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TwilightZone

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2. They never had any intention of getting 67 votes.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2019, 10:31 AM

Mar 2019

It was quite carefully planned to allow certain members to vote "Yes" to provide political cover in their upcoming races.

It's not as dumb as you might think. They get to claim that they can be bipartisan without actually doing anything, and they give vulnerable members of their side a talking point for their campaigns.

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Republicans showed themselves to be politically naive in their vote against "national emergency". [View all] kentuck Mar 2019 OP

This has been a Republican Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #1

They never had any intention of getting 67 votes. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #2

I think you're right. awesomerwb1 Mar 2019 #3

Of course, they had no intention of getting 67 votes... kentuck Mar 2019 #4

Gardner and Tillis voted against it. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #5

Yes, because they thought it would help them in their next election... kentuck Mar 2019 #9

Well, yeah. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #10

I think Trump had a personal conversation with each of them... kentuck Mar 2019 #12

don't miss the upside on this, ALL GOP House members will be placed on the real "record" when beachbum bob Mar 2019 #6

Exactly! kentuck Mar 2019 #13

The 12 GOP senators that defied trump and McConnel really had little choice, the real test beachbum bob Mar 2019 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author spanone Mar 2019 #7

It has become increasingly evident over the past decade that the republicans have no principles. Mr. Sparkle Mar 2019 #8

Nah. They just don't care struggle4progress Mar 2019 #11