Traffic, timing and other circumstances kept 11 Democrats from a key House vote on Pete Hegseth, raising questions after the impeachment effort failed.
  • Rep. Brittany Pettersen of Colorado said on social media that she was unable to cast her vote before Republicans gaveled the vote closed
  • Like other Members of Congress, Rep. Stansbury was blocked from entering the Capitol to vote due a traffic incident
  • A police escort of a bus during the vote

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6212500-stansbury-misses-hegseth-vote/

  • Jordan117English
    262·
    2 days ago

    It’s already silly to get up in arms about Dems being delayed from taking a vote they would have lost anyway. But consider the fact that this was happening now because Massie wanted to send a final “fuck you” before leaving office. If it had somehow passed, you’d have Republican impeachment managers presenting a sham case to a Republican-controlled Senate. Wait until January, and you get an actual proper trial with 56 Democratic senators. Still won’t be enough to convict (probably), but it’s actually better this vote didn’t succeed right now.

      • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
        51·
        2 days ago

        Indeed. Folx on Fedi this morning claiming this as a “total failure of Dem leadership.”. This IS a blue wave of epic proportions, with AK and MS still counting.

    • booly@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      41·
      1 day ago

      It’s already silly to get up in arms about Dems being delayed from taking a vote they would have lost anyway.

      Yeah, there were 7 Republicans who hadn’t shown up yet, either. If the Democrats would’ve actually been ahead, Mike Johnson would’ve held the vote open until those 7 showed up, or tabled the whole thing to bring back later to finish voting with everyone there.

      Or the motion would have failed and they would’ve taken a vote on actual impeachment, which would have failed. They had 218 votes to defeat impeachment, and this just happened to be the maneuver they used.