The 2022 Midterms

[lizkat]

Perhaps I spoke to soon lol

He’s looking for an easier way out than divorce.

It was a procedural vote to move a bill to debate on the floor. The guy can count. McConnell knew it needed 60 votes, which implied needing 10 votes from Republicans. He also knew there were 12 Yes votes that would actually come from Republicans. So he knew the bill would indeed advance to the floor.

That margin of 2 votes favoring passage did allow him to vote No with the majority of the party he leads in the Senate. His own vote ends up looking like he led that group. It mattered that he be in sync with the majority of the Rs on that bill, even though their sentiment did not prevail, and regardless of his own feeling about the bill's actual merits.

Surely he's able to compartmentalize. He's a cynic but he's not stupid. He certainly needed to be seen as "on the correct side" of a party conference that just yesterday chose him to be minority leader for the next term, after an unusual challenge that he only won by a 37-10 vote. HIs wife is a politician too and she gets that (regardless of his, her or their views on what exactly is an interracial marriage, and whether one could call those views racist).

[Edit: to correct conference vote figures for McConnell's continued GOP Senate leadership]

 

[Cmaier]

It was a procedural vote to move a bill to debate on the floor. The guy can count. McConnell knew it needed 60 votes, which implied needing 10 votes from Republicans. He also knew there were 12 Yes votes that would actually come from Republicans. So he knew the bill would indeed advance to the floor.

That margin of 2 votes favoring passage did allow him to vote No with the majority of the party he leads in the Senate. His own vote ends up looking like he led that group. It mattered that he be in sync with the majority of the Rs on that bill, even though their sentiment did not prevail, and regardless of his own feeling about the bill's actual merits.

Surely he's able to compartmentalize. He's a cynic but he's not stupid. He certainly needed to be seen as "on the correct side" of a party conference that just yesterday chose him to be minority leader for the next term, after an unusual challenge that he only won by a 37-12 vote. HIs wife is a politician too and she gets that (regardless of his, her or their views on what exactly is an interracial marriage, and whether one could call those views racist).

Nah, The dude is a stack of racist turtles in a trenchcoat.

 

[lizkat]

Nah, The dude is a stack of racist turtles in a trenchcoat.

I'm laughing at the image, not at assertion of racism. Wasn't there a meme about a stack of weasels in a trenchcoat? Don't think it was aimed at a politician though.

Oh I remember, it was just a cartoon about deception. The stack of weasels in a raincoat was confessing he'd duped a giraffe that had fallen in love with him.

I don't think we can expect Mitch to confess anything anytime soon to anyone. He is definitely a guy who plays cards close to vest. He plays a long game when it comes to evening the score after someone has gone after him and missed the mark. Trump should have a care.

 

[Renzatic]

Nah, The dude is a stack of racist turtles in a trenchcoat.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Walker rants: “I don’t want to be a vampire, I want to be a werewolf”

"I've got to say, it's some rambling incoherence taken to Olympian levels," said MSNBC host Joe Scarborough.

www.salon.com

I'll tell you what though. If I had to go to a right-wing rally sign me up for Walker. A+ on incoherent originality.

 

[shadow puppet]

Boebert is currently only 723 votes ahead.

 

[Edd]

Boebert is currently only 723 votes ahead.

Man, if she loses from a recount the conspiracy theories will be next level.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Lake is refusing to concede and says she’s collecting evidence of people not being able to vote. Somebody on her team needs to pull her behind the shed and go “We make it more difficult to vote. It’s kind of our thing.” Jesus, stay in your lane, idiot. Or don't, become the champion of making it easier to vote.

 

[ronntaylor]

Frisch less than 600 votes behind with ~5 counties still remaining to add their final numbers. It's recount territory, but looks like Bozo will win reelection

 

[shadow puppet]

I literally am gobsmacked so many voted for Boebert.
Did they not eat enough vegetables growing up?

 

[shadow puppet]

For anyone still keeping track.

