• lemmylump
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    Johnson called a snap vote.

    He made sure all the GOP stuck around, then when the time was right he called the vote and these Dems could not get back in time.

    Furthermore, there are many reports of a traffic jam caused by a police escorted bus that literally trapped Dems in traffic.

    Shady shit went down.

    I’m not a pelosi fan, but you all should know what really kept these 11 from voting.

    This reporting is terrible and slanting the narrative of what Johnson and the GOP did.

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      They are not beginners in politics. They have dealt with Johnson long enough to know his shady tactics.

      Is a dem majority going to have years of excuses instead of achievement AGAIN?

      (Not my country, but was it here, I would send a nasty message to my representative.)

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        They had also been told they were in recess for Veterans Day and some of them had scheduled events to attend.

        I’m not making excuses for anyone, but this was clearly a bad faith stunt by Johnson and the gop and 100% done to prevent votes. It’s despicable.

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          If they actually gave a shit about vets and service members skipping out on this vote was a pretty terrible way to demonstrate that

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            I’m pointing out the gop ratfucking, that actually fucked themselves over, even if it does put 11 dems in the billionaire run press negatively, It’s all theater ramping up to the Lame Duck à l’Orange last two years, and the hell he and his regime have coming for them.

            I see it this way. If they succeeded in impeachment then the gop get to quickly vote someone else in. This way in January they can impeach, and imprison Hegseth, then control who gets the job, and at the same time get rid of Blanche, and get the doj away from just the loyalist.

            Then they can start going down the list, of which fElon Musk sits at the top of.

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      2 out of the eleven have no excuse.

      Sounds a lot like a dog ate their homework. With a vote as consequential as this one, they should have been their hours early. Even with the most charitable take that these poor wittle naive politicians got stuck in traffic, that still means they’re inept - as opposed to blatantly complicit.

      Lawmakers Report That Some Democrats Missed Hegseth Impeachment Vote to Attend Event for ‘AIPAC Front Group’

      Keep in mind that all 11 of these losers are taking AIPAC money.

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      I don’t want information about how big of ratfuckers the GOP are, I want to be mad at Dems!