slevinkelevra comments on House votes to effectively end the impeachment effort against Pete Hegseth

[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

Yeah the vote was 211-204 with 11 Dems missing, thus handing the Republicans a propaganda win on a silver platter:

Edit: To be fair, the time slot was short, which Rs had in their hands as they chose a priviledged resolution.

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[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

It buys him time, sure, but is that it?

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[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 child)

Rs probably triggered the vote to show the public: See, Dems might have won some elections, but impeachment still fails! So nothing to see here! On stupid people that are mostly ill-informed (not knowing that it takes till next jear for the majority to shift) this works well.

Edit: Also the time slot was short, which Rs had in their hands as they chose a priviledged resolution.

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[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 3 points 23 hours ago

While my faith in the average voter truly has no bottom, this false narrative will only last 2 months until we find out whether the Dems will actually keep to their word.

Until then, many and much more disastrous things could be done by Repubs than hold a lame-duck session vote.

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