jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoAccused of sexual assault, drunkenness, and financial mismanagement, new defense head is confirmedwww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down15cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up1472arrow-down1external-linkAccused of sexual assault, drunkenness, and financial mismanagement, new defense head is confirmedwww.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square49fedilinkcross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up56·3 days agoAll 47 Dems voted no, 3 Republicans defected and voted no (McConnell, Murkowski, and Collins), and Vance did a tie break vote.
minus-squareMayor Poopington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·3 days agoMcconnell defecting is indication of how truly fucked we are
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoNo. McConnell knew exactly how many votes there would be, and he would not have voted against it had it been closer.
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·3 days agoNot unless his vote killed it. They all talked in the backroom. This was merely a signal to trump.
minus-squareMayor Poopington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days agoso were even more fucked
minus-squareMayor Poopington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 days agoFUCK. I swear I’m better than that.
minus-squareFenrirIII@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoAny Republicans who “defected” did so in a calculated way. They didn’t follow their moral compass or think it was the right thing to do, it was pure politics.
All 47 Dems voted no, 3 Republicans defected and voted no (McConnell, Murkowski, and Collins), and Vance did a tie break vote.
Mcconnell defecting is indication of how truly fucked we are
No. McConnell knew exactly how many votes there would be, and he would not have voted against it had it been closer.
Not unless his vote killed it. They all talked in the backroom. This was merely a signal to trump.
so were even more fucked
We’re* 🥲
FUCK. I swear I’m better than that.
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Any Republicans who “defected” did so in a calculated way. They didn’t follow their moral compass or think it was the right thing to do, it was pure politics.