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Otto Lidenbrock

(581 posts) Tue Oct 29, 2019, 07:23 PM Oct 2019

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The brother of the Vice President of the United States is a genocide denier

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The brother of the Vice President of the United States is a genocide denier (Original Post) Otto Lidenbrock Oct 2019 OP

and it seems there are two Democrats who have issues on this also still_one Oct 2019 #1

My belief is that they don't want to anger Turkey.... mwooldri Oct 2019 #2

From my understanding they also joined the republicans on the second vote still_one Oct 2019 #3

K&R UTUSN Oct 2019 #4

still_one

(98,883 posts)

1. and it seems there are two Democrats who have issues on this also

Reply to Otto Lidenbrock (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 07:36 PM

Oct 2019

mwooldri

(10,827 posts)

2. My belief is that they don't want to anger Turkey....

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 07:39 PM

Oct 2019

.... who continue to deny the genocide to this day. But they don't want to deny it either, so voting "present" was the cop out.

still_one

(98,883 posts)

3. From my understanding they also joined the republicans on the second vote

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 08:14 PM

Oct 2019

UTUSN

(77,795 posts)

4. K&R

Reply to Otto Lidenbrock (Original post)

Tue Oct 29, 2019, 08:56 PM

Oct 2019

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