Thread by @frodofied

Let it be our promise to every future life that is destroyed, changed, or affected by a Justice #Kavanaugh that we will make it a priority to see Sasse, Manchin, and Collins suffer for their vote today.

They must lose their Senate seats, and be reminded everyday why.

1/

0

If we can't manage to focus long enough to carry through on our threats to our elected leaders who betray us then there will never be a reason to fear us. There will never be a reason to reconsider a decision or vote.

2/

And maybe no mistake, @SenatorCollins must be made an example of, if only because so much focus was placed on her and her decision making process.

But also because of that poisonous victim blaming/ shaming speech she delivered yesterday.

SUSAN COLLINS MUST LOSE IN 2020.

3/

And I know this is not going to be a popular opinion, but I'm tired of protecting the Manchin's of the world.

If you can't even manage to vote with us on tbe truly big things like this vote then are you really a Democrat?

Manchin supports Trump 61% of the time.

4/

For god's sakes Collins only supports Trump 79% of the time, and she is actually a Republican.

We must hold people accountable in the places we can. That is in states with purple or blue majorities and certainly from within our own party.

5/

The idea that Manchin, as a Democrat, is going to lose more support than he gains by voting against the confirmation of #BrettKavanaugh is utterly preposterous.

At worst it would be a wash. The facts are, sadly, that the average voter is not even locked into this fught.

6/

Brett Kavanaugh represents the single greatest threat to the Democratic Party and its core values outside of Trump himself and perhaps Mitch McConnell.

Last week he called Democrats the enemy.

He claimed the Clinton's were leading a conspiracy against him.

7/

Those are not indirect attacks.

Manchin is currently 8 to 10 points ahead in his race. That number falls to 2 percent when adding a vote against Kavanaugh into the mix.

With the election still a month away those are odds I think he should have been asked to take.

8/

When balancing out whether or not I would rather sacrifice a lifetime appointment to #SCOTUS vs. a possible loss of a Senate seat held by a man who votes witb Trump MOST of the time I'm sorry but I'll choose protecting the #SCOTUS seat any day.

9/

I guess I just believe there are certain votes, certain values that fall outside the realm of compromise.

I would not tolerate a Democrat voting in support of re-segregation or to nullify marriage equality just because they came from a conservative state.

Would you?

10/

Well, guess what?

This vote could end up leading to variations on both of those things.

We demanded Susan Collins consider the fate of Roe V. Wade. Why did we not demand it of Manchin too?

It's a fair question.

11/

End