Because Johnson. He was aware people were en route and closed the vote.
Its also misleading, its “some of the 11”. Pelosi was in CA for a veterans day event, another was going in for a medical procedure, another had an unrelated (and unspecified) personal emergency, like 4 said they were stuck in traffic (motorcade blocking traffic), and I think it was 2 at the AIPAC event.
Not excusing anything here BTW, just pointing out the title is kinda shitty.
The vote didn’t actually matter, so I imagine a lot of reps didn’t really prioritize it
They jnderstand it’s just political theater, even if the general piblic somehow does not. It always was 100% guaranteed it would not end in a conviction
I would disagree. The vote mattered because the public doesn’t understand it. Just because its a referral to the Judiciary Committee doesn’t really matter here, what mattered was the perception.
I mean, everyone not being in attendance can’t automatically delay votes, or anyone could unilaterally block a vote by just not showing up. However, I think we all know why the vote was moved up and closed early - it’s specifically because they were stuck in traffic.
Why is a vote allowed to go through it representatives are stuck in traffic
Because Johnson. He was aware people were en route and closed the vote.
Its also misleading, its “some of the 11”. Pelosi was in CA for a veterans day event, another was going in for a medical procedure, another had an unrelated (and unspecified) personal emergency, like 4 said they were stuck in traffic (motorcade blocking traffic), and I think it was 2 at the AIPAC event.
Not excusing anything here BTW, just pointing out the title is kinda shitty.
The vote didn’t actually matter, so I imagine a lot of reps didn’t really prioritize it
They jnderstand it’s just political theater, even if the general piblic somehow does not. It always was 100% guaranteed it would not end in a conviction
I would disagree. The vote mattered because the public doesn’t understand it. Just because its a referral to the Judiciary Committee doesn’t really matter here, what mattered was the perception.
Just look through a lot of this thread.
I mean, everyone not being in attendance can’t automatically delay votes, or anyone could unilaterally block a vote by just not showing up. However, I think we all know why the vote was moved up and closed early - it’s specifically because they were stuck in traffic.
They shouldn’t have needed to be at a specific location to vote for more than 100 years… How is it still allowed to be an excuse.
Alternatively
Having been required to be at a specific location to vote for more than 100 years is probably a good reason to be at the location
I know how is OK for these people to not do their jobs.
They wouldn’t have called the vote if they were at the location.
West Wing did an episode prominently featuring this kind of bullshit.
Yeah agree, this has happened in my country too - I think they could have been more aware of the risk, especially at the moment.