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We could do what's right and help voters because it's the right thing to do, and maybe they'll be excited to continue to vote against Republicans because we can deliver.
Or we can continue to be cowards, afraid to do anything because the GOP somehow won't be assholes if we don't?
You're completely misunderstanding the point. It isn't about what's right; the principles behind the NKA are without a doubt the right principles. But it's about what actually accomplishes something.
Passing a law that has absolutely no chance of actually having an effect (because a future president Trump could just hand-wave it away with an EO or file a suit to bring it up to the Supreme Court which will immediately strike it down) isn't "doing what's right". It's political theater. It's making people believe you're doing something when you damn well know what you're doing will have no real world impact at all.
That is where I have the problem. Engaging in feel-good political stunts that have 0% chance of having an effect, then saying "well, shucks, we tried" when it inevitably fails isn't "doing what's right".
And no, I'm not saying to capitulate to the GOP. We've already seen what that gets. I'm just saying that this entire idea is useless because the next GOP president (Trump or whoever the next wannabe-autocrat is) will (Not might. Will.) do exactly one of two things on the first day in office.
Issue an Executive Order nullifying the No Kings Act, based on the Supreme Court ruling on Presidential Immunity, and then all but daring Congress to either impeach him or sue through the court system, which will end up in front of the exact same Supreme Court that gave themselves and Trump those powers in the first place, who will probably invalidate the NKA at warp speed.
File a lawsuit himself to ask the Supreme Court to strike the law down, and since they were the ones to grant Trump that power in the first place, they are almost guaranteed to oblige.
That's it. If Trump gets elected and one of those things doesn't happen within the first week if not day, I will personally post a video of me cutting off the left body part of your choice. Without the backing of being a constitutional amendment, any NKA-type of legislation is toothless and all-but-unenforceable political theater.