The fuck is he doing as chairman at this point?
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Graham is chair until the Senate passes a new organizing resolution.
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Graham literally has to be intentionally trolling Dems with every action he takes. If someone perfectly maneuvered with the sole purpose of âtriggering the libsâ they would be indistinguishable from him.
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Ok. Same question.
I think it probably depends on how stimulus negotiation with Senate Republicans go. There are ten Republican Senators negotiating with Biden, enough to overcome a filibuster. As long as that seems possible, I think Democrats hold off on doing things that raise tension.
Change Graham to Republicans and you are 100% right. Triggering libs is their number one priority.
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Thatâs perfectly reasonable. But payback for this kind of bullshit would significantly reduce my tension.
I think Biden is prioritizing passing COVID legislation over anything else. As long as holding off on passing an organizing resolution makes it more likely that something will pass, then Biden will want Senate Democrats to hold back, especially since Manchin is a hard no on the nuclear option right now.
In a statement reported by The Hill, Mr. McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, never named Ms. Greene, but he referred to several of the outlandish and false conspiracy theories she has espoused and warned that such statements were damaging the party.
âLoony lies and conspiracy theories are cancer for the Republican Party and our country,â Mr. McConnell said. âSomebody whoâs suggested that perhaps no airplane hit the Pentagon on 9/11, that horrifying school shootings were pre-staged, and that the Clintons crashed JFK Jr.âs airplane is not living in reality. This has nothing to do with the challenges facing American families or the robust debates on substance that can strengthen our party.â
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Maybe Iâm missing some hokey Senate procedural mumbo jumbo, but it strikes this observer as fucking ridiculous that the Râs still have the committee gavels.
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Iâm not sure if I believe that you can negotiate with terrorists Republicans, but I can see how it can look to some people like it might be the best chance at getting something passed. I donât think anyone is inherently crazy if they believe that.
I think the correct approach is to assume that the nuclear option is not an option and that attempts to change Manchinâs mind are probably more likely to make him switch parties. Given those constraints, what is the pragmatic solution to getting something passed?
Thatâs only because the Senate itself is fucking ridiculous.
Was watching this earlier. This tweet is pretty misleading. The guy who burst into her office yelling âwhere is she??â was a Capitol Police officer, who apparently banged on the door multiple times, never identified himself, came into the office after she went into the bathroom to hide, and she only realized who he was when her staffer came to where she was hiding and told her it was ok to come out.
Still outright terrifying in light of what was happening, but just wanted to clarify.
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So is Mitch just gonna never give up the committee chairs under the legal doctrine of âfuck you, make meâ?
When I see lawbro talking heads saying âhe has toâ w/o adding the âor this happensâ I get real nervous.
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As always, our Constitution gives Cocaine Mitch an absolute right to completely jam up every government function any time he wants.
This fucking psycho lady is going to be more well-known and popular than ever thanks to all this controversy. Itâs like these fucking idiots never learnâif youâre going to raise hell about how terrible someone is, you better fucking do something about it. Complaining about it but not actually kicking her out of Congress is just going to raise her profile and let her pretend to be a fucking victim like all these other ghoulish pieces of shit.
Kick her the fuck out or shut the fuck up about it.
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You should try it sometime tbh
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