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The GOP chair was caught off guard and scrambled—first delaying the vote, then trying to sabotage it by adding amendments to include Biden administration communications. Democrats called their bluff and agreed.

Then the GOP chair, Rep. Higgins, lied, claiming the motion FAILED until Rep. Robert Garcia forced a full roll call vote.

Ultimately, the vote passed 8-2 after 3 Republicans DEFIED their leadership and joined all 5 Democrats to pass the motion.

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[+] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Its a PR stunt. The democratic establishment doesn’t want them released.

    That makes no fucking sense whatsoever. Why would they overwhelmingly vote to realease them then?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    It's all performative. You vote for something you know has zero chance of passing so you can go "Look! Look! I'm good! I did the thing!" in the next election cycle even if what you really did is nothing.

    See the 50+ votes to repeal Obamacare.

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    Who, me? look, all I'm saying is that the public at large can't grasp that not everyone who walked past Epstein on the street is a full blow child sex trafficker. They will assume every single person he knew is full guilty when that's just not how criminal conspiracy works, I wouldn't be shocked to find only Him, Maxwell, Prince Andrew, and Trump were raping children.

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