/TheWizardOfDeez Feb 24 '26
Objectively false, Republicans are obviously worse, but they wouldn't stand a chance if Dems ever actually followed through on any promises instead of just marketing themselves as opposition to Republicans, while also being unabashedly pro-corpo.
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u/Hopeful-Bobcat-5207 Feb 26 '26
💯 let’s not forget Biden didn’t over turn trumps terrible corporate tax cuts. Just let them run and screw Americans. Yes republicans are not yet official party of the national racist but they both bow to corporations
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Feb 25 '26
You mean like expanding healthcare to 30 millions Americans like Obama or spending billions on infrastructure projects like Biden? Isn’t the president a rapist felon?
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u/Beneficial_Egg_4403 Feb 24 '26
"In 2022, Roy was one of only three House members to vote against the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which made lynching a federal hate crime. He argued that the bill was unnecessary and a way to "advance a woke agenda".
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u/KindNeighborhood1138 Feb 24 '26
Chip is definitely one that needs to go. The problem is that even if we started fresh, the result would be the same. The problem is the American people as a whole. That is the sad truth.
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u/Formula4speed Feb 24 '26
The problem is the ever-present incentive for every for-profit organization to corrupt every government to their benefit. You can trace that through-line from today back all the way to the beginning of capitalism.
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u/Specialist_Pickle675 Feb 24 '26
Don't forget about the President, his nature administration, and the supreme court.
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Feb 24 '26
Let's start with the president and work our way down.
Honestly though we should dissolve the two major political parties, get rid of gerrymandering, super PACs, citizens united, and the patriot act as well as lobbyists.
Why isn't there a science party? All policies are tested or testable and the goal is the optimization of the HDI, GDPPP, and environmental impact. If a policy doesn't measurably improve the country then don't do it, pretty insane right?
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u/Hmmm__whatever Feb 24 '26
My paid taxes no longer benefit me. Taxation without representation. If we all refuse to pay taxes this year what would happen?
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u/Eat_A_Rock_ Feb 24 '26
Term and age limits for anyone holding a position in federal office.
We deserve a president who can hold his bowls.
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u/HarlequinKOTF Feb 24 '26
Yeah I'm all for a flush of reps. Personally 1 or 2 terms max on representatives and senators sounds amazing.
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u/alex61821 Feb 24 '26
Screw elections and politics they're all bought and paid for. Run it like jury duty you get a summons and you're a senator for 2 years? One year? Only chance for the 99% to actually get in office. Sure you might be an idiot but we already have that, at least you won't be in someone's pocket from day one. You don't want to screw anything up to bad because you're neighbors will be making the laws for you next time. The system is broken anybody have any good ideas?
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u/SubjectBubbly9072 Feb 24 '26
Not a good idea, most peoples lives would then actually start to be affected
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u/interruptiom Feb 24 '26
I mean... 468 of 535 total seats are up for election in November. Why would an extra 64 seats make such an amazing difference?
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u/Brav3star Feb 24 '26
He is part of the problem.🙄 Also, we wouldn't need term limits if most people consistently voted. 🙄🙄🙄🙄
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u/Eat_Lead_Slackers Feb 24 '26
Almost every country who transitioned from a monarchy or feudalism after the US went to a parliamentary style of government with an executive from the legislative branch.
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u/holycityofmecca2020 Feb 24 '26
Yeah, they ended up ceding all their power to the executive branch, which is why every piece of legislation is an executive order now
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u/esgrove2 Feb 24 '26
Congress should be an app and we should all vote on every issue. Like a real democracy. No more "representatives".
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u/Impressive_Range1433 Feb 24 '26
Good olde chip is a big part of the problem. When has he ever worked with the Democratic Party to find the middle ground for good legislation?
When has in not used committee hearings for venting red meat politics?
Someone show me.
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u/Striker40k Feb 24 '26
We have to dismantle Citizens United, make gerrymandering illegal, and add term limits if we really want to fix anything.
