jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoAccused of sexual assault, drunkenness, and financial mismanagement, new defense head is confirmedwww.motherjones.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1479arrow-down15
arrow-up1474arrow-down1external-linkAccused of sexual assault, drunkenness, and financial mismanagement, new defense head is confirmedwww.motherjones.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up56·9 months agoAll 47 Dems voted no, 3 Republicans defected and voted no (McConnell, Murkowski, and Collins), and Vance did a tie break vote.
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minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·9 months agoNot unless his vote killed it. They all talked in the backroom. This was merely a signal to trump.
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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoNo. McConnell knew exactly how many votes there would be, and he would not have voted against it had it been closer.
minus-squareFenrirIII@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·9 months agoAny Republicans who “defected” did so in a calculated way. They didn’t follow their moral compass or think it was the right thing to do, it was pure politics.
All 47 Dems voted no, 3 Republicans defected and voted no (McConnell, Murkowski, and Collins), and Vance did a tie break vote.
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Not unless his vote killed it. They all talked in the backroom. This was merely a signal to trump.
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No. McConnell knew exactly how many votes there would be, and he would not have voted against it had it been closer.
Any Republicans who “defected” did so in a calculated way. They didn’t follow their moral compass or think it was the right thing to do, it was pure politics.