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'Republican Senators Vote to Formally Silence Elizabeth Warren'
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Pam wrote:
[quote=Acer]
Got herself some press out of it, so what did the Republicans really gain?

My thoughts exactly. McConnell gave her a heck of a lot more press by not letting her read that letter.
Oh I'm sure it fires up their flyover fascist followers just fine.

The really ridiculous thing here is that they could not have used this rule were Sessions not a sitting Senator. It kind of underscores a loophole in the rule system; either the nominee should have to resign his seat to be nominee (and thus not subject to the rule) or the rule should specifically exclude discussion where the character of the nominee who happens to be a member of the Senate must be openly discussed.)

I think the other workaround here is that a Senator should simply request that the previous testimony from records of the Senate Session where the letter was read in 1986 be reread. Let them come up with a rule that allows the Senate to censor its own previous historical record, and truly prove they want to live in a 1984 dystopia. (I mean, this is pretty close to it already, but that would truly be the nail in the coffin and just might be enough to wake some people up to the true peril the United States is facing.)
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Re: 'Republican Senators Vote to Formally Silence Elizabeth Warren' - by gabester - 02-08-2017, 03:52 PM

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