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986racer

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3. His calculus is simple...

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 07:01 PM

Feb 2021

He wants to be able to convict a Democrat should something similar happen again. As long as the trial is held at the "proper" time, he can then say it was Constitutional and therefore different than Trump

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If Mitch felt that strongly, he shouldn't have voted at all... [View all] 986racer Feb 2021 OP

I thought there might have been a few Senators that would have voted "present". Or not shown up OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2021 #1

His calculus is simple... 986racer Feb 2021 #3

Mitch set this up. He waited for dump to leave office so he could give cover to all of them onecaliberal Feb 2021 #2