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Roland99

(53,342 posts) Fri Jan 18, 2019, 09:11 AM Jan 2019

The 1999 votes of 14 Senate Republicans just got a bit more significant.

Link to tweet

Many members of Congress who supported punishing Clinton for obstruction are still around—including 14 Republican senators.

That’s interesting because, assuming every Senate Democrat voted to oust Trump, they'd need to be joined by 20 Republicans.

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The 1999 votes of 14 Senate Republicans just got a bit more significant. (Original Post) Roland99 Jan 2019 OP

The flip-side of that are the Democratic Senators who voted not guilty Tarc Jan 2019 #1

I disagree. Claims of obstruction on Clinton were tenuous at best Roland99 Jan 2019 #3

Of course they were, I loved ol' Bubba back in the day Tarc Jan 2019 #4

I mentioned this a while back mikeysnot Jan 2019 #2

Tarc

(10,476 posts)

1. The flip-side of that are the Democratic Senators who voted not guilty

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 09:16 AM

Jan 2019

This does not appear to be a viable argument, as it can be easily flipped.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

3. I disagree. Claims of obstruction on Clinton were tenuous at best

Reply to Tarc (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:43 AM

Jan 2019

We are in a whole different dimension now

Tarc

(10,476 posts)

4. Of course they were, I loved ol' Bubba back in the day

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 10:59 AM

Jan 2019

That impeachment was a sham and a farce. But these things are less about facts and more about narrative, and you cna be sure that the GOP will produce a similar list.

mikeysnot

(4,757 posts)

2. I mentioned this a while back

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 09:17 AM

Jan 2019

had most for their names and asked folks that have them as their reps to hold them accountable...

The big hypocrite was Lindsay Graham.

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