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Whiskeytide

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20. Interesting. Look at the Senate. The republicans ...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Nov 9, 2020, 07:38 PM

Nov 2020

... had 22 seats up. We had 12. By my math, suspending all of those elections leaves 30 republicans and 36 Dems. So if they’re right, Mitch just lost his ML status.

They’re idiots.

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Stuart Stevens: ... House has an obligation not to seat any of the newly elected Republicans. [View all] Nevilledog Nov 2020 OP

This made me LOL Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #1

Me too. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #26

All members of the House -- those newly elected and those reelected - are sworn in en masse. onenote Nov 2020 #2

I guess that means Mitch Mcconnell doesn't have a job now. Maraya1969 Nov 2020 #28

Huh? Care to explain? onenote Nov 2020 #32

According to the OP seats that were re-elected should not be seated because Maraya1969 Nov 2020 #33

OMG! You're right! Amy McGrath MIGHT have won Kentucky, after all! BComplex Nov 2020 #37

Fighting back feels good! nt 42bambi Nov 2020 #3

They didn't think this through, did they? C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #4

Bwahahahaaaaaa! Never seen that! 😄 electric_blue68 Nov 2020 #27

Ha! Brilliant. 😄 crickets Nov 2020 #5

The Speaker of the House can deny any rep to be seated Wanderlust988 Nov 2020 #6

Yes, that is correct, we have to start dishing it out just the way they do /nt bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #9

It is not correct, see below. tritsofme Nov 2020 #11

This is not true. The issue was settled in the 1969 case Powell v. McCormack tritsofme Nov 2020 #10

That's a 53 year old ruling, precedents are made to be tested bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #14

Because there is absolutely no legal basis to overturn it, it is not under serious dispute tritsofme Nov 2020 #31

They can dispute the election on the Floor of the House though. bottomofthehill Nov 2020 #21

Yes, each chamber can decide disputed elections, but they cannot disqualify tritsofme Nov 2020 #29

Agreed. The Speaker can not block bottomofthehill Nov 2020 #35

It is the republicans saying they dispute the results questionseverything Nov 2020 #36

Especially the part where there was "voter fraud" in Kentucky. Amy McGrath might have won! BComplex Nov 2020 #38

Republicans would NO DOUBT use this with us !!! NO DOUBT !!! uponit7771 Nov 2020 #13

Love it! Sogo Nov 2020 #7

Yes, Dems committed massive fraud to elect Biden, DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #8

AND allowed traitor Mitch to be reelected? SledDriver Nov 2020 #19

Now that is awesomesauce! Brainfodder Nov 2020 #12

Same for the Senate so that means Collins, Graham and Moscow Mitch did not cstanleytech Nov 2020 #15

Wep! No double standards. StarryNite Nov 2020 #16

K&R x 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ffr Nov 2020 #17

Lindsey and Moscow Mitch should absolutely agree with this. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #18

Interesting. Look at the Senate. The republicans ... Whiskeytide Nov 2020 #20

I think they should float the idea out there just for the response they would get. LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #22

Exactly. BTW, if there was massive voter fraud why didn't all the senate races go to Dems. nt iluvtennis Nov 2020 #23

Fuck them! warmfeet Nov 2020 #24

+1000 hadEnuf Nov 2020 #30

They were chosen on the same ballots as the Presidency treestar Nov 2020 #25

Suck it, fuckos! Blue Owl Nov 2020 #34

I take this ias a serious idea. BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #39

yes samsingh Nov 2020 #40