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If the Democrats want a super majority this is what they should be doing. They should admit that Congress along with the judicial and executive branch are not held accountable by anything other than the bullshit oath they take.
People with the most power and responsibility should be held to the absolute highest standards. They’re bullshit all to the constitution doesn’t hold them to. Every Democrat will demand That every member of Congress be required to sign a contract saying that they will not lie, cheat, steal, take bribes and that they will only serve the American people and no one else. They fail to live up to the contract they must immediately step down and depending on the severity of their violations they may even have to report to prison. If they just do the usual sleazy stuff that we actually see then their punishment will be to leave Congress and lose their pensions and their health insurance.
I have run this idea by members of Congress and it scares the living shit out of them. They have tried to baffle me with bullshit for why this can’t be in every one of them is a liar.
When we look at the wealth of congressmen and senators we see that they are quite wealthy and they got that wealth by taking bribes in one form or another.
We the people are the rightful masters of our government. We hire and pay these ass clowns to work for us but they don’t work for us.
The people with the most power should be held to the absolute highest consequences. Nothing holds these scumbags accountable.