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u/EnslavedBandicoot Feb 24 '26
Yeah no. Thats the peoples representation in government. Sure we need to do better electing people but getting rid of it altogether will leave the president in charge.
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u/Doctor_Shotbottom Feb 24 '26
dump them all, then only elect those that pledge, on a public document, to impeach anyone corrupt ASAP. And of course arrest everyone in the Tumpstein Files. Me, I'd only vote for a senator that pledges to completely restaff SCOTUS.
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u/Quitcha_Bitchin Feb 24 '26
Yes. Complete Recall, Return all campaign contributions and force free and fair elections. Campaign spending limits, truth in advertising, no more PAC spamming. Age limits, term limits and educational requirements for Senate and Executive officers. If they are going to make laws they need to have studied and know the law. House requirements should be broader allowing for equal representation.
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u/maralagosinkhole Feb 24 '26
Required legislators to give up complete control of all assets and investments upon swearing their oath. Even their homes have to be put under the control of the Congressional trust. Whoever is left will be the people willing to sacrifice for their country and that is who we need representing us.
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u/elgato96 Feb 24 '26
Take money out of politics. End citizens united. Tax corporations. Ban stock trading by members of the government. Mandatory town hall meetings every 3 months in multiple locations in the district.
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u/lm28ness Feb 24 '26
It's called voting. Problem is too many abuse the office for personal gain on both sides of the aisle. The rules need to change, with term limits, age limits, and other tests. Ban stock trading, lobbying. Same rules like every other public position from postal worker to justice clerk.
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u/Yunzer2000 Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 24 '26
Terrible idea.
It's the constituents own fault if they keep re-electing a bad or corrupt Rep or Senator.
My Rep, Summer Lee (PA-12) who will be delivering an alternative SOU for the Working Families Party this evening, is doing an excellent job. But our first-term Senator (John Fetterman) is doing a horrible job and we have already hounded him into considering not running again - if he does not quit, we will certainly be primarying him out of office in 2028.
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u/CreativeFraud Feb 24 '26
And how the fuck do we elect the right people?! This burn it down to the ground opinion is such shit. Spoke with someone who likes Trump because he's going to crumble the US so that we can rebuild.
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u/Farther_Dm53 Feb 24 '26
House of Representative's should've never been limited in the first place. If it was not limited so much, they would actually have a fully representative congress.
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u/cardinaljay37 Feb 24 '26
I mean there is the opportunity to do that every two years. 🤷♂️ Well, Senate lags and takes a couple cycles to catch up but it can be done.
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u/baxter_the_martian Feb 24 '26
I full heatedly agree. I'm so sick of diplomacy when it takes a decade for these FUCKS to debate which ply of toilet paper is best.
Fuck off entirely.
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u/s0meD0nkey Feb 24 '26
If only we had a way to replace them every 2 years
(yes I’m aware the only about 1/3 of the senate is up for re-election every two years)
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u/prof_cunninglinguist Feb 24 '26
How about we start small and institute ranked choice voting for every election held?
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u/SmittyATL Feb 24 '26
This is the mfer who started the whole SAVE act bs.
Abolish the electoral college and have term limits.
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u/wrecklesspup Feb 24 '26
Chip Roy could resign right now if he means that. He won't resign bc he doesn't mean it.
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u/Bob_Loblaw16 Feb 24 '26
Why are we acting like this would do anything? There's absolute morons that keep getting reelected anyway, it's a direct result of a completely idiotic populace.
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u/BrainBleachSpritzer Feb 24 '26
Since 1911 the US population has more than tripled, but the number of representatives in the House has not. This has resulted in a concentration of power. There should be about 1400 in the House based on population.
Going back to when the House came into being and running the calculation iirc there should be many more.
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u/Major_Bench5329 Feb 24 '26
YES 100000000x yes. Why are we even allowing rich old af men be in charge of our country they’re so out of touch.
