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House Democrats Blame Traffic for Missing Key Hegseth Impeachment Vote (www.washingtonsun.com)
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[–] 46 points 14 hours ago* (3 children)

On its face, this seems like a dirty trick by Republicans. Mike Johnson called a recess, then after members left, called a snap vote on whether to proceed with impeachment with no warning. This entire spectacle reeks of a planned Republican scheme to try to influence the outcome through procedure and sow division within the Democratic party. The Republican House caucus was obviously made aware this was happening so they would stick around.

That any House Speaker can call a snap vote like this is a serious problem for our democracy.

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  • [–] 20 points 12 hours ago (1 child)

    But you have to be smart enough to know that's a possibility. That's a trick that they've used before and has been used before for decades. A good leader, someone good at whipping votes, has to be aware of these tricks and has to be ready for them. A good leader would be able to keep his people ready for this kind of trick. There was only a small window they could have pulled it in.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 hours ago

    And I'm sure if some random person on Lemmy could figure it out, the people who've actually worked in the job for years or decades would have figured it out too. This is just whitewashing the Democrats culpability in aiding the Republican agenda yet again.

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