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LetMyPeopleVote

(153,746 posts) Tue Feb 14, 2023, 11:39 PM Feb 2023

The US Constitution speech and debate clause did not help Lindsey Graham

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The US Constitution speech and debate clause did not help Lindsey Graham (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2023 OP

SC Smith won)'t stand for this nonsense! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #1

The fact that Lyndsey is from S. Carolina didn't help him. gab13by13 Feb 2023 #2

Lawrence O'Donnell opened his show explaining House of Roberts Feb 2023 #3

I love this when pence is claiming to have executive as well as legislative exposure in SWBTATTReg Feb 2023 #4

SheltieLover

(59,234 posts)

1. SC Smith won)'t stand for this nonsense!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2023, 11:40 PM

Feb 2023

gab13by13

(24,588 posts)

2. The fact that Lyndsey is from S. Carolina didn't help him.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2023, 11:40 PM

Feb 2023

House of Roberts

(5,638 posts)

3. Lawrence O'Donnell opened his show explaining

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Feb 14, 2023, 11:45 PM

Feb 2023

how the speech and debate clause only applies to Senators and House Reps, and how Pence can't claim to be a Senator in any way. So if it wouldn't work for Graham, who really is a Senator, it couldn't possibly work for Pence, who really isn't.

SWBTATTReg

(23,970 posts)

4. I love this when pence is claiming to have executive as well as legislative exposure in

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Feb 15, 2023, 09:56 AM

Feb 2023

claiming the speech and debate protection. And I'm glad that someone pointed out that L. Graham tried this same thing too, failed too (in Georgia).

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