 

[Herdfan]

Lake is refusing to concede and says she’s collecting evidence of people not being able to vote. Somebody on her team needs to pull her behind the shed and go “We make it more difficult to vote. It’s kind of our thing.” Jesus, stay in your lane, idiot. Or don't, become the champion of making it easier to vote.

Not sure if there is actual evidence, but there were issues with approximately 25% of the machines in Maricopa County. There is no way of knowing if any voters got tired of waiting and left or what. But in a closely watched election, there is really no excuse for this.

Plenty of mainstream news articles on this.

 

[Yoused]

I'm laughing at the image, not at assertion of racism. Wasn't there a meme about a stack of weasels in a trenchcoat? Don't think it was aimed at a politician though.

The one I keep seeing is about Raphael. He is a multitude of rats inhabiting a human-shaped skin, and each rat is actually a swarm of cockroaches inhabiting a rat-shaped skin. Or something to that effect.

 

[MEJHarrison]

Not sure if there is actual evidence, but there were issues with approximately 25% of the machines in Maricopa County. There is no way of knowing if any voters got tired of waiting and left or what. But in a closely watched election, there is really no excuse for this.

Plenty of mainstream news articles on this.

Funny. When there's stories of hugely democratic areas having excessively long waits, the republicans try to pass laws so they can't be given food and water. When their own voters have long lines, they start investigations and scream fraud.

 

[Herdfan]

Funny. When there's stories of hugely democratic areas having excessively long waits, the republicans try to pass laws so they can't be given food and water. When their own voters have long lines, they start investigations and scream fraud.

No. The Republicans passed laws that they can't be given food and water by candidates or national/state committees. No one is preventing the local election boards from providing water or food.

 

[Edd]

Small towns up in New England have such a nice experience compared to the horror stories I hear. I'm always in and out in under 15 minutes.

 

[Renzatic]

For anyone still keeping track.

We got the M states, folks! I knew we could do it!

 

[SuperMatt]

No. The Republicans passed laws that they can't be given food and water by candidates or national/state committees. No one is preventing the local election boards from providing water or food.

False.

Here’s the exact text of the Georgia law:

No person shall solicit votes in any manner or by any means or method, nor shall any person distribute or display any campaign material, nor shall any person give, offer to give, or participate in the giving of any money or gifts, including, but not limited to, food and drink, to an elector,

It says person, not candidate or committee. The only exception is poll workers providing self-service water from an unattended receptacle. But it doesn’t require poll workers to provide a water receptacle. So it should not be misconstrued as “there will be water there.” Food is not allowed to be given by poll workers.

The facts about Georgia’s ban on food, water giveaways to voters

On "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace and a Republican strategist argued about the particulars of Georgia’s new law b

www.politifact.com

At this point, I believe enough of a pattern has been established. Nothing posted by this account should be considered reliable. It has become a steady stream of misinformation.

 

[Hrafn]

False.

Here’s the exact text of the Georgia law:



It says person, not candidate or committee. The only exception is poll workers providing self-service water from an unattended receptacle. Food is not allowed to be given by poll workers.

The facts about Georgia’s ban on food, water giveaways to voters

On "Fox News Sunday," host Chris Wallace and a Republican strategist argued about the particulars of Georgia’s new law b

www.politifact.com

At this point, I believe enough of a pattern has been established. Nothing posted by this account should be considered reliable. It has become a steady stream of misinformation.

To be fair, he said Arizona not Georgia, but I believe the crux to be the same.

 

[SuperMatt]

To be fair, he said Arizona not Georgia, but I believe the crux to be the same.

He didn’t mention a state in that post, and as far as I know, Georgia is the one state where Republicans passed a law banning giving food and water to people in line. Some other states have long-standing bans on candidates or campaigns giving away things like alcoholic beverages and other gifts. The GA law went much farther, preventing any person from giving water to somebody in line… with that small exception of election officials being allowed (not required) to put a water cooler nearby.

Snopes has more info about laws in other states.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/04/06/food-water-ban-polling-places/