In 2021 several Democrats voted it down on the House floor. The Democratic leadership couldn’t even get all their votes for it.
Republicans are evil and things are worse under them than under Democrats, but the Democratic Party as it is currently constituted believes that it is wrong to raise the minimum wage. If they take Congress it is highly unlikely that they will raise it, too many Democrats will vote against, they would need an enormous majority to account for those who will vote against.
Don’t pretend that the Democratic Party will raise the minimum wage if they gain a majority. They won’t. They think it’s bad economics and bad governance to take it from the states. I don’t see the point in lying about it. They think raising the federal minimum wage is wrong, and they won’t do it.
You will only piss people off more if you tell them that the Democrats will do it, and then they don’t. You’re making it even worse. Just be honest and say we have a lot of work to do convince the Democratic Party that it is the right thing to do and we won’t give up yet.
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u/TheMuffler42069 10h ago
Yup and everyone knows that only republicans could’ve changed that in the 17 year period. So…