CNN chyron 11:27a - 'Senate 19 GOP test positive' - Doubt about quick

[empedocles]

nomination.

[Nevilledog]

1. Wait.......wut?

[berni_mccoy]

2. Whoa! 19?!? Holy cow!

[DonaldsRump]

3. Shoot, still not enough to convict Trump for a quickie House impeachment!

That would only be 58% of the Senate (meaning all 47 Ds) voting to convict.

[MoonlitKnight]

8. But enough to vote for a new majority leader

Unfortunately I think they can vote by proxy.

[DonaldsRump]

13. I thought the House could do this, but the Senate had to show up at the Senate room for votes?

[MoonlitKnight]

18. McConnel refused to allow any remote meetings or votes

But proxy voting has been allowed for floor votes but can’t be used for a quorum. So Moscow Mitch got outsmarted by Covid.

[lagomorph777]

16. Nope; Senate does not allow proxy voting.

Dems are about to win big time; the reward for NOT BEING FUCKING INSANE.

[MoonlitKnight]

20. They can for floor votes

[Buckeyeblue]

4. If this is true, the GOP is imploding.

Our conservative leaders are super spreaders (which we sort of knew all along).

[MineralMan]

5. So Mote It Be!

[bullimiami]

6. I dont think that can be right. Either graphics person botched it or it was mis-read.

[berni_mccoy]

11. Thinking the same thing

[Wounded Bear]

7. The vultures come home to roost...

Hard to feel a lot of empathy for a group that has visited so much damage to our country.

[Bev54]

9. Please let that be true!

[Stuart G]

10. Not likely, Someone got Covoid 19 mixed up with "Senate 19"

[edhopper]

12. Yep

that's what I thought.

[Efilroft Sul]

14. This explanation would make sense.

[global1]

17. If CNN Is Right About - Senate 19 - Then They Need To.....

change the name of Covid-19 to Senate-19 or Repug-19 - as it's become a scourge to the Republican Party.

[C_U_L8R]

15. What? 19 Republican Senators have COVID?

Is this for real? They've self-decimated their ranks.

[empedocles]

19. Test positive, that's bit different

[LAS14]

22. How is that different? nt

[Chichiri]

21. If it's not a typo, that must include staffers.

We would have heard if it was 19 senators.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

24. It would be covered extensively...

... even with the distraction of Trump demanding release from the hospital.

There must be a misunderstanding about it.

[LAS14]

23. Did anyone ever see this again? nt