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arrow-up1456external-linkAccused of sexual assault, drunkenness, and financial mismanagement, new defense head is confirmedwww.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepaslinkfedilinkarrow-up52·1 month 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-up66·1 month agoMcconnell defecting is indication of how truly fucked we are
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·1 month agoNot unless his vote killed it. They all talked in the backroom. This was merely a signal to trump.
minus-squareMayor Poopington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoso were even more fucked
minus-squareMayor Poopington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoFUCK. I swear I’m better than that.
minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoNo. McConnell knew exactly how many votes there would be, and he would not have voted against it had it been closer.
minus-squareFenrirIII@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month 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
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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No. McConnell knew exactly how many votes there would be, and he would not have voted against it had it been closer.
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.