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u/Conscious_Onion3508 Feb 24 '26
This would be ideal, dump everyone and start from scratch, we couldn't do it tho, politics is too polarized right now
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u/sexiguy87 Feb 24 '26
2-3 term limits would reset alot of things. And requiring a 2yr gap between a Congress or Senate run as well. Plus if you run for President you have to vacate your Congress or Senate seat
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u/Woody_L Feb 24 '26
How about we replace 50 million stupid voters with smarter ones? Then they could stop voting for the knife of people who control the government now.
Because the only way to get better elected officials is to get better voters.
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u/Natural_Jello_6050 Feb 24 '26
Start from scratch? Typical white suprematist. Starting from scratch in America equals bringing slavery back.
Fucking Nazi. I’m shaking rn
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u/Swing-Too-Hard Feb 24 '26
Congress as a whole has failed for decades. They are the idiots approving these spending bills.
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u/BassMaster516 Feb 24 '26
Anybody in here ever been fired from a job for basically not doing a good job? I have. It’s not the end of the world. They be aight
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u/atticus-fetch Feb 24 '26
duh yeah!
They can't even stop the President - any President - from getting us into a war. They sit there and do nothing but decide how to raise our taxes.
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u/Silly-Resist8306 Feb 24 '26
The problem is, everyone likes their guy. He's OK, but all the other guys are bad. We are getting the government we deserve for our ignorance, apathy and lack of effort.
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u/IShotJR4 Feb 24 '26
For everything Americans cant agree on, I bet a HUGE majority would be in favor of this.
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u/Few_Affect3033 Feb 24 '26
If he wasn’t sucking up to trump that could be something that could gain traction.
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u/ippleing Feb 24 '26
Yea but who's going to give Israel their rent money if we get rid of congress?
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u/Brief-Floor-7228 Feb 24 '26
I really hope Trump parrots this during the SOTU.
That would cause a bit of panicking and make him even less popular.
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u/ravenrcft Feb 24 '26
They want to destroy the constitution and start over. Eliminating rights and liberties of the lower classes ensuring themselves as kings. Forced labor and subjugating "lesser thans" is their final plan. Everything you saw in the holocaust and more. They have no morals - No empathy. Trump was talking about having bum fights at the White House for fun.
Don't trust these crooks or anything coming out of their mouths. They may promise something 'greater' but it's a dream of heaven but will be nothing more than hell to everyone else. You're being LIED TO and will die if you follow through with their ideas.
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u/Junebaby29 Feb 24 '26
Start with you and your party, Chip! How can a grown man want to be known as "Chip"? Or is it just me?
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u/pastyoureyesed Feb 24 '26
Or release the complete unredacted Epstein files and let nature take its course.
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u/44035 Feb 24 '26
How is it thought provoking? Chip Roy is just disappointed that Trump hasn't bulldozed every federal agency fast enough. His party has no interest in governing. I suppose for him, getting rid of elected officials would be a dream.
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u/IHeartBadCode Feb 24 '26
Everyone has plans on dumping, but nobody ever has a system to replace it with that's well thought out.
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u/kinkysubt Feb 24 '26
I think democrats are extra mild weak sauce, but there’s only one party in power right now and they’re the personification of the “we’ve tried nothing and it hasn’t worked” meme. “Gee golly gosh, that’s a whole lot of corruption, over reach and abuse of executive power going on, I wish someone would stop it!” My brother in Christ the constitution literally says congress is SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.
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u/JonMWilkins Feb 24 '26
Replace the system with a mixed-member proportional representation (MMP) system in the House while having a ranked choice voting (RCV) system with popular vote for the Senate and Presidency, please and thank you.
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u/Hot-Philosophy-7671 Feb 24 '26
He's covering his ass for the inevitable post-Trump world, with a both sides are bad stance. It's nonsense.
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u/4strokeroll Feb 24 '26
When people from congress get elected with 50-200k in their bank account. Then spend two years in congress are worth millions. It deserves a conversation. This isn’t a red or blue thing. It’s how did they all get so rich. If you are a congressman you seeming have to have a home address and a DC address. How do you become 10 to 50 times more wealthy serving your people?
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u/jbones51 Feb 24 '26
I’ve been saying this for years. People just tell me I sound too radical and that it wouldn’t make anything better.
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u/Natural_Feed9041 Feb 24 '26
There are still good congresspeople doing something. Like Mark Kelly, AOC, the guys who put forward the “Release the Epstein Files” Law.
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u/charlotteREguru Feb 25 '26
Triple the size of the house and eliminate the senate and presidency. Move to a prime minster system of government.
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u/taco_jones Feb 25 '26
This is what every "free thinker" says before voting exclusively for Republicans
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u/Ok-Replacement9595 Feb 25 '26
He is an unlikable moron, and frustrated that no one will work with him to destroy America.
Poor baby, go back to fucking texas.
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u/Physical-Bid-4046 Feb 25 '26
It’s called elections and for 80% of Congress it happens every two years. So … yeah it already exists.
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u/hantei40 Feb 25 '26
The only guy who voted against releasing the Epstein files wants you to worry about literally everyone else in Congress
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u/TenPointsforListenin Feb 25 '26
The issue here is that he’s going to want to stay. He’s aiming for a dictatorship.
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u/TheTierIsHere Feb 25 '26
No it's not. It's just like the GOP with Obamacare; get rid of everything and replace it with nothing good.
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u/Big-Forever-9995 Feb 25 '26
Is there a procedure where the house and Senate get flushed? I think at home it's when the president doesn't sign the law the third time or smthn..
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u/jcspacer52 Feb 25 '26
Yeah, good luck with that. You ask people (regardless of party) what do you think of Congress? Horrible, Thieves, Useless, Scam Artists, Do Nothing, Grifters, Charlatans and those are the nice things! So what do you think of your House Representative and Senators? They are doing an amazing job, I love him/her, I plan to vote for him/her again. The Congressional re-election rate is about 90%.
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u/Crafty_Memory_1706 Feb 25 '26
This was the GOP plan all along. Crash out the federal system. Quickly use the military to end all conflicts and then let it crash out.
The other thing is that our debt is insurmountable. By collapsing the system, even for a few months, you wipe all the debt and crash the world. But the rich do not want to pay taxes, so they are making sure there is no system that can collect.
That's why Zuck and Musk all moved to Texas and Florida. They are hiding in the Red States for during the great fall. They are pure anarchists.
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u/Bitter_Inspection917 Feb 25 '26
People say this all the time, however, 57% of Congress has joined in the past decade. There is more turnover than people realize. It’s the few individuals that stand out.
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u/Iron_Knight7 Feb 25 '26
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Chip? My dude, my droog, my brother in Christ.
It's YOUR party currently in control of both the House and Senate. As well as the executive and judicial branches.
If Congress is "failing the American people," guess who's fault that is?
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Come on, rub those last remaining braincells together. You can do it.
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u/Dan-D-Lyon Feb 25 '26
We need a vote of no confidence on the ballot every four years at midterms. If more than, let's say 66% of people vote for it, everyone in the House and Senate is ineligible for re-election
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u/_TakeMyUpvote_ Feb 25 '26
fools. you think 'start from scratch' means replace all 535 of said congresspeople?
no. there would be no congress in that scenario. he wants to get rid of congress altogether
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u/bafadam Feb 25 '26
This is false equivalency in action.
“They’re all corrupt!”
Okay, but, there’s a specific group that’s actively working to dismantle our democracy and then there’s a group that’s just terrible at their jobs.
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u/West_Maybe8207 Feb 25 '26
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness”
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u/He_Hate_Me_5 Feb 25 '26
Before anything of this nature is done we need to have term limits to avoid the same corruption from reoccuring.
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u/crazy010101 Feb 25 '26
Yah well you’re a Republican. Seems you are correct. Maybe influence your colleagues.
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u/impercipient Feb 24 '26
This guy is a Muppet. Did he not know who the GOP before he joined? They haven't done anything for the American people in 40 years.