Umthombo: Amaphupho Avamile
Ithimba lamaqembu alwela inqubekela phambili lihlehla kanzima ekuphikisaneni nendaba evelayo yokuthi uMongameli okhethiwe uJoe Biden - umemezele ukuthi uzowina umjaho kamongameli wezi-2020 ngoMgqibelo - kufanele ahambise nganoma iyiphi indlela egunyeni likaSenator Majority Leader uMitch McConnell, ethatha amaRiphabhlikhi. gcina ukulawula kweSenethi, uma kuziwa ekukhetheni ikhabhinethi noma ukubeka izinto ezibalulekile zomthetho okubheke ku-2021.
Ngokuhlanganyela okuningiliziwe memo (pdf) ekhishwe ngoLwesihlanu kulandela ukubika okuvela ezitolo zezindaba, kuhlanganisa Axios, lokho kuphakamise ukuthi uBiden uzophoqeleka ukuthi ahlalise uMcConnell njengoba ekhetha izikhundla eziphezulu ngesikhathi soshintsho futhi lapho ethatha izintambo ngoJanuwari, amaqembu aqapha uhulumeni i-Demand Progress kanye ne-Revolving Door Project aphikisa ngokuthi lokhu kungaba isiqondiso esiduke kakhulu esingahambaโ lokho kungaba nemiphumela eyinhlekelele kubaphathi abasha kanye neDemocratic Party yonkana.
"UWall Street noMitch McConnell baphikisana ngokuthi uBiden udinga ukuhlehlisa uMcConnell ukuze akhe ukuphatha kwakhe," tweeted UDavid Segal, umqondisi omkhulu weDemand Progress ngoLwesihlanu. "Lokhu kulandisa AKULUNGILE."
Ngokusho kwememo (ukugcizelelwa koqobo):
Indaba engamanga, eboshwe yizithakazelo zakho siqu kanye nokuqagela okuyiphutha, ibusa ukusabalala kwenguquko yangaphambi kwesikhathi. Amazwi abalulekile asevele egcizelela ukuthi umongameli kaJoe Biden uzohluleka ukufeza noma yiziphi izithembiso zakhe. Ngokwalo mbono, noMitch McConnell eSenate, uBiden ngeke agcine ngokuphoqeleka ukuthi alahle umbono wakhe womthetho, kodwa nanoma yiliphi ithemba lokulethela abantu baseMelika ngamandla akhe phezu kwegatsha eliphezulu. Bathi ukuphuca iziqinisekiso ezandleni zikaMcConnell, iBiden ngeke iphinde ikhethe ngaphandle kokuqoka abalingani abangeke banyakazise isikebhe.
Lokhu akulungile.
Bangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-80 abavoti sizoba bavotele ushintsho. Ukuhlehliselwa ekubeni yibhizinisi njengenjwayelo elingenalo igunya elinjalo, ngokuyalelwa yiningi leSigele elimele idlanzana lezakhamizi zezwe, kungaba ukukhaphela. UMongameli uBiden ngeke azibophezele ukuthi anikeze uMitch McConnell okhiye beKhabhinethi yakhe.
Ngemuva kwenkinga yezimali yango-2008, uMcConnell wagomela ngendelelo nangokuziqhenya ukuthi "uzokwenza u-Obama abe nguMongameli wesikhathi esisodwa" ngokuvimba impendulo yenhlangano enengqondo. Ukuntuleka kwempendulo yenhlangano kuholele ekuchithekeni kwegazi kwamaphakathi nenkathi yamaDemocrats. UBiden akumele avumele amandla kaMcConnell e-veto mayelana nendlela akwakha ngayo ukuphatha kwakhe.
NgeSonto, i Associated Press kubika ukuthi uBiden uzofuna "ukuhamba ngokushesha futhi akhe ukuphatha kwakhe," egxile ekuthuthukiseni iqembu le-coronavirus njengengxenye ebalulekile yoguquko bese esungula neminye imizamo ye-ejensi. Kodwa uMax Moran, umsizi wocwaningo weProjekthi Yomnyango Ojikelezayo, wachaza in The American Prospect ukuthi kubalulekile ukuthi amaDemocrats aqonde ukuthi "akusadingeki aphile emhlabeni ka-Mitch McConnell":
UBiden ngokwakhe kungenzeka abe yilungu lesikhungo, kepha okokuqala ungumongameli nomholi wamanje weDemocratic Party. Umsebenzi wakhe njengomongameli wukwelusa izwe nakuba liwubhadane olubulalayo kanye nenhlekelele yezomnotho eqathaniswa noKuwohloka Okukhulu Kwezomnotho kuphela. Umsebenzi wakhe njengomholi weDemocratic Alliance ukugcina iqembu lakhe lingaphelelwa amandla ngo-2022, futhi azigcine yena noma lowo ozongena esikhundleni sakhe ekulahlekelweni ubumongameli ngo-2024.
Ayikho indlela yokufeza noma yimuphi wale misebenzi ngenkathi u-kowtowing ku-Mitch McConnell. Kuyinkohliso ye-apocalyptic ukucabanga ukuthi uMcConnell uzoba nengqondo uma kuphela uBiden eqoka ama-centrist corporatists kwiKhabhinethi yakhe-lokho bekuyindlela efanayo yokuqoka uMerrick Garland, futhi igama lakhe manje seliyisenzo[...] Uma uBiden ekhathazeka ngokudlula abaqokiwe eSenate , uNkulunkulu asisize nganoma yiliphi ithemba lokushaya umthetho, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ulinganiselwe futhi ubuthakathaka kangakanani. Uma, ngo-2024, okuwukuphela kwengxabano yeDemocratic Party yokuqokwa kabusha โkuhle, sizamile ukwenza izinguquko ezimbalwa ku-Obamacare, kodwa-ke, uMcConnell uziphathe ngendlela wonke umuntu abeseyazi ukuthi uzokwenza ngayo,โ leli zwe lizogwetshwa. ubufascism.
Imemo evela ku-Revolving Door and Demand Progress ithi noma ngabe uMcConnell ephethe iningi - njengoba kubhalwa lokhu, ikakhulukazi ngokhetho oluphindwe kabili lwazo zombili izihlalo zeSenate yaseGeorgia ezizobanjwa ngoJanuwari, ezizohlala emoyeni - iBiden izoba namathuluzi. emandleni akhe ukuphusha amalungu ekhabhinethi anenqubekela phambili. Ngokusho kwamaqembu:
- I-Biden ingasebenzisa uMthetho Wezikhala. Umthetho Wezikhala uhlinzeka ngomgudu ongokomthetho ongenakuphikiswa wokugcwalisa izikhundla eziqinisekiswe yiSenethi okwesikhashana lapho ukuqinisekiswa kulibaziseka. Lo mthetho usetshenziswe kakhulu ngomongameli bawo womabili la maqembu, okuhlanganisa noTrump ngezinga elingakaze libonwe, yize ebhekene neSenethi enobungani.
- I-Biden ingahlehlisa iCongress futhi yenze ama-aphoyintimenti ekhefu. Isigaba 3 se-Article II ye Umthethosisekelo wase-US unikeza uMongameli amandla okuhlehlisa uKhongolose โkuze kufike isikhathi azocabanga ngasoโ noma nini lapho iNdlu neSigele zingavumelani ngokuhlehliswa. Futhi ngemva kwezinsuku eziyi-10 zekhefu, uMongameli angase enze ikhefu ukuze agcwalise izikhundla ezidinga ukuqinisekiswa kweSenethi.
"Ukwehluleka ukusebenzisa la mandla, nokho, kuzosho inhlekelele yezepolitiki," kusho imemo, futhi iyaxwayisa: "Uma uBiden ehluleka ukusebenzisa amandla atholakalayo, amaDemocrats phezulu naphansi ngevoti azohlupheka ngenxa yalokho ngo-2022 nangale kwalokho."
Kuwo wonke ukhetho lukazwelonke, abathuthukayo bacele uBiden ukuthi aqinisekise ukuthi ukukhetha kwakhe kwikhabhinethi kanye nabeluleki abaphezulu bamele intando yesisekelo seqembu esimenze wanqoba ngokumelene noTrump, hhayi izintshisekelo zezinkampani eziningi ezinikeze ngokukhululekile kuyo yomibili imikhankaso. Njengoba intatheli nesishoshovu uKate Aronoff ekubeka ngoMgqibelo ebusuku njengoba imigubho yokunqoba kukaBiden isabalala ezweni lonke:
Kubhala ngoba Jacobin NgeSonto, uMat McManus, uprofesa wezepolitiki ovakashele eWhitman College, uveze ukuthi ukusebenza kanzima kwenhlangano enenqubekela phambili kanye neDemocratic Party kuzobumba futhi kushaye izinqubomgomo eziba ngumsuka wezimo ezidale uTrump โ esinye seziningi. Izingqapheli zezepolitiki zixwayisa ngokuthi amaDemocrat ngeke akwazi ukubuyela โngendlela izinto ezaziyiyoโ ngaphambi kukaTrump.
โNgemva kokuba ukugubha sekuqediweโfuthi singalenzi iphutha, kufanele sichithe impelasonto sigubha,โ kubhala uMcManus, โkufanele siqaphele ukuthi izimo zezinto ezibonakalayo nezingokwesiko ezakhuthaza ukukhuphuka kweTrumpism (okuhlukile kwalokho engikubize ngokuthi โi-postmodern conservatismโ) abakaze bahambe. Uma kukhona, uTrump waqinisekisa ukuthi baba kubi kakhulu. โ
Uyabhala: โUmsebenzi wethu kule minyaka emine ezayo kuzoba ukugqugquzela ipolitiki eqinisekisa ukuthi i-Trumpism ifile futhi ingcwatshwa.
Ukufeza lo msebenzi, owayengusihlalo kazwelonke womkhankaso kaBernie Sanders ka-2020 uNina Turner waphikisana Washington Post i-op-ed NgeSonto, ukuthi abaphathi beBiden kanye namaDemocrat kuzofanele bathole okwangempela mayelana nokuletha imiphumela efinyelela kude nebonakalayo ethuthukisa izimo zabantu abasebenzayo, imiphakathi edonsa kanzima, kanye neplanethi esongelwa. Ngokusho kukaTurner:
Lokho kusho ukuphasisa iSivumelwano Esisha Sokukhuphula umnotho wethu ekuwohlokeni komnotho, kudaleke izigidi zemisebenzi kanye nokubhekana ngqo nenkinga yesimo sezulu. Kusho ukudlulisa iMedicare-for-all ukuvimbela izinkulungwane zabantu baseMelika ukuthi bangafi (noma bangabi namali) ngenxa ye-covid-19 nezinye izifo. Kusho ukwenza abacebile bakhokhe ingxenye yabo yentela kanye nokuhlehlisa ukunikezwa kwentela okukhulu okwakuyimpumelelo yomthetho kaTrump. Futhi kusho izinguquko zokhetho ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uhulumeni wethu ubonisa intando yeningi.
IBiden kanye neCongressional Democrats eholwa nguChuck Schumer kanye noNancy Pelosi, baphikisana noTurner, "manje banethuba lokuwina ukwethembeka kwesikhathi eside kwesizukulwane, kodwa kuphela uma beletha izinguquko ezinkulu ezifunwa yintsha yaseMelika."
UJon Queally uphethe umhleli we Amaphupho ajwayelekile. Mlandele ku-Twitter: @jonqueally
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