“They actually said they wanted to repeal it..”
My memory recalls McConnell not having any appetite for taking it on. When asked about his top priority, he said it was to hold the majority in the 2016 election.
I don’t mean to come across as bitter, but this election has given Liberty a chance undo the last 6 (or more) years and these two leaders just don’t seem up to the task..
They’re probably not up to anything, but if enough encouragement is given to them, they might rise to the challenge. Everybody - even a Senator or Rep - wants to feel, when they are dying, that they have made a positive difference in this world.
But we can’t do this simply by attacking. There definitely has to be the stick (which many people, such as Cruz, can administer), but there’s also got to be a carrot. Most of these people, unfortunately, are immune to the re-election carrot, because many of them are older and are not going to run again. (Can we say TERM LIMITS, children?)
But for whatever time they have left, we need them, and this means we’ve got to appeal to their better natures and call them or send them letters (by regular mail, since their websites will not accept anybody who is not in their state or district) and praise them for good decisions or tell them what the country wants.
In other words, it’s Americans who have got to set the agenda - but in a positive way, with our unique vision as Americans.