bcarter3

bcarter3 t1_ixai3ma wrote

I believe you misunderstand how government works.

The President is not the leader of the DNC. In 1994-1995, the Chairs of the Democratic National Committee were David Wilhelm, (1993–1994), and Debra DeLee, (1994–1995).

The DNC does not set policy for the Democratic party, nor does it dictate how a member of the party must vote.

As mentioned in my original post, the Three Strike law was passed by the Senate with 95 senators voting in favor. Even if the President had wanted to veto the bill, which he did not, any veto would be easily overridden by the nearly unanimous members of the Senate who supported the bill, and seen as an attempt to deny the will of the people.

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bcarter3 t1_ix7c6l4 wrote

"via Bill Clinton"

I know the DSA crowd around Bernie Sanders loves to blame everything bad on Bill Clinton, but the Three Strike law was passed by the Senate with 95 senators voting in favor. Two Democrats and two Republicans voted against it, and one senator didn't vote.

Bernie Sanders himself voted for it in the House of Representatives, so I guess you can blame him for this "crazy three strikes your [sic] out law".

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bcarter3 t1_iwsdytb wrote

The problem may well solve itself. If the cyclist keeps up doing stuff like this, it's probably only a matter of time before he winds up in a wheelchair himself